Heritage Open Days 2018
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A sneak preview of our Heritage Open Days 2018 event on Women's Lives through History.
Madeleine Cox Tales from the Reading Room Heritage Open DaysCopyright of the artist
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All the latest Shakespeare news and behind the scenes action at SBT
Shakespeare Connected - Costuming Shakespeare: Elizabethan Dress Through the Centuries
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A blog introducing a Shakespeare Connected exhibition on Elizabethan costume in Shakespearian performance.
Ella Hawkins Shakespeare Connected“What a piece of work is an HR volunteer” Act 2, Scene 2 Hamlet… (sort of)
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Bethany, an HR Volunteer at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, details her experiences and what she gets up to on a volunteering day within the HR Department. Read about her contribution to the Trust.
Bethany Hughes volunteeringEllen Ann Willmott: a Woman of Horticultural Destiny
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A blog in recognition of the 160th birthday of the Trust's first female gardener, Ellen Ann Willmott, a splendid horticulturalist who shaped the gardens at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
Annamaria Vass Gardens juliet filesShakespeare Connected - Shakespeare and Literary Pilgrimage
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This blog introduces a Shakespeare Connected exhibition about literary pilgrimage, Shakespeare and Stratford.
Nicola J Watson Shakespeare Connected400 miles for Shakespeare - one volunteer's journey
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Kate Phinn is so passionate about engaging visitors with Shakespeare that she travels up to 400 miles each way to be involved with our volunteering activities! Read about her journey and why she loves volunteering.
Emma Birks VolunteeringShakespeare's Richard II - Myth or Reality?
Shakespeare & his works
Examining Shakespeare’s portrayal of Richard II.
Waseem Ahmed Richard IIAmy Smith: Gentlewoman and Faithful Servant
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The life and death of Amy Smith, companion and faithful servant to Joyce, Countess of Totnes.
Phil Spinks juliet filesThe Gardens of Shakespeare's New Place: June
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A fiery globe flings heat over our nation, our towns, villages, and grasslands… wastelands. There are murmurings of hose pipe bans, while many, not all, dream of England’s young football squad winning the Fifa World Cup, Andy Murray returning to Wimbledon
Jane Shaw New Place GardensThe Gardens of Shakespeare's New Place: July
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The heatwave continues. It sucks juices out of the earth, reaches temperatures that break meteorological records held since the year of 1910. Hot. Gritty. Dry. The mortar of the earth — Split-ting. Not unlike people the roots of some plants are withered a
Jane Shaw New Place Gardens