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Romeo and Juliet
Explore Shakespeare Shakespedia Shakespeare's Plays
A complete summary of William Shakespeare's Play, Romeo & Juliet. Find out more about the classic story of two feuding families and a young couple's love
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Part 2
Explore Shakespeare Blogs
Georghia Ellinas, Head of Learning at Shakespeare’s Globe, writes about her new retelling of the play and the importance of making Shakespeare accessible to young children.
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Key Text Workshops
Education Schools and CPD Key Stage 3 & 4
Our experts visit your school to shine a spotlight on the Shakespeare play of your choice - for Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 groups
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Specialist insight from a scholar and an actor
Education Schools and CPD Key Stage 3 & 4
Book a Toolbox Session from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust for specialist insight from a scholar and an actor
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Reader Services Guides: Pre-20th Century Performance History
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In this guide, find out more about pre-twentieth century theatre ephemera in our collection and how to research performance history in the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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What do the Sonnets Tell us About Shakespeare?
Explore Shakespeare Podcasts What Was Shakespeare Really Like?
The third in a four-part lecture series from Professor Sir Stanley Wells; 'What Was Shakespeare Really Like'
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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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Misprints and Method Acting: The Provenance of the 'Faucit Folio'
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Library intern, Matilda-Jane Hanning, investigates the ownership of a Second Folio of Shakespeare's collected works.
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Meet the Author: Kathryn Harkup's New Book Death by Shakespeare Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken hearts.
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Meet the Author Kathryn Harkup and discuss her new book Death By Shakespeare
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The best of British
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Shakespeare's Birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon to be dressed with Tudor-inspired floral displays from 14 December — 5 January
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Putting theatre in its place
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The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust introduces theatre company Talking Birds prior to their collaboration on the New Place winter show, The Festival of Lost and Found.
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Shakespeare in Spanish
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Katey Workman, Learning intern, explores the reception of Shakespeare in Spain.
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Shakespeare's Words
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Shakespeare invented or introduced over 1,700 words into the English language that we still use today.
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Did Shakespeare Love His Wife?
Explore Shakespeare Podcasts Let's Talk Shakespeare
'Did Shakespeare Love His Wife?' - the question discussed in episode two of our Let's Talk Shakespeare podcast. From the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
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20. Shakespeare's Social Status
Explore Shakespeare Podcasts 60 Minutes with Shakespeare
In our podcast '60 Minutes with Shakespeare,' Rene Weis discusses Shakespeare's social status.
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13. Shakespeare in Print
Explore Shakespeare Podcasts 60 Minutes with Shakespeare
In our podcast '60 Minutes with Shakespeare,' Laurie Maguire answers the question: were Shakespeare's plays published under his own name in his lifetime?
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Will Kemp
Explore Shakespeare Shakespedia Shakespeare's Circle
Listen to an imagined account from actor, founder, and shareholder of Shakespeare's theatre company The Lord Chamberlain's Men
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Christopher Mountjoy
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Listen to an imagined account from the life of Shakespeare's landlord in London
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Welcome to the New Activity Tent!
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Anne Hathaway's Cottage is pleased to announce the opening of the redesigned family (although all ages welcome!) Activity Tent themed around Shakespeare's plays.
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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 Shakespeare Authorship Question
Explore Shakespeare Shakespedia William Shakespeare
Who wrote the plays of William Shakespeare?