For William Shakespeare's 450th birthday celebration, we're hosting a blog series to highlight the events that took place around the world for the Bard's 400th birthday back in 1964.
Helen Cook Shakespeare: 450 Years YoungNorma 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 Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Norma Hampson Birthplace Visitors In the VaultFor Shakespeare's 450th birthday, we're going back 50 years to see what was done for his 400th birthday celebrations. In 1964, the first woman to go into space went on a world tour - and one of her stops was Stratford-upon-Avon.
Helen Cook Shakespeare: 450 Years YoungR.F. Walsh sent the following programme of a Japanese adaptation of Shakespeare to Bram Stoker, along with his notes on the performance.
Jennifer Reid International Collections King Lear Bram Stoker CollectionThe First World War, Shakespeare, and Stratford is a new exhibition at Hall's Croft. In this post, in support of this exhibit, we're making comparisons between treatment of wounds in Shakespeare's day and the medica
Sophie Malendewicz First World WarSeveral authors have made trips to Shakespeare's birthplace of Stratford-upon-Avon and have visited his grave. The only actual record of someone doing so, apart from signatures, however, is a painting depicting Sir Walter Scott's second visit to Stratford
Rosalyn Sklar Shakespeare and his World--MOOCIn 1908, S.V. Srinivasiar translated Romeo and Juliet into Tamil, adapting it using his own Indian cultural perspective.
Jennifer Reid International Collections Romeo and Juliet In the Vault Shakespeare and his World--MOOCStratford in the dark
Rebekah Owens First World War Stratford-upon-AvonTo celebrate #MuseumCats day, spot a feline friend that can be found in one of our collections items: a portrait of The Earl of Southampton, Henry Wriothesley, a patron of Shakespeare's.
Emily Millward In the Vault Shakespeare and his World--MOOCNorma 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, including Chief Maungwuduas.
Norma Hampson Birthplace Visitors In the Vault