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Ophelia, after Millais

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For Museum Week 2018, we examine one of the least ‘poetical’ images of the drowned Ophelia: Bryan Organ’s “Ophelia, after Millais.”

Hear our objects. Listen to their stories

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With the generosity of the DCMS Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund, we were able to enhance our audio interpretation particularly for visitors who are partially sighted or blind.

Nuremberg Jettons at the SBT

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Inside our numismatics collection is a set of tokens known as 'Nuremberg jettons', which were an important part of commerce in the 14th and 15th centuries.

A Shakespearian Christmas with Traditional Minced Meat Pies!

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For this year's Christmas, Nic Fulcher endeavours to make mince pies as Lady Elinor Fettiplace would have done in the 16th century!

Searching for Elizabeth in the Collection

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One remarkable thing we have in our Collections is the signature of Queen Elizabeth I herself.

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Winter at MAF: The Tudors

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The Mary Arden's Farm team continues work on preparations for making the farm ready for reopening in March. Take a look at their latest project: help from the Tudors!

A visit from John Baldwin Buckstone and Company

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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 John Buckstone, and actor, and company.

Gustavus Vaughan Brooke: a 'Tragedian' whose life ended in tragedy.

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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 G. V. Brooke, the Tragedian.

James Leander Cathcart visits the Birthplace

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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 James Cathcart, Tragedian.

The Avonbank School

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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, those of the Avonbank School, some of whose members include author Mrs Elizabeth Gaskell, and Effie Gray (former wife of John Ruskin).

Did the Circus Come to Town?

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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, such as the Hengler's Circus Company.

Thomas Kershaw 1819-1898

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Leading wood grainer and marbler, Thomas Kershaw visited Shakespeare's Birthplace on 5 October 1859

Pericles, Prince of Tyre

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A complete summary of William Shakespeare's Play, Pericles, Prince of Tyre. Find out more about the contests and shipwrecks that lead to a miraculous family reunion

Troilus and Cressida

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A complete summary of William Shakespeare’s Play, Troilus and Cressida. Find out more about love amidst the Trojan War and the battles that take place

King John

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A complete summary of William Shakespeare's Play, King John. Find out more about the rule of King John, the wars with France, and the battle for the crown

Henry VIII

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A complete summary of William Shakespeare’s Play, Henry VIII. Find out more about King Henry and Anne Boleyn and the circumstances of Queen Elizabeth I’s birth

Timon of Athens

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A complete summary of William Shakespeare's Play, Timon of Athens. Find out more about Timon's feasts, his loss of money and the betrayal of his friends

Merry Wives of Windsor

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A complete summary of William Shakespeare’s Play, Merry Wives of Windsor. Find out more about the pursuits of Falstaff and the tricks the wives play on him

Love's Labour's Lost

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A complete summary of William Shakespeare's Play, Love’s Labour’s Lost. Find out more about the four friends who vow to avoid women and what happens when women come to visit