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‘Before Shakespeare’ at The National Archives
Event: Wednesday 1 August 2018, 14:00 Before Shakespeare Tucked away somewhere in the temperature-controlled archival store rooms of The National Archives is an... read more
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Is this the face of William Shakespeare?
The portrait shows a balding man, rather askew of eye, wearing a white lace collar - is this an image of Shakespeare…... read more
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Transforming Archives: Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
I have been working at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, as part of The National Archives’ Transforming Archives programme…... read more
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Kidnapped to order: child actors in Shakespeare’s day
Exploring some of the more extreme methods children’s companies went to in order to recruit boys actors…... read more
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Fastolf not ‘Falstaff’: the soldier behind Shakespeare’s myth
The Falstaff of Shakespeare’s plays bears little resemblance to what we understand of the real soldier…... read more
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Paying for the privilege: a new Shakespeare discovery
One third of a pound does not go far today, but in 1603 it helped Shakespeare secure his future…... read more
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Shakespeare’s will: a new interpretation
I’ve been looking in detail at one of our treasures: Shakespeare’s original will. And I’ve come to two new conclusions…... read more
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Conserving Shakespeare’s will
The conservation team had to make a difficult decision: should we carry out renewed conservation treatment of the will or not…... read more
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Shakespeare’s daughters and female inheritance
Legacy was a major concern for Shakespeare - he seems to have had the hope that, along with verse, his wealth might outlive him…... read more
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Curation, collaboration and location: tracing Shakespeare through London
It’s been a long time in the planning but we are now less than one month away from the opening of By me William Shakespeare: A life in writing – an exhi... read more
