Blogs

Sustainable Shakespeare - Launching Stratford-upon-Avon’s E-cargo Bike Scheme

Shakespeare’s Coming Home

Girls on Stage

Cheryl Morgan, guest speaker for OUTing the Past Festival 2022, introduces us to the subject of her talk ‘Girls on Stage’, and gives us her insight into the research she has been pursuing on gender play upon the Shakespearean stage.

Where Did Shakespeare Sit? - Myths, legends and ‘seats’

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In this blog Emily White discusses some of the legends that focus on where Shakespeare sat, along with their associated artefacts.

Sustainable Shakespeare - Following the Tracks to a Shakespearian Sett

Caring for our Collections - Grain Arks and Witch’s Marks

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Collections Care Assistant Amy Davies explains the work that goes into conserving a medieval grain ark and how it can give us clues about the superstitious society in which Shakespeare lived.

Miriam Arden: Remembering a Life, Honouring Life

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For Holocaust Memorial Day 2022 Cataloguing Archivist Jim Ranahan looks at the life of Jewish Refugee Ilse Aufricht.

'Proud Shakespeare’ and the LGBTQ+ Lived Experience

SBT Archivist and OUTing the Past Festival presenter Jim Ranahan introduces us to the Trust’s ‘Proud Shakespeare’ initiative.

Students Take Part in Writing Competition Inspired by Shakespeare's 'Lost Penknife'

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After an online question and answer session with members of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust’s Learning Team, students at Marling School took part in a creative writing competition inspired by Shakespeare’s ‘lost penknife’. Read the winning entry here, al

Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy: 400 years later

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Rosalyn Sklar looks at Robert Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy on the 400th anniversary of its first publication.