Shakespeare documents added to the UNESCO UK Memory of the World Register
Shakespeare & his works
Exciting times for our Shakespeare documents
ShakespeareCopyright of the artist
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Shakespeare Fans- Mother and Daughter
Shakespeare's family homes
A shared familial passion for the Bard
Katie Neville Shakespeare's BirthplaceA mini Juliet at Shakespeare's Birthplace
Shakespeare's family homes
Five year old Ava loves Romeo and Juliet
Katie Neville Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare's BirthplaceA Watercolour of Trevor Nunn directing a rehearsal in the Swan Theatre
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Take a look at one of our paintings from the catalogue room
Helen Hargest Discover ShakespeareNuremberg Jettons at the SBT
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Inside our numismatics collection is a set of tokens known as 'Nuremberg jettons', which were an important part of commerce in the 14th and 15th centuries.
Jennifer Reid In the VaultShakespeare headlining Glastonbury? Maybe next year...
Shakespeare's family homes
Join in with the beginning of festival season, Tudor style
Katie Neville Shakespeare Aloud Shakespeare's BirthplaceStratford in 1714
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1714 saw changes in the monarchy, tensions between dramatists and Puritans, and more images of Shakespeare in performance.
Victoria Joynes The Birth of Shakespeare and BeyondSummer Gardens at Anne Hathaway's Cottage
Shakespeare's family homes
Discover the beautiful gardens at Anne Hathaway's Cottage
Summer Anne Hathaway's Cottage GardensThe Etwall Women's Institute Well Dressing Festival
Tudor Times
Celebrating Shakespeare's 450th Birthday with a Derbyshire tradition
Shakespeare's BirthdayA Hundred Merry Tales: visiting groups enjoy a very rare book!
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Shakespeare's "A Hundred Merry Tales" is one of the earliest versions of rowdy and indecent jestbooks, which were collections of humorous stories that would've been more popular than one might think - appealing even to, perhaps, a certain royal monarch...
Madeleine Cox Tales from the Reading Room