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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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Plot and Sources
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Everything you need to know about the plot in Macbeth to help your GCSE revision
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Meet the Maker: Louisa Hare, Letterpress Printer
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Join us as we meet some of the makers and producers that give our products that extra something, revealing what makes them so special. Louisa Hare is a local Letterpress Printer and founder of First Folio Cards.
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Tate’s Lear
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Alexander Thom takes a look at Nahum Tate’s 1681 adaptation of William Shakespeare's King Lear.
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'Getting to Know Will' Workshop
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We've launched a new workshop for Key Stage 2 children, bringing Shakespeare and British history to life in practical and creative ways.
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Pushing Upward and Forward: American Actresses on the RSC Stage
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Discover the lives and works of American actresses who performed on the RSC stage with Brooke Tobler.
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Hardy Hamlet
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The ongoing digitisation happening in the SBT studio, focusing on two interesting items in the SBT Library collection: Hardy's copy of 'Hamlet' and Rowe's compilation of Shakespeare's works.
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A Week in the Life of a Collections Volunteer
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A passionate volunteer shares her experiences on spending a week with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
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Learning Languages and Love's Labour's Lost
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John Florio was a linguist and lexicographer, and his famous translation of Montaigne's "Essais" is known to have had a significant impact on several of Shakespeare's plays. In this post we talk about the array of Florio's various works that we have in our collections.
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Adult Leisure Courses
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Join fellow life long learners on one of our Adult Leisure Courses.
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SBT objects go on loan to London
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Two objects from the SBT museum collection feature in the 'Shakespeare: Staging the World' exhibition at the British museum. This includes a 16th century map of Warwickshire, produced by Christopher Saxton, the earliest accurate map of Shakespeare's home county.
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The Music of the Fairies
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Fairy stories were a huge favourite in the songs and plays of Shakespeare's time. It is not surprising, then, that Shakespeare chose to make the music of the fairies an important part of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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Reinventing Shakespeare's Birthplace
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After the purchase of the Birthplace, the property needed major renovations before it could be enjoyed by the public.
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A Textile Panel by Tibor Reich, 1969
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This joyful and vibrant textile panel was designed and produced by Tibor Reich to celebrate the 1969 Bicentenary of the Garrick Jubilee.
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1851 - Ira Aldridge Comes to Stratford
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In 1851 Ira Aldridge played at the Royal Shakespearean Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon for eight days. During that time he visited Shakespeare's Birthplace twice and appeared in seven plays.
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Bollock Dagger
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Our newest acquisition to the museum collection is a 'bollock dagger' made during the 1500s
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Travelling... England: Art & Literature Festival
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Diana Owen travelled to Myrtia to attend this special event hosted by the Kazantzakis Museum, celebrating the Greek writer's appreciation of Shakespeare.
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1864 - Monument or Bust!
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In 1864 monuments were planned and created for the Tercentenary of Shakespeare's birth.
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Witch Markings & Magic in old buildings
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A Halloween treat from Historic England's Nick Molyneux - explore the strange markings found in Shakespeare's family homes.
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Key Stage 1
Education Schools and CPD
Bring Shakespeare to life for your Key Stage 1 students with hands on workshops at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.