In 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.
What 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?
Ian 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.
This cloak was used in productions starring Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen. It was and is a masterful example of craftsmanship in theatrical costume design.
Six Roman coins were found in the town of Tiddington, which was once the site of a Roman industrial town. Emily Millward relates this discovery back to Shakespeare's Roman plays and one remarkable Egyptian queen: Cleopatra.
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