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Personal Hygiene - Tudor Style!
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Despite the common belief that Tudors were unhygienic, when in reality they were very attentive about their levels of cleanliness - just in ways that are different to our own times.
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Exclusive new scarves inspired by our collection
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This month we launch a new range of scarves inspired by beautiful books and objects in the Trust’s collections.
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A local inspiration for "The Tempest"?
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In 1588, an enormous storm that hit Stratford-upon-Avon caused a massive flood that affected towns all along the River Avon.
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A Visit From Ira Aldridge
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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. Meet Ira Aldridge, a prominent African-American Shakespearian actor from the Victorian era.
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Chief Maungwudaus visits the Birthplace in 1848
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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 case, Chief Maungwudaus of the Chippewa tribe.
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Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons)
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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 case, we have a group of soldiers.
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A Visit from "The Players"
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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 the mysterious "Players".
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Nathaniel Hawthorne 1804–1864
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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, one of them being "The Scarlet Letter" author Nathaniel Hawthorne.
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The Visit of the Artist Frank Stone
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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. Today, meet the water-colourist Frank Stone.
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William Henry Chippendale (1801-1888)
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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 case, we meet William Chippendale, a well-established actor in the Victorian era.
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An American in Stratford-upon-Avon
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In honour of Thanksgiving, we're highlighting an early Stratford-upon-Avon connection with America: specifically, the very first visitor recorded in July of the oldest surviving visitors’ book in our collection was TH Perkins of Boston, Massachusetts.
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The Visit of a Member of Parliament and an Author
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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, specifically that of Chandros Wren-Hoskyns of Wroxall Abbey and Charles Holte Bracebridge of Atherstone Hall.
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Henry's Cat - #MuseumCats Day!
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To celebrate #MuseumCats day, spot a feline friend that can be found in one of our collections items: a portrait of The Earl of Southampton, Henry Wriothesley, a patron of Shakespeare's.
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New Place becomes Age Confident
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Read about our special training at Shakespeare's New Place, as part of our commitment to the Age Friendly Standards scheme.
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Richard II
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A complete summary of William Shakespeare's Play, Richard II. Find out more about his poor rule as king, his loss of the crown and his eventual murder
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Henry VI Part 2
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A complete summary of William Shakespeare's Play, Henry VI Part 2. Find out more about the threats to the throne and Henry and the War of Roses.
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Henry VI Part 1
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A complete summary of William Shakespeare’s Play, Henry VI Part 1. Find out more about how Henry VI becomes king and the beginnings of the War of the Roses
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Henry IV Part 1
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A complete summary of William Shakespeare’s Play, Henry IV Part 1. Find out more about the civil wars of King Henry and the wild pranks of Prince Hal
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The Stratford Gunpowder Plot
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Stratford's Town Hall was the victim of a gunpowder plot during the English Civil War in 1643
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Antony and Cleopatra
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A complete summary of William Shakespeare's Play, Antony and Cleopatra. Find out more about the neglect of an empire and the passion that leads to a tragic end