Mementoes of Shakespeare’s Home – Comfort in a Time of Crisis
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Facing the Consequences of the Holocaust
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In commemoration of Holocaust victims and survivors, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Cataloguing Archivist Jim Ranahan looks at a seemingly ordinary document from our Collections…
Jim Ranahan SBT Collections Holocaust Memorial DayThe Wars of the Roses in the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Collection
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Reader Services Assistant Suzanne Lithgo delves into the library and RSC archive to uncover the legendary Wars of the Roses...
Suzanne Lithgo Royal Shakespeare Company War of the Roses CollectionsReader Services Guides: Pre-20th Century Performance History
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In this Reader Services Guide, find out more about pre-20th century theatre ephemera in our collection and how to research performance history in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.
Madeleine Cox Pre-20th Century Reader Services Guides Performance TheatreReader Services Guides: Overview of Local Collections
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This guide is intended to give a brief overview of our collections relating to Stratford-upon-Avon and the surrounding area. Use it to get a better idea of the collections in context and to understand our referencing system.
Madeleine Cox Local history Local Collections Reader Services Guides Stratford-upon-AvonIntroducing our new Reader Services Guides
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We are delighted to launch the first in a series of online Reader Services Guides. These are designed to explain what we have, how to find it and other sources you might find helpful!
Madeleine Cox Reader Services Guides CollectionsWhere Did Shakespeare Sit? - Myths, legends and ‘seats’
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In this blog Emily White discusses some of the legends that focus on where Shakespeare sat, along with their associated artefacts.
Emily WhiteCaring for our Collections - Grain Arks and Witch’s Marks
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Collections Care Assistant Amy Davies explains the work that goes into conserving a medieval grain ark and how it can give us clues about the superstitious society in which Shakespeare lived.
Amy DaviesMiriam Arden: Remembering a Life, Honouring Life
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For Holocaust Memorial Day 2022 Cataloguing Archivist Jim Ranahan looks at the life of Jewish Refugee Ilse Aufricht.
Jim Ranahan Holocaust Memorial DayBurton's Anatomy of Melancholy: 400 years later
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Rosalyn Sklar looks at Robert Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy on the 400th anniversary of its first publication.
Merchant of Venice Hamlet As You Like It Robert Burton Burton Depression melancholy