Over 50 years after their first appearance, Isamu Noguchi’s extraordinary designs for ‘King Lear’ still have the power to surprise and astonish.
Paula Wilkinson Shakespeare by Design King LearThe seemingly humble mash bucket and malt draining brick were important pieces of equipment used in the process of home brewing.
Elizabeth Sharrett Shakespeare in 100 ObjectsIn honour of Thanksgiving, we're highlighting an early Stratford-upon-Avon connection with America: specifically, the very first visitor recorded in July of the oldest surviving visitors’ book in our collection was TH Perkins of Boston, Massachusetts.
Paul Taylor Thanksgiving In the Vault Shakespeare and his World--MOOCThanks to local photographer Tom Holte, we can experience the stage design and costumes suggestive of combat and war throughout the centuries.
Helen Hargest Picture of the MonthToday is the birthday of John Harvard, son of a Stratford-upon-Avon native and the founder of Harvard University.
Sheila McVey In the VaultOne remarkable thing we have in our Collections is the signature of Queen Elizabeth I herself.
Sheila McVey In the Vault Shakespeare and his World--MOOCIn celebration of the 100 year anniversary of acclaimed actress Vivien Leigh's birth, we're taking a dive into the vast array of Vivien Leigh collections that we have here at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
Madeleine Cox Tales from the Reading RoomWhat does this Dutch oil painting, attributed to Osias Dyck, and currently hanging in Hall's Croft, have to tell us about medicine in Shakespeare's day?
Stephanie Appleton Shakespeare in 100 ObjectsIan Dickinson is a professional photographer with some fascinating insights on Malcolm Davies, photographer at Joe Cocks Studio in the 1980s, and the techniques which lie behind our photographic collections.
Ian Dickinson Picture This!This month we're looking at a watercolour sketch of Adlestrop Park by Humphry Repton.
Helen Hargest Picture of the Month