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How Did Shakespeare Write a Play?
Explore Shakespeare Podcasts What Was Shakespeare Really Like?
The second in a four-part lecture series from Professor Sir Stanley Wells; 'What Was Shakespeare Really Like'
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Meet the Author: Kathryn Harkup's New Book Death by Shakespeare Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken hearts.
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Meet the Author Kathryn Harkup and discuss her new book Death By Shakespeare
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Anger
Explore Shakespeare Shakespedia Shakespeare Quotes by Theme
Find popular Shakespeare quotes on anger
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Friendship
Explore Shakespeare Shakespedia Shakespeare Quotes by Theme
FInd popular Shakespeare quotes on friendship
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How Did Actors Learn Their Lines?
Explore Shakespeare Podcasts Let's Talk Shakespeare
'How did actors learn their lines?' - the question discussed in episode four of our Let's Talk Shakespeare podcast. From the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
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Special Guest: Shakespeare's Royal Links
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In our podcast '60 Minutes with Shakespeare,' special guest HRH The Prince of Wales discusses Shakespeare's links to the royalty of his day,.
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Witchcraft in the SBT Library: two early printed books on witches
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In honour of Halloween, library volunteer Kelsey Ridge looks at two of our early printed books which discuss witchcraft in early modern England.
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The Mysterious Identity of the 'Fair Youth'
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Some of the most infamous love poems in English literature are addressed to the ‘fair youth’ but who is this mysterious figure that inspired 126 of Shakespeare’s sonnets?
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Picture of the Month - July 2012
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In 1973, John Barton directed Richard Pasco and Ian Richardson in his “mirror-image” version of the play where the two actors alternated the roles of Richard and Bullingbrook.
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'Shakespeare's Courting Chair'
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In 18th century England, Samuel Ireland made a purchase in Warwickshire of an old chair that potentially had ties to Shakespeare and his wife Anne Hathaway. More than two decades later, it has come back home and is in our Collections.
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Shakespearian Dinner Parties
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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. Check out how some parties created menus based entirely on food mentioned in Shakespeare's plays!
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Chief Maungwudaus visits the Birthplace in 1848
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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 case, Chief Maungwudaus of the Chippewa tribe.
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Cupping Glass
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The cupping glass was a medical device in use throughout the early modern period, and which in fact has origins stretching back to ancient Egypt and China.
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Cradle
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A carved oak baby's rocking cradle.
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King John
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A complete summary of William Shakespeare's Play, King John. Find out more about the rule of King John, the wars with France, and the battle for the crown
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Tibor Reich Around the Globe
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Manufactured in Stratford-upon-Avon, this cloth weaves a global story, providing insight into Afghanistan and Pakistan at an important moment in recent history.
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1764 - Before the Celebrations
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In 1764, Stratford was yet to hold a large celebration dedicated to Shakespeare. Learn more about what did happen in Stratford during 1764.
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Into the 18th Century: Shakespeare in Performance
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In the 18th century, authors began to reinterpret and adapt Shakespeare's plays through text and performance, producing such intriguing versions as 'The Enchanted Isle' and Nahum Tate's 'King Lear'.
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Watercolour of Robert Stephens as Falstaff
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This portrait holds not only cultural meaning, but also personal meaning as it embodies Shakespeare's ability to portray human nature in all its colours.
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Dracula or the Un-dead... Bram and the Guv’nor at the SBT
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Discussing Bram Stoker's Dracula and Jefny Ashcroft's play Bram and the Guv'nor