An Inventory of the Goods and Chattels
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16th-17th century wills were usually accompanied by inventories, lists of goods and chattels.
Madeleine Cox Shakespeare's willCopyright of the artist
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The Objects in Shakespeare's Will
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We have been using objects in our collections to explore the types of objects Shakespeare left to friends and family in his will.
Jessie Petheram Shakespeare documents Shakespeare's willInheritance in Shakespeare
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Studying the theme of inheritance in Shakespeare's plays.
Katherine Uhlir Shakespeare documents Shakespeare's willEnd of Life, Start of Eternity: Stratford’s Tudor Wills and Impending Death
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What can wills tell us about death in the Tudor period and how did people prepare?
Jim Ranahan Shakespeare documents Shakespeare's willAn early copy of Shakespeare’s will
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Excitement is growing about Shakespeare's will returning to Stratford some 400 years after it was drawn up here.
Amy Hurst Shakespeare documents Shakespeare's willHamlet in Afrikaans
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This donation is a copy of Hamlet translated into Afrikaans from 1945. It is illustrated and signed by actors in Pretoria.
Mareike Doleschal Translating Shakespeare HamletShakespeare in 100 Objects: A ‘Fine Picture’
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The final post in our journey through some of the Trust’s collection of Tudor and Stuart artefacts
Tara Hamling Shakespeare in 100 ObjectsThe 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 Sch
Norma Hampson Birthplace Visitors In the VaultWilliam Hogarth: Mr Garrick in the Character of Richard III
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Discover how artist William Hogarth used imagery in his portrait of actor David Garrick as Richard III to foreshadow what was to unfold in Shakespeare's play of the ruthless king.
Gemma Sykes RIchard III In the VaultShakespeare and Consumerism
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We are in the midst of a very busy period in the Reading Room talking to groups and showing them our collections.
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