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Picture of the Month - July 2012
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In 1973, John Barton directed Richard Pasco and Ian Richardson in his “mirror-image” version of the play where the two actors alternated the roles of Richard and Bullingbrook.
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Picture of the Month - May 2013
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Looking at a photo from Deborah Warner's 1987 uncut production of 'Titus Andronicus' at the RSC.
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"There's Husbandry in Heaven"
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What is husbandry, and what does it mean in Shakespeare's plays? Intern Elena Porter refers back to Thomas Tusser's "Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry" to expound upon the subject.
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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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Imagining Anne Hathaway
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Avril Rowlands imagines Anne Hathaway, Shakespeare's wife, as a talented female writer that comes up with the cunning plan to get her plays performed under her husband's name when he suffers rejection as a playwright.
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Gardens of Morocco
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Bertie Smith took a trip to Morocco with REEP (the Religions & Environment Education Programme) to learn about the several different kinds of gardens there, least of all the Anglo-Moroccan Shakespeare Garden in Marrakech.
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The RSC Comes Home
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For the next post in "The Tempest 400th Anniversary" celebration series, Jo Wilding writes an account about the celebrated return of the Royal Shakespeare Company on the night the Royal Shakespeare Theatre reopened their doors.
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A Portrait of an Actor
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Take a look at some dramatic portraits of William Sly, Nathan Field, and Richard Burbage (all of whom were friends of William Shakespeare and acted in his plays), and see what these sorts of paintings can tell us about the statuses of their subjects.
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Cultural Internship Experience
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Katherine Reeve talks about her 6 month cultural internship, part of her masters degree at the University of Birmingham
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The Secretaries of the SBT
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As we look forward to welcoming our new CEO we look back at the original "Secretaries" as they were known in the first decades of the Trust
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A "Les Sept Âges de L’Homme" Fan
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There has also been an exciting new addition to the collection: this 18th century fan.
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Meet the Maker: Katie Beswick of Little Bird Soaps
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Meet the maker at Shakespeare's New Place gardens. Katie Beswick of Little bird soaps tells us about her exclusive hand made products.
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Chevalier Ira Aldridge
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Ira Aldridge found his greatest success when he toured Europe and was showered with honours before ending his days in the Polish city of Łódź.
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Romeo and Juliet
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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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‘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.
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'A Midsummer Night's Dream' found
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A film version of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' adapted from a Peter Hall production, never actually released to audiences, was recently found in the SBT collections.
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Watercolour of Robert Stephens as Falstaff
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This portrait holds not only cultural meaning, but also personal meaning as it embodies Shakespeare's ability to portray human nature in all its colours.
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"King Rear" in Japan, 1903
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R.F. Walsh sent the following programme of a Japanese adaptation of Shakespeare to Bram Stoker, along with his notes on the performance.
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An Indian Romeo and Juliet
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In 1908, S.V. Srinivasiar translated Romeo and Juliet into Tamil, adapting it using his own Indian cultural perspective.
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A Surprise from Cawston Elementary School
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We were delighted to receive a parcel from Cawston Elementary School in California, sharing their celebrations for Shakespeare's birthday with us.