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Hamlet
Explore Shakespeare Shakespedia Shakespeare's Plays
A complete summary of William Shakespeare's Play, Hamlet. Find out more about the tragedy set in Denmark and the revenge of Prince Hamlet upon Uncle Claudius
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Charis McRoberts - The Year of Black Summer
Explore Shakespeare Museum From Home Art and Exhibitions A Sea of Troubles A Sea of Troubles - Meet the Artists
A blog by Charis McRoberts, the director of 'We Happy Few' - a short film in the Sea of Troubles online exhibition
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Mirfat Abraham - When Sorrow Comes
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A blog by the director of 'Be Not Afeard', a short film in the Sea of Troubles online exhibition
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Early Modern Theatre
Education Home Learning 11-14 year olds
Find out more about the theatre of Shakespeare's day with our home learning resources for 11-14 year olds.
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To China, with love
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This blog pays tribute to China by exploring items with a Chinese connection held in the Trust collection.
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Not Lost in Translation: A Romanian Othello with an Armenian Twist
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Jasmine Seymour shares her impressions of a cross-cultural Romanian-language production of Othello.
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Marriage
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Find popular Shakespeare quotes on marriage
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Meet the Maker Alison Gardiner, Artist and Designer
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Alison Gardiner, ceramic artist and Illustrator of the Shakespeare's Character range.
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Shakespeare in Hungarian
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To mark Shakespeare’s birthday, we are publishing a blog about the Trust’s Hungarian translations of Shakespeare’s works.
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The Gardens of Shakespeare's New Place: August
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The rains return, a heaven sent pitter-patter-pitter-downpour that restores the beige lawn at Shakespeare's New Place to various shades of green.
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Shakespeare's Yearbook
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See which characters you have voted for on Twitter to appear in our very own Shakespeare's Yearbook.
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Picture of the Month - February 2012
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February's Picture of the Month features an image of Ophelia, from the RSC's acclaimed 2008 production of Hamlet starring David Tennant and directed by Greg Doran.
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Why Blue Flowers Should Be Avoided
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Billie Thomas, one of our Casual Reading Room Services Assistants, is here to talk about the dangers of blue flowers, according to those superstitious Tudors, for Day Two of our Heritage Open Day Countdown!
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On the Trail of Mary Hornby
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Mary Hornby's descendants visit from Australia on the trail of items relating to their illustrious ancestor.
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Shakespeare's Ghosts
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Shakespeare certainly took inspiration from the stories he would have heard in his childhood when writing up his plays - and ghost stories weren't exempt from his extractions. Arthur Ratham's illustration depicts a ghost scene from "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
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Shakespeare's Sonnets in Arabic
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Abdul Sattar Jawad, Professor of Comparative Literature at Duke University, has recently translated several of Shakespeare's sonnets into Arabic. He gives us an insight into the art that goes into this work.
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Shakespeare in Chinese
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On the occasion of the Chinese New Year, library volunteer Lingling Xie sheds light on the Trust's Chinese translations of Shakespeare.
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Gustavus Vaughan Brooke: a 'Tragedian' whose life ended in tragedy.
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Norma Hampson is a long-standing volunteer at the Shakespeare Centre Library and Archive and has written this blog to share details from her current project: listing visitors from the early Birthplace visitor books. Meet G. V. Brooke, the Tragedian.
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Shakespeare's Villains - Claudius
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Anna Griffiths looks at a costume design for Mark Dignam’s Claudius in the 1958 production of Hamlet at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre.
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Shakespeare in Yoruba
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Video: Hamlet's 'To be or not to be' speech translated into Yoruba and performed by Nigerian poet, translator and performing artist Adeyinka Akinwande.
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‘The Fair Ophelia’ in 18th Century Art
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In honour of International Women’s Day, this post looks back at 18th century attitudes towards femininity through contemporary depictions of Ophelia.