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Julius Caesar
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A complete summary of William Shakespeare's Play, Julius Caesar. Find out more about the tragedy, based on true events on the conspiracy against Caesar
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Rabindranath Tagore 161st Birthday Celebrations at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
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Watch the recording of 2022’s Tagore birthday celebrations and find out more about the connection between Shakespeare and the Indian poet.
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Mirfat Abraham - When Sorrow Comes
Explore Shakespeare Museum From Home Art and Exhibitions A Sea of Troubles A Sea of Troubles - Meet the Artists
A blog by the director of 'Be Not Afeard', a short film in the Sea of Troubles online exhibition
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Reader Services Guides: Pre-20th Century Performance History
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In this guide, find out more about pre-twentieth century theatre ephemera in our collection and how to research performance history in the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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To Italy, with love
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This blog pays tribute to Italy by exploring books in the Trust collection with an Italian connection.
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Shakespeare's First Folio
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Learn more about the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, published in 1623
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Acting Shakespeare
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Scholars explore how the Shakespeare actors Judi Dench, Harriet Walter, Simon Russell Beale, and Rory Kinnear create their Shakespeare
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Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
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Third time's a charm: the when, how, and why behind Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
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How Did Shakespeare Get So Popular?
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'How did Shakespeare get so popular?' - the question discussed in episode ten of our Let's Talk Shakespeare podcast. From the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
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12. Criticism of Shakespeare by his Contemporaries
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In our podcast '60 Minutes with Shakespeare,' Emma Smith discusses if writers of Shakespeare's time dispraise his work.
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Henry Condell
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Listen to an imagined account from a principal actor in the King's Men and compiler and editor of Shakespeare's First Folio
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Scrapbooking Shakespeare
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Gary F Fisher explores the extraordinary illustrated volumes of Shakespeare's works created by George Williams
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Be Inspired: Shakespeare and Me
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Be inspired: Shakespeare and Me is a new exhibition at Shakespeare's Birthplace celebrating creativity inspired by Shakespeare and featuring unique personal stories of inspiration.
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Honouring Shakespeare and German unity
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To mark German Unity Day, Helen Hopkins explores the importance of Shakespeare to the unification effort of nineteenth-century Germany.
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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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Sir Frank Benson and the town of Stratford-upon-Avon
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Find out about actor and manager, Sir Frank Benson, and his relationship with the townsfolk of Stratford-upon-Avon, in this blog post inspired by the 'Cry Havoc! and let slip the dogs of war' - The First World War, Shakespeare, and Stratford exhibition at Hall's Croft.
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"The Valiant Never Taste of Death but Once": Mandela and Shakespeare
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In memory of the passing of Nelson Mandela, we're reflecting on his inspiring life and origins from which he drew his own strength.
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Cicero in the Collections
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To tie in with the staging of Robert Harris's Imperium we highlight ten favourite items from our Roman and Cicero related collections.
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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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Shakespeare and His World: Top Ten Objects (Part 2)
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In this sequel to "Shakespeare and His World: Top Ten Objects (Part 1)", take a look at the final five 'Objects of the Week' of the MOOC 'Shakespeare and His World' course taught by Jennifer Reid and Professor Jonathan Bate.
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Top 5 Shakespeare books for the festive season
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Our top five book recommendations from the expert team at the Shakespeare Bookshop.