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The Wars of the Roses in the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Collection
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Reader Services Assistant Suzanne Lithgo explores The Wars of the Roses in the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust collections
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Play On! Introducing the Shakespeare and Music Online Exhibition
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Read about the intern who started "Shakespeare and Music": her brainstorming process, her ambition, and what she wanted to give to everyone throughout this online exhibition.
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Music Inspired by Shakespeare: Cobweb, Moth and Mustardseed
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Peter Knight, renowned musician and composer, writes music inspired by the walk of and around Anne Hathaway's Cottage and Gardens. Listen to some soundsamples, and read about his process of writing this album.
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Death by Shakespeare by Kathryn Harkup - Free Extract
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Free extract of Death by Shakespeare Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken hearts by Kathryn Harkup
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The Louis Marder Shakespeare Centre Scholarship 2023
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Find out more about our scholarship opportunities for students of Shakespeare, from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
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Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Appoints New Chair
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Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Appoints New Chair, Penelope, Viscountess Cobham CBE
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Shakespeare's Ludicrous Musical Lovers: Part 1
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Lovers are present in many of Shakespeare's plays. They range from the heartfelt and sincere to the ridiculous and absurd, and throughout it all, music plays an important part of their longing and woes.
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Sustainable Shakespeare in Action – Replanting the Golden Garden
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Sustainable Shakespeare in action - replanting the Golden Garden at Shakespeare's New Place.
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400 miles for Shakespeare - one volunteer's journey
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Kate Phinn is so passionate about engaging visitors with Shakespeare that she travels up to 400 miles each way to be involved with our volunteering activities! Read about her journey and why she loves volunteering.
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The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust’s Museums and Schools Programme
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Museums and schools programme highlights from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
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Shakespeare and the Stratford-upon-Avon Antiquarians
Education Research & Scholars Research Projects
Exploring connections between those who researched the life of Shakespeare and the local history of Stratford-upon-Avon between the 18th and 20th centuries
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Shakespeare's Ludicrous Musical Lovers: Part 2
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Ludicrous lovers tend to fall into two categories: writers of music, and performers of music. They also tend to always be men. What might that mean for women?
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Shakespeare and medicine: mental health in Tudor times
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Find out more about Tudor views of mental health, and how Shakespeare explores this theme in his plays.
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Shakespeare in 100 objects: Memento Mori Seal
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Read about Tudor mourning rings, which were sometimes bequeathed to family members or close friends in a will
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Illuminating Shakespeare: Artist Interview with Rob Vale
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Learn more about this years' light show done in partnership with Illuminos. Read about how they brought Shakespeare's childhood to life at his home
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Shakespeare’s “New Place” in his Old Home Town
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William Shakespeare owned a great deal of property in Stratford and London, find out more about his purchase of New Place.
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Lifelong learner Spotlight on Shakespeare's Female Characters
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Lifelong learner Spotlight on Shakespeare's Female Characters hosted by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
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Mementoes of Shakespeare’s Home – Comfort in a Time of Crisis
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A blog exploring mementoes collected by William Bucher from his visits to Stratford-upon-Avon in 1944
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Sustainable Shakespeare - Following the Tracks to a Shakespearian Sett
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One cold and frosty morning in January 2022, a member of Shakespeare Birthplace Trust staff found a trail of badger prints across one of our sites.
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Shakespeare's Favourite Flowers: A New Library Acquisition
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Librarian Mareike Doleschal introduces a new library acquisition: a flower book published in 1883, The Flowers of Shakespere [sic]