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19th-Century Superstardom: Six Months in the Life of Sir Henry Irving and Dame Ellen Terry
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Research Associate, Ella Hawkins, offers an intriguing glimpse into the lives of the nineteenth century theatre stars , Henry Irving and Ellen Terry
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Richard II
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A complete summary of William Shakespeare's Play, Richard II. Find out more about his poor rule as king, his loss of the crown and his eventual murder
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Shakespeare's Richard II - Myth or Reality?
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Examining Shakespeare’s portrayal of Richard II.
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The Wars of the Roses in the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Collection
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Reader Services Assistant Suzanne Lithgo explores The Wars of the Roses in the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust collections
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Meet The Smiths
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Find out more about the family who owned Hall's Croft in Stratford-upon-Avon for over 100 years.
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Inheritance in Shakespeare
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Shakespeare wrote about inheritance a great deal in his works, this blog looks at King Lear, Merchant of Venice and the history plays.
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Reader Services Guides: Pre-20th Century Performance History
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In this guide, find out more about pre-twentieth century theatre ephemera in our collection and how to research performance history in the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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William Hogarth: Satirising 'All is True'
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Gemma Sykes takes a look at how artist William Hogarth used the 1727 production of William Shakespeare and John Fletcher's play 'All is True', or 'Henry VIII', to comment on eighteenth century British politics.
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Falstaff: A Musical Inspiration
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Shakespeare’s rich stock of characters have inspired many people to write music over hundreds of years, and the beloved Falstaff has been one of the most popular characters to set to music.
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Shakespedia Index
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Guiding your search through Shakespeare's life, works, and time.
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Jane Austen 200
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To mark 200 years since the death of Jane Austen find out more about the documents which relate to her within the Stoneleigh collection
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Shakespeare’s Richard III - Myth or Reality ?
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Exploring whether the real Richard III was as villainous as Shakespeare made him out to be?
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"This teeming womb of royal kings" - The History Cycle at the RSC
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Thanks to local photographer Tom Holte, we can experience the stage design and costumes suggestive of combat and war throughout the centuries.
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Richard III
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A complete summary of William Shakespeare's Play, Richard III. Find out more about his desire to be King no matter what, his rise to power and his short reign
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Sculpting Falstaff
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The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust gardens contain three different statues depicting Shakespeare's famous character, Falstaff. Discover these sculptures and the differences between them.
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Shakespeare's Career
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Read about William Shakespeare's early career as he built his reputation in London.
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What Manner of Man was Shakespeare?
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The first in a four-part lecture series from Professor Sir Stanley Wells; 'What Was Shakespeare Really Like'
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Shakespeare's First Folio
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Learn more about the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, published in 1623
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"I never thought to hear you speak again" - Holinshed's Chronicles Part 2
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In this blog post, Jo Wilding takes a look at how Shakespeare adapted the stories of King Henry IV and his son Prince Hal from Holinshed's Chronicles for purposes of dramatisation.
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A Visit from "The Players"
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Norma Hampson is a long-standing volunteer at the Shakespeare Centre Library and Archive and has written this blog to share details from her current project: listing visitors from the early Birthplace visitor books. In this post, meet the mysterious "Players".