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Here are some very #EYAColourful images from the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of The Taming of the Shrew in 1993 it featured Bernard Bresslaw as Grumio. @ShakesInstitute @explorearchives

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A brand new book in the library by one of our former students, Georgina Lucas. Her first monograph – congratulations Georgie!

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Fancy making Lady Macbeth’s posset, Perdita’s Pear Pie of imbibing syrup of violets? Look no further than this lovely little book examining foods mentioned in Shakespeare but then providing actual recipes to help you recreate them.

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The heartbreaking story of the death of Greg Doran’s partner, Antony Sher, told through their diaries, but then followed by the uplifting tale of an adventure which takes Doran all over the world in search of copies of Shakespeare’s First Folio – more than 200 of them!

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Wishing @stanley_wells a very Happy Birthday from everyone at the library. Here’s an article about Stanley being knighted in 2016 from our newscuttings archive. @ShakesInstitute

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To coincide with Sir Kenneth Branagh’s return to the RSC this summer, we have made him the star of our new exhibition in the Library, it also features The Tempest Past and Present. Thanks to Elizabeth Freestone for the photos and script. @ShakesInstitute @TheRSC

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📢Just a reminder we are closed on Bank Holiday Monday (25 May)

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‘I hope my microscopic writing is not illegible or troublesome’ One of the challenges of cataloguing an archive is deciphering #EYAhandwriting! Find out more about our Spielmann collection ‘Shakespeare Treads the Boards’ in our new resource guide https://t.co/dOSoQ4MjXq

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‘These flowers are like pleasures of the world’ (Cymbeline Act 4, scene 2) Thanks to #NoMowMay our wildflowers are thriving this spring @ShakesInstitute

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#OTD in 1855 novelist Marie Corelli celebrated her birthday. Have you seen our online exhibition? https://t.co/EOdhh5kgBQ @ShakesInstitute

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📢Just a reminder we are closed on Bank Holiday Monday (4 May)

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We celebrate Shakespeare every day here at the library! Come and see our Shakespeare’s Birthday exhibition featuring articles from our newspaper archive.

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Tomorrow we welcome visitors from Waseda University, Tokyo @ShakesInstitute. This is from the Daily Telegraph 27 Aug 1928 about Dr. Shoyo Tsubouchi's translation of Shakespeare into Japanese. His archive is now at Waseda.

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On 7 March 1932 Wendy Beavis was born. In the mid-1950s she toured India as an actor in the Shakespeareana company. She is on the right in this photo with Jennifer Bragg and Nancy Neel. Find out more about her archive: https://t.co/tvqmDba2Mi #WomensHistoryMonth

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There are still a few books left from our Blind Date With a Book event yesterday so if you didn't get a free novel come along to the Library today.

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On Thursday 5th March we will be celebrating World Book Day with our Blind Date With a Book. Come and take a FREE book from the wrapped selection.📚🎁

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Don’t daffodilly dally, snowdrop into the library this Saturday. We’re open 9am to 5pm.

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100 years ago in March, the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre was completely destroyed by fire. Come and see our new exhibition on display in the library, featuring newscuttings from our archive collection. @ShakesInstitute @TheRSC

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New books for a new year: Shakespeare and religion, translating Shakespeare and Shakespeare in Ukraine and Pakistan. Also Shakespearean pregnancy by Patricia Lennox who lectured here last year.

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It’s Twelfth Night, any excuse to post a photo from our Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre archive! This image is from the 1979 production with Victoria Plucknett as Olivia and Anthony Sharp as Malvolio @OpenAirTheatre @ShakesInstitute