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The Tempest
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A complete summary of William Shakespeare's Play, The Tempest. Find out more about the shipwreck, the magical island and the torment of an old man and his slaves
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Did Shakespeare Know Queen Elizabeth I?
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Listen to our podcast, Let's Talk Shakespeare: Did Shakespeare Know Queen Elizabeth I?
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How Did Shakespeare Die?
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'How did Shakespeare die?' - the question discussed in episode nine of our Let's Talk Shakespeare podcast. From the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
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49. The Earl of Oxford and Shakespeare's Authorship
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In our podcast '60 Minutes with Shakespeare,' Alan Nelson discusses factual objections to the belief that the Earl of Oxford wrote the work attributed to Shakespeare.
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47. Henry James and Shakespeare's Authorship
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In our podcast '60 Minutes with Shakespeare,' Adrian Poole answers the question: why did Henry James doubt Shakespeare's authorship?
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32. Shakespeare's 1623 Folio
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In our podcast '60 Minutes with Shakespeare,' David Bevington answers the question: what kind of authority is the 1623 Folio collection of Shakespeare's plays?
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New planting scheme pays homage to Shakespeare’s life
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For National Gardening Week, we take a look at the new planting scheme at Shakespeare's New Place, inspired by Shakespeare's life.
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CultureShake
Education Education Projects
An intercultural and multilingual learning project funded through the ErasmusPlus programme of the European Union.
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The Gardens of Shakespeare's New Place: September
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Dusk creeps in earlier-and-earlier, leaves turn colour minute-by-minute. September - a month of change, harvesting and clearing.
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Sculpture of Stanley Wells by Greg Wyatt
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Dr Paul Edmondson and Professor Sir Stanley Wells discuss a sculpture of Stanley Wells with the sculptor, Greg Wyatt.
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Play On! Shakespeare and Music
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Welcome to Play On! – the blog series on Shakespeare and music.
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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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Performing Shakespeare in Dutch
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Onno van Gelder Jr., a Flemish actor and stage director from Belgium, talks about his experience of performing Shakespeare in his native Dutch.
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Shakespeare on Show: Top Ten Exhibition – AMOR VINCIT OMNIA brooch
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A gold brooch with the motto 'Amor Vincit Omnia' holds a meaning that has easy ties to Shakespeare's famous pair of star-crossed lovers.
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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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A First Folio Facsimile from Japan
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A donation from Meisei University in Tokyo, Japan is a First Folio Facsimile that, though just a reproduction, looks very much like it's the "real thing".
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“A Pearl in Every Cowslip's Ear”
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In celebration of Shakespeare's birthday, Jo Wilding talks to us about the beautiful - and commonly referenced by the Bard himself - cowslip flower.
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Writing the Music for Shakespeare's Plays: an Interview with Guy Woolfenden
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Guy Woolfenden, renowned theatre composer for the RSC, discusses his experience with the intricacies of creating music that brings Shakespeare's plays to life.
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James Leander Cathcart visits the Birthplace
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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. In this post, meet James Cathcart, Tragedian.
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Shakespeare's Stories: Twin Masks
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For the final two posts of 'Shakespeare's Stories', we visit Hall’s Croft, which is displaying items relating to The Comedy of Errors.
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Shakespeare's Stories: Viola's Concealed Identity
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Storyteller and exhibition curator Jan Blake tells us a little more about the themes of concealment and identity that are explored in the Shakespeare Stories exhibition in the RSC's Swan Bar.