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Dame #JoanPlowright performs a speech from #SaintJoan by Bernard Shaw in 2013 at the #NationalTheatre's 50th Anniversary Gala, on the same stage where she performed the role half a century before.

The Gower Monument, Stratford-on-Avon, originally stood outside the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. At its unveiling in 1888, Oscar Wilde read a commissioned poem by novelist, poet & dramatist, Bertha Jane Grundy, wife to the headmaster of Shakespeare's school,K.E.S. Stratford.

A reasonable regret? As we approach the release on Friday 24 Jan at 9pm of the episode of Lucy Worsley Investigates in which I participated, I want to discuss a misconception about Mary I’s relationship with Philip of Spain. 🧵bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Now 2025 is in full swing it's time to renew your BSA membership! Membership runs from 1 Jan- 31 Dec yearly. Join now for special perks relating to BSA events, BSA Conference, AGM and committees, 'Shakespeare' Journal & magazine 'Teaching Shakespeare' 🎉 britishshakespeare.ws/join-the-bsa-o…

Today, 22 January, is the feast of the martyred deacon St Vincent who was martyred in Valencia c.304. Stained glass from the crypt of Almudena Cathedral, Madrid. flic.kr/p/2qGDVJy

Views of The RSC in which all phases of its history are visibly co-present encourage a fantasy that the great company of Shakespeareans, living & dead, are somehow held inside of it as a glittering & changing symbol of human community as such.

Registration is open now for #BSA2025 Conference, 'Practising Shakespeare' University of York, 25-28 June 🎉 Join us for 4 days of workshops, performances, screenings, seminars and panels 🔗 Follow the link in our bio to register and view the provisional programme

Registration is open for #BSA2025! Calling all Shakespeare practitioners and practice-based researchers, join us to explore relationships between research, practice, and pedagogy in Shakespeare 🎉 🔗 Registration links in our bio

Happy Birthday Shakespeare🥳 Thank you for your beautiful plays and poems 💕 If you love Shakespeare, why not come here to study with us and celebrate him all year? #shakespearesbirthday #Shakespeare #ShakespeareDay

Delighted to say that my article, "The Shakspaires of Trinity Lane: A Possible Shakespeare Life-Record" is now fully published and open-access! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

U of Leeds, 8 May, 5:30pm Workshop Theatre Macbeth. Yes, Middleton. Apparently we have him to thank for the witchy songs!

And the highlight of the day! The Shakespeare Birthday Lecture 2025: the fascinatingly eloquent and elegant Dame Harriet Walter in conversation with Paul_Edmondson of the @shakespearebtrust #Shakespeare #ShakespeareDay #shakespearebirthday

This was great. Harriet Walter spoke of her sadness at the splendid but less than representative provision for women in Shakespeare & about how she has enlarged that territory as an actor & writer. Her warmly responsive expert interviewer - Paul_Edmondson - also deserves👏.

Uni of Birmingham represented at Shakespeare's Birthday Weekend Procession by Michael Dobson, Abigail Rokison-Woodall, Erin Sullivan, and Will Sharpe, with our honoured guest The Sonnet Man, and our lovely students worthily at their posts as standard bearers 🏴💐

It's one of the prettiest times of the year in Stratford-upon-Avon, and the Shakespeare Institute is no exception🪻 #wisteria #Shakespeare #shakespearesunday

Come and see our new exhibition marking 30 years since the Library was built. With pictures of the building work and documents explaining how to move an entire collection with a couple of trolleys and a minibus.

Congratulations Dr Andrea Smith! Can't wait to give this a read

What's it like to study #Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon at the Shakespeare Institute? Come to our Open Day and find out! 📅Monday 19th May 🙋In-person OR online 📝Register here: birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/… #PhD #MA #Postgraduate #openday #distancelearning

🎉 Wishing our Honorary President, Professor Sir Stanley Wells, a happy 95th birthday 🎈 Sir Stanley Wells

Happy Birthday to the great Shakespearian, Professor Sir Stanley Wells! Sir Stanley Wells Shakespeare B Trust Stratford-upon-Avon Town Council British Shakespeare Association The RSC Shakespeare’s Globe Shakespeare Institute