From paper sculpture moves to visits from international guests, this week of Shakespeare's 400th Death Day anniversary has been a busy one for our Collections team!
Victoria Joynes Tales from the Reading Room Bram Stoker CollectionWe hold incredibly special, valuable, and rare items in our Collections. One of these things is the Wheler Folio, acquired in 1862, is one of only three editions of Shakespeare's First Folio that we care for and look after.
Mareike Doleschal Shakespeare's Books Donating Shakespeare prospero filesIn celebration of National Gardening Week, we'd like to take the opportunity to give you a taste of what we have in store for Heritage Open Days this year.
Madeleine Cox Tales from the Reading RoomMagicians Ching Ling Foo and Chung Ling Soo were famous rivals because no one knew who was of true Chinese descent. However, their signatures in the Shakespeare Birthplace Visitors' Books uncover the mystery of their proper identities...
Maosheng Hu Tales from the Reading Room Birthplace VisitorsThe first recordings of Shakespeare's works, called Folios, reveal important aspects of his life and times.
Victoria Joynes The Legacy of William ShakespeareNorma 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. Meet the water-colourist Frank Stone.
Norma Hampson Birthplace Visitors In the VaultThis Basque language translation of Hamlet was donated to the library of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre by Queen Elizabeth II on permanent loan.
Mareike Doleschal Books Donating Shakespeare prospero filesMaosheng Hu has been looking through the early Birthplace visitor books to find details of Chinese visitors. This blog explores William Cartwright from 1885.
Maosheng Hu Tales from the Reading RoomThis recent donation of a facsimile First Folio comes all the way from Meisei University in Tokyo, Japan.
Mareike Doleschal Books Donating Shakespeare prospero filesIn order to make the items in our collections more accessible to the public, we're building a searchable online database! Check out the process we undertake in order to make this possible.
Jennifer Reid Behind the Scenes