The ongoing digitisation happening in the SBT studio, focusing on two interesting items in the SBT Library collection: Hardy's copy of 'Hamlet' and Rowe's compilation of Shakespeare's works.
Robyn Greenwood Going Digital HamletBed-staffs were slender turned pegs which were used to secure the bedlinen on large bedsteads to prevent it from spilling onto the floor.
Elizabeth Sharrett Shakespeare in 100 ObjectsTake a closer look at this beautiful medicine chest, held in the collections at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
Peter Hewitt Shakespeare in 100 ObjectsIn this video, Jan Blake talks about why she chose to display some of these objects and how they fit in with the themes that the Shakespeare's Stories exhibition is conveying.
Shakespeare's StoriesThe 4th Earl of Ashburnham possessed a massive book collection and was its proud owner. One of his favourite things to read was both the first and second folios of William Shakespeare's plays - and he would have paid any amount in order to own them...
Mareike Doleschal prospero files Shakespeare's Books Shakespeare and his World--MOOCIn 1973, John Barton directed Richard Pasco and Ian Richardson in his “mirror-image” version of the play where the two actors alternated the roles of Richard and Bullingbrook.
Helen Hargest Picture of the MonthTwo objects from the SBT museum collection feature in the 'Shakespeare: Staging the World' exhibition at the British museum. This includes a 16th century map of Warwickshire, produced by Christopher Saxton, the earliest accurate map of Shakespeare's home
Sheila McVey Shakespeare and His World Behind the ScenesShakespeare makes reference to the act of dressing several times in his plays and this blog discusses a well known item of clothing from the period: the bodice.
Stephanie Appleton Shakespeare in 100 ObjectsHalfway through our series of Shakespeare in 100 Objects, Dr. Tara Hamling discusses some of our discoveries thus far.
Tara Hamling Shakespeare in 100 ObjectsThe Stoneleigh manuscript collection can tell us much about how the upper classes, and even sometimes how royalty, lived and built relationships with one another in the 19th century.
Amy Hurst Monarchy in the Archives