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William Shakespeare
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Learn about the man behind the works with Shakespedia, from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
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Collections Items on Display
Visit Shakespeare's Family Homes Anne Hathaway's Cottage
The must-see collection items on display to visitors at Anne Hathaway's Cottage
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Sonny Venkatrathnam (1935– 2019)
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We were saddened to hear last Friday of the death of Sonny Venkatrathnam, who passed away in Durban at the age of 84.
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Winter School 2019
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Last week the Education Department of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust hosted its annual Winter School, which attracts leisure learners from across the country, and from overseas.
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Paul Nash and King Lear in the SBT Collections
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Alexander Thom's concluding thoughts in a series of posts about his research into the afterlives of King Lear
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Playbills for King Lear: 1752-1827
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Alex Thom begins to shed light on how Shakespeare's King Lear has been viewed over the centuries, thanks to research undertaken in our collection.
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Heritage Open Days 2018
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A sneak preview of our Heritage Open Days 2018 event on Women's Lives through History.
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All the Year Round
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Exploring the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust’s VIP and Visitors' books held in our archives.
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Will's World Online
Education Schools and CPD Key Stage 1
An imaginative digital workshop telling the story of Shakespeare's life
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Picture of the Month - April 2013
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Featuring an image from the 359th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s Birthday one hundred years ago in Stratford-upon Avon.
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"This teeming womb of royal kings" - The History Cycle at the RSC
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Thanks to local photographer Tom Holte, we can experience the stage design and costumes suggestive of combat and war throughout the centuries.
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The Noble Fool
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A guest blog by Jane Nead who has spent hours working in our Reading Room and who has taken inspiration from our collections for her jewellery designs, particularly from Shakespeare's comedy "As You Like It".
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Flowers and Love
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On our eighth day of the Heritage Open Days countdown, we're talking about flowers and their metaphorical relations to love.
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A Gift from the Queen
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This Basque language translation of Hamlet was donated to the library of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre by Queen Elizabeth II on permanent loan.
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Stratford's High (or Market) Cross
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One item in our collections is the base of High Cross (sometimes known as Market Cross) - an item that pre-dates Shakespeare and is a landmark the Bard himself would likely have passed on many occasions during his years in Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Staff journey; from volunteering to a career at the Trust
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Katie Morrison is an Archaeology (BA) and Museum Studies (MA) graduate who started volunteering with Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in January 2017, and is now a paid member of staff.
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Invasion and Triumph? Links between Roman Britain and Queen Cleopatra of Egypt
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Six Roman coins were found in the town of Tiddington, which was once the site of a Roman industrial town. Emily Millward relates this discovery back to Shakespeare's Roman plays and one remarkable Egyptian queen: Cleopatra.
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"My speech is plaine" - Holinshed's Chronicles Part 1
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Jo Wilding explores the historian Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles in memory of Marian Pringle. The Project's website describes it as "once the crowning achievement of Tudor historiography and the most important single source for contemporary playwrights and poets, above all Shakespeare".
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After Agincourt – the Final Wishes of a 15th century Knight
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Learn the story of Alan Lestraunge, a local Warwickshire lord who served in the 'Hundred Years War' (the same war in which William Shakespeare's "Henry V" takes place).
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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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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