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Hamlet
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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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Portraits of Shakespeare in translations
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Hannah Barker looks at the different approaches to representing Shakespeare’s portrait in translated editions of his works.
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Shakespeare virtual pub quiz
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Gather your team for a virtual pub quiz!
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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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Shakespeare and the blossoming of Jane Elizabeth Giraud
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Library volunteer Hannah Barker explores the life and work of Victorian botanical illustrator Jane Elizabeth Giraud.
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Shakespeare's First Folio
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Learn more about the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, published in 1623
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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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Shakespeare in Italian
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Manuela Perteghella discovers Italian translations in the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Library and sheds light on the reception of Shakespeare in Italy.
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Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
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Third time's a charm: the when, how, and why behind Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
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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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Who were the Hathaways?
Explore Shakespeare Shakespedia Anne Hathaway's Cottage
Get to know the family of Anne Hathaway, Shakespeare's wife
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60. Stephen Fry on Shakespeare's Authorship
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In our podcast '60 Minutes with Shakespeare,' Stephen Fry shares what he thinks about the Shakespeare authorship discussion.
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50. Marlowe and Shakespeare's Authorship
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In our podcast '60 Minutes with Shakespeare,' Charles Nicholl discusses factual objections to the belief that Christopher Marlowe 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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46. Sigmund Freud and Shakespeare's Authorship
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In our podcast '60 Minutes with Shakespeare,' Paul Prescott discusses why Sigmund Freud doubted Shakespeare's authorship.
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40. Questioning Shakespeare's Authorship
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In our podcast '60 Minutes with Shakespeare,' Stuart Hampton-Reeves discusses the reasons people give for questioning Shakespeare's authorship of the plays.
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22. Shakespeare's Knowledge of Theatrical Practice
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In our podcast '60 Minutes with Shakespeare,' Tina Packer discusses what Shakespeare's plays reveal about his knowledge of theatrical practice.
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21. Actors in Shakespearian Early Printed Texts
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In our podcast '60 Minutes with Shakespeare,' Harriet Walters answers the question: why is it important that actors' names appear in some of the early printed texts of Shakespeare's plays?
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11. Shakespeare Named by his Contemporaries
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In our podcast '60 Minutes with Shakespeare,' Charles Whitworth discusses if writers of Shakespeare's time identify him as an author of specific works.
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3. Shakespeare's Education Level
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In our podcast '60 Minutes with Shakespeare,' Carol Rutter discusses if there is anything in the works which require their author to have been educated at a university.
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John Heminges
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Listen to an imagined account from a principal actor in the King's Men and compiler of Shakespeare's First Folio