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Digging up the Collections.....The Romans of Stratford
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Within our collection of local archaeology, the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust has Roman items found at the Tiddington dig, as well as a seemingly contradictory brooch.
Nicola Tinsley Stratford Before ShakespeareShakespeare in 100 Objects: Wattle and Daub
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Surviving court records give us some fascinating, and often entertaining, accounts of neighbourly conflicts arising from wattle and daub housing.
Stephanie Appleton Shakespeare in 100 ObjectsHappy 50th Birthday, Shakespeare Centre!
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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. In this post, read about the origins of The Shakespeare Centre.
Helen Cook Shakespeare's Birthday Shakespeare: 450 Years YoungStratford's War Memorial
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This week in the Reading Room we were visited by a couple researching the Stratford War Memorial and its different locations in the town.
Victoria Joynes Tales from the Reading Room Stratford-upon-AvonRediscovering the Collection
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Nicola Tinsley has been sorting through the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust' s collection of archaeological finds, including Anglo Saxon objects.
Nicola Tinsley Stratford Before ShakespeareRoyal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons)
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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. In this case, we have soldiers.
Norma Hampson Birthplace Visitors In the VaultShakespeare in 100 Objects: Close Stool
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A list of 100 objects from Shakespeare’s world wouldn’t be complete without this very important item - a close-stool. Also referred to as a “night” stool, “necessary” stool, or “stool of ease”, these objects were actually toilets in disguise.
Elizabeth Sharrett Shakespeare in 100 Objects1664 – Folios and Portraits
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1664 marked one hundred years since Shakespeare was born. During this time, the Civil War had ended, the theatres had been reopened, and the Third Folio was published.
Victoria Joynes The Birth of Shakespeare and BeyondHerne the Hunter: a May Day Figure of Folklore
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The tale of the Greenman (otherwise known as Herne the Hunter) was a popular part of folklore in Shakespeare's day. In fact, this Lord of the Greenwood makes a special cameo in Shakespeare's "Merry Wives of Windsor" in the form of a certain knight...
Emily Millward Tudor Life Shakespeare's Plays