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William Shakespeare

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Learn about the man behind the works with Shakespedia, from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

Hall's Croft and Medicine

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Hall's Croft was integral to John Hall's medical practise as a site to grow herbs, create medicines, and research illnesses.

A description of how Hall's Croft has been structurally altered over the years.

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A description of how Hall's Croft has been structurally altered over the years.

Cassandra Willoughby: an 18th Century Traveller and Her Journals

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Discover Cassandra Willoughby's travel journals with Collections volunteer Norma Hampson.

Adelaide Neilson: star of the Victorian stage

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Discover the life of Adelaide Neilson, a talented Victorian Shakespearian actor, whose life was marked by tragedy.

Picture of the Month - June 2013

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In honor of the anniversary of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, we're looking at a photo of Stratford's coronation decorations 60 years ago.

Picture of the Month - September 2013

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This month we're looking at a watercolour sketch of Adlestrop Park by Humphry Repton.

Picture of the Month - December 2011

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This month we're looking at Tom and Mig Holte's photo featuring the Night of Revels scene from the RSC’s 1979 production of 'Twelfth Night'.

Celebrating World Bee Day

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Sunday 20 May is World Bee Day and Mary Arden’s Farm is abuzz about their beautiful bees!

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.