An Unusual Tudor Watering Can
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Take a look at a 16th century watering jug in the next post in the "Say It with Flowers" series.
Say it with FlowersTake a look at a 16th century watering jug in the next post in the "Say It with Flowers" series.
Say it with FlowersIn 1976, Judi Dench and Donald Sinden played Beatrice and Benedick to great acclaim.
Helen Hargest Much Ado About Nothing Picture of the MonthA warm bed necessitated the use of a warming pan like the one discussed in this post , a seventeenth-century example in the collection of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
Stephanie Appleton Shakespeare in 100 ObjectsWe discovered a 19th century football in our Collections. Learn about what football would have been like during Shakespeare's time.
Behind the ScenesThe ongoing digitisation happening in the SBT studio, focusing on two interesting items in the SBT Library collection: Hardy's copy of 'Hamlet' and Rowe's compilation of Shakespeare's works.
Robyn Greenwood Going Digital HamletBed-staffs were slender turned pegs which were used to secure the bedlinen on large bedsteads to prevent it from spilling onto the floor.
Elizabeth Sharrett Shakespeare in 100 ObjectsTake a closer look at this beautiful medicine chest, held in the collections at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
Peter Hewitt Shakespeare in 100 ObjectsIn this video, Jan Blake talks about why she chose to display some of these objects and how they fit in with the themes that the Shakespeare's Stories exhibition is conveying.
Shakespeare's StoriesThe 4th Earl of Ashburnham possessed a massive book collection and was its proud owner. One of his favourite things to read was both the first and second folios of William Shakespeare's plays - and he would have paid any amount in order to own them...
Mareike Doleschal prospero files Shakespeare's Books Shakespeare and his World--MOOCIn 1973, John Barton directed Richard Pasco and Ian Richardson in his “mirror-image” version of the play where the two actors alternated the roles of Richard and Bullingbrook.
Helen Hargest Picture of the Month