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Collections at Hall's Croft
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Hall's Croft has more collection pieces on display than any other Shakespeare Birthplace Trust property.
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Hall's Croft as a School
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Hall’s Croft was once known as Cambridge House School, and it was twice a boys’ school and once a ladies’ college.
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A description of how Hall's Croft has been structurally altered over the years.
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A description of how Hall's Croft has been structurally altered over the years.
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Shakespeare's Yearbook
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See which characters you have voted for on Twitter to appear in our very own Shakespeare's Yearbook.
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Amy Smith: Gentlewoman and Faithful Servant
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The life and death of Amy Smith, companion and faithful servant to Joyce, Countess of Totnes.
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Adelaide Neilson: star of the Victorian stage
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Discover the life of Adelaide Neilson, a talented Victorian Shakespearian actor, whose life was marked by tragedy.
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Play On! Shakespeare and Music
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Welcome to Play On! – the blog series on Shakespeare and music.
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Shakespeare & Religion
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With the country in religious transition, what do we know about Shakespeare's beliefs?
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Shakespeare's Phrases
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Shakespeare coined phrases in the English language that we still use today without even realising it. Read his everyday phrases below.
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Shakespeare's Poems
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Learn about Shakespeare's famous sonnets and other poems
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The Hair of the Head of Shakespeare
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Taking a look at first digitised objects: "The Hair of the Head of Shakespeare" and "The Hair of Anne Hathaway".
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Picture of the Month - October 2012
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In 1959, Paul Robeson returned to the English stage after 23 years’ absence to play Othello in the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre’s 100th Season.
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Shakespeare Connected - Costuming Shakespeare: Elizabethan Dress Through the Centuries
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A blog introducing a Shakespeare Connected exhibition on Elizabethan costume in Shakespearian performance.
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A Week in the Life of a Collections Volunteer
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A passionate volunteer shares her experiences on spending a week with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
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“What Wound Did Ever Heal But By Degrees?”
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This blog series supports a new exhibition at Hall's Croft: 'Cry Havoc! and let slip the dogs of war' - The First World War, Shakespeare, and Stratford. In this post, we're making comparisons between treatment of wounds in Shakespeare's day and the medical advances of the First World War.
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Let Slip the (Real) Dogs of War
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This series of blogs supports a new exhibition at Hall’s Croft: ‘Cry Havoc! and let slip the dogs of war’ – The First World War, Shakespeare and Stratford. The exhibition and blog project are supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
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2015 in the Reading Room!
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At the close of 2015, our Reading Room reflects on all that has occurred over the past year.
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Here We Go Round the Mulberry Tree
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Mulberry wood pops up frequently in our Collections. Ever wondered why? Roz Sklar talks about the relation between William Shakespeare and the mulberry tree.
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Shakespeare at the White House
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For William Shakespeare's 450th birthday celebration, we're hosting a blog series to highlight the events that took place around the world for the Bard's 400th birthday back in 1964. In this blog, Helen Cook talks about the influence of Shakespeare on First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.
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"There's Husbandry in Heaven"
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What is husbandry, and what does it mean in Shakespeare's plays? Intern Elena Porter refers back to Thomas Tusser's "Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry" to expound upon the subject.