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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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Shakespeare in isiXhosa
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Buhle Ngaba describes her struggle to identify with Shakespeare and her growing determination to give her students access to his work in their own language.
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Shakespeare and Translations into French
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For Bastille Day, explore the Trust’s French translations of Shakespeare.
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The Second-Best Bed
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Shakespeare famously left his wife, Anne Hathaway, his ‘second best bed.’ But why?
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Shakespeare's Poems
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Learn about Shakespeare's famous sonnets and other poems
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Let's Have One Other Gaudy Night: Call to Me All My Sad Captains
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Jo Wilding reflects on the wide range of artistic endeavours whose titles are taken from Shakespeare's works.
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On the Trail of Mary Hornby
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Mary Hornby's descendants visit from Australia on the trail of items relating to their illustrious ancestor.
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Shakespeare's Ludicrous Musical Lovers: Part 1
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Lovers are present in many of Shakespeare's plays. They range from the heartfelt and sincere to the ridiculous and absurd, and throughout it all, music plays an important part of their longing and woes.
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Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis
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Take a look at a rare piece in our early printed books collection: a single page from Shakespeare's first published work, "Venus and Adonis".
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Shakespeare in Māori
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Kia Ora! We're marking Waitangi Day with an introduction to translations of Shakespeare into Māori.
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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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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Glass ‘Gossip’s Bowl’?
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This glass bowl was made at the most fashionable glass-making factory in Tudor England, and represents possible connections to childbirth and rituals of post-natal female festivity.
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Joint-stool
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Elizabeth Sharrett explores the humble joint stool, which would have proved useful as a prop on the Renaissance stage.
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Shakespeare in Russian, part two: pre-revolutionary Shakespeares
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Kelsey Ridge tells us about the Trust's pre-revolutionary Russian editions of Shakespeare's works and their translators, marking the centenary of the Russian Revolution.
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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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Ferdinand and Miranda
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Rethink the relationship behind Ferdinand and Miranda in William Shakespeare's 'Tempest'.
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Shakespeare in Thai
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Kanlaya Coulsting explains what drew her to a particular translated passage from The Merchant of Venice.
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Come, come with me, and we will make short work
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At a time when illustrations of Shakespeare's scenes were in high demand, Henry Bunbury accepted the call and painted beautiful adaptations.
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Shakespeare in Love...in Spain
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Shakespeare being used as a dramatic character predate 'Shakespeare in Love' by hundreds of years in Spain.
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Shakespeare in Armenian, part IV
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Guest blogger Gagik Stepan-Sarkissian writes about the reception of Shakespeare's tragedies in Armenia and the ubiquity of the name 'Hamlet' in his native country.
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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.