Shakespeare Resource Center
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An educational website for students, teachers and other Shakespeare enthusiasts at www.bardweb.net
Dec 2, 1562: Margaret #Shakespeare, second child of John and Mary Shakespeare, is baptized at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon. #OTD
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Parish register entry recording Margaret Shakespeare’s baptism
Shakespeare Documented features all primary sources that document the life and career of William Shakespeare. It has images, descriptions, and transcriptions of 500 manuscripts and printed works.
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December 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Dec 2, 1562: Margaret #Shakespeare, second child of John and Mary Shakespeare, is baptized at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon. #OTD
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Much ado about who? The enduring appeal of Shakespeare
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William #Shakespeare is having a Renaissance moment. What has caused this enduring fascination, and how do his plays resonate with modern audiences?
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William #Shakespeare is having a Renaissance moment. What has caused this enduring fascination, and how do his plays resonate with modern audiences?
Much ado about who? The enduring appeal of Shakespeare
William Shakespeare is having a Renaissance moment. What has caused this enduring fascination, and how do his plays resonate with modern audiences?
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December 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Much ado about who? The enduring appeal of Shakespeare
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William #Shakespeare is having a Renaissance moment. What has caused this enduring fascination, and how do his plays resonate with modern audiences?
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William #Shakespeare is having a Renaissance moment. What has caused this enduring fascination, and how do his plays resonate with modern audiences?
Dec 1, 1595: The Raigne of King Edward the Third is entered into the Stationer's Register. Since the 1990s, scholars have attributed portions of the play to #Shakespeare. #OTD
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Stationers’ Register entry for Edward III
Shakespeare Documented features all primary sources that document the life and career of William Shakespeare. It has images, descriptions, and transcriptions of 500 manuscripts and printed works.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Dec 1, 1595: The Raigne of King Edward the Third is entered into the Stationer's Register. Since the 1990s, scholars have attributed portions of the play to #Shakespeare. #OTD
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Thou art a summer bird,
Which ever in the haunch of winter sings
The lifting up of day.
Henry IV, Part 2 (4.4) #ShakespeareSunday
Which ever in the haunch of winter sings
The lifting up of day.
Henry IV, Part 2 (4.4) #ShakespeareSunday
November 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Thou art a summer bird,
Which ever in the haunch of winter sings
The lifting up of day.
Henry IV, Part 2 (4.4) #ShakespeareSunday
Which ever in the haunch of winter sings
The lifting up of day.
Henry IV, Part 2 (4.4) #ShakespeareSunday
November 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Here feel we not the penalty of Adam,
The seasons’ difference, as the icy fang
And churlish chiding of the winter’s wind.
As You Like It (2.1) #ShakespeareSunday
The seasons’ difference, as the icy fang
And churlish chiding of the winter’s wind.
As You Like It (2.1) #ShakespeareSunday
November 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Here feel we not the penalty of Adam,
The seasons’ difference, as the icy fang
And churlish chiding of the winter’s wind.
As You Like It (2.1) #ShakespeareSunday
The seasons’ difference, as the icy fang
And churlish chiding of the winter’s wind.
As You Like It (2.1) #ShakespeareSunday
Nov 29, 1596: A Surrey writ on behalf of William Wayte requests "sureties of the peace" against William #Shakespeare, Francis Langley, Dorothy Soer, and Anna Lee. #OTD
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The Langley Writ: Court of King's Bench writ of attachment against William Shakespeare, Michaelmas, 1596
Shakespeare Documented features all primary sources that document the life and career of William Shakespeare. It has images, descriptions, and transcriptions of 500 manuscripts and printed works.
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November 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Nov 29, 1596: A Surrey writ on behalf of William Wayte requests "sureties of the peace" against William #Shakespeare, Francis Langley, Dorothy Soer, and Anna Lee. #OTD
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Nov 28, 1582: Two friends of the Hathaway family, Fulk Sandells and John Richardson, post a bond of £40 for the wedding of "William Shagspere and Anne Hathwey" in Stratford-upon-Avon. #OTD #Shakespeare
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The Shakespeare marriage bond
Shakespeare Documented features all primary sources that document the life and career of William Shakespeare. It has images, descriptions, and transcriptions of 500 manuscripts and printed works.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Nov 28, 1582: Two friends of the Hathaway family, Fulk Sandells and John Richardson, post a bond of £40 for the wedding of "William Shagspere and Anne Hathwey" in Stratford-upon-Avon. #OTD #Shakespeare
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The History of English Podcast - Episode 178: Much Ado About Hamlet
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In this episode, host Kevin Stroud looks at the years that produced Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, and Hamlet.
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In this episode, host Kevin Stroud looks at the years that produced Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, and Hamlet.
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The History of English Podcast - Episode 178: Much Ado About Hamlet
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In this episode, host Kevin Stroud looks at the years that produced Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, and Hamlet.
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In this episode, host Kevin Stroud looks at the years that produced Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, and Hamlet.
Nov 27, 1582: The consistory court, Diocese of Worcester, issues a marriage license for William #Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway. #OTD
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Entry in the Bishop's register concerning the marriage of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway
Shakespeare Documented features all primary sources that document the life and career of William Shakespeare. It has images, descriptions, and transcriptions of 500 manuscripts and printed works.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Nov 27, 1582: The consistory court, Diocese of Worcester, issues a marriage license for William #Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway. #OTD
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Nov 26, 1607: King Lear is entered into the Stationer's Register in London. #OTD #Shakespeare
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Stationers' Register entry for King Lear
Shakespeare Documented features all primary sources that document the life and career of William Shakespeare. It has images, descriptions, and transcriptions of 500 manuscripts and printed works.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Nov 26, 1607: King Lear is entered into the Stationer's Register in London. #OTD #Shakespeare
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Nov 25, 1566: Globe shareholder and actor John Heminges is baptized at St Peter's Church in Droitwich, Worcestorshire. #OTD #Shakespeare
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Nov 25, 1566: Globe shareholder and actor John Heminges is baptized at St Peter's Church in Droitwich, Worcestorshire. #OTD #Shakespeare
'History has treated her badly': Hamnet and the 400-year-old mystery around Shakespeare's wife and son
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Oscar-tipped new film Hamnet imagines the home life of William and Agnes #Shakespeare–and the "soul-crushing" loss of their child. It's a powerful story that fills in many blanks.
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Oscar-tipped new film Hamnet imagines the home life of William and Agnes #Shakespeare–and the "soul-crushing" loss of their child. It's a powerful story that fills in many blanks.
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
'History has treated her badly': Hamnet and the 400-year-old mystery around Shakespeare's wife and son
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Oscar-tipped new film Hamnet imagines the home life of William and Agnes #Shakespeare–and the "soul-crushing" loss of their child. It's a powerful story that fills in many blanks.
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Oscar-tipped new film Hamnet imagines the home life of William and Agnes #Shakespeare–and the "soul-crushing" loss of their child. It's a powerful story that fills in many blanks.
November 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
November 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Even to the frozen ridges of the Alps,
Or any other ground inhabitable.
Richard II (1.1) #ShakespeareSunday
Or any other ground inhabitable.
Richard II (1.1) #ShakespeareSunday
November 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Even to the frozen ridges of the Alps,
Or any other ground inhabitable.
Richard II (1.1) #ShakespeareSunday
Or any other ground inhabitable.
Richard II (1.1) #ShakespeareSunday
Rob Eastaway: Shakespeare's mathematical life and times
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In this episode of Maths on the Move, Rob Eastman tells some of the many instances of maths appearing in Shakespeare's work and talks about the mathematical climate that #Shakespeare lived in.
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In this episode of Maths on the Move, Rob Eastman tells some of the many instances of maths appearing in Shakespeare's work and talks about the mathematical climate that #Shakespeare lived in.
November 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Rob Eastaway: Shakespeare's mathematical life and times
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In this episode of Maths on the Move, Rob Eastman tells some of the many instances of maths appearing in Shakespeare's work and talks about the mathematical climate that #Shakespeare lived in.
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In this episode of Maths on the Move, Rob Eastman tells some of the many instances of maths appearing in Shakespeare's work and talks about the mathematical climate that #Shakespeare lived in.
Picturing Shakespeare
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There are only two accepted representations of William #Shakespeare that are considered “official” – but could a portrait that has been hanging over a family’s mantelpiece for the last 50 years be the third?
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There are only two accepted representations of William #Shakespeare that are considered “official” – but could a portrait that has been hanging over a family’s mantelpiece for the last 50 years be the third?
November 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Picturing Shakespeare
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There are only two accepted representations of William #Shakespeare that are considered “official” – but could a portrait that has been hanging over a family’s mantelpiece for the last 50 years be the third?
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There are only two accepted representations of William #Shakespeare that are considered “official” – but could a portrait that has been hanging over a family’s mantelpiece for the last 50 years be the third?
Nov 17, 1558: Queen Mary I of England dies at the age of 42 in St. James's Palace, London. #OTD
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November 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Nov 17, 1558: Queen Mary I of England dies at the age of 42 in St. James's Palace, London. #OTD
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Learn, good soul,
To think our former state a happy dream,
From which awaked, the truth of what we are
Shows us but this.
Richard II (5.1) #ShakespeareSunday
To think our former state a happy dream,
From which awaked, the truth of what we are
Shows us but this.
Richard II (5.1) #ShakespeareSunday
November 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Learn, good soul,
To think our former state a happy dream,
From which awaked, the truth of what we are
Shows us but this.
Richard II (5.1) #ShakespeareSunday
To think our former state a happy dream,
From which awaked, the truth of what we are
Shows us but this.
Richard II (5.1) #ShakespeareSunday
Cannot a plain man live and think no harm,
But thus his simple truth must be abused
By silken, sly, insinuating Jacks?
Richard III (1.3) #ShakespeareSunday
But thus his simple truth must be abused
By silken, sly, insinuating Jacks?
Richard III (1.3) #ShakespeareSunday
November 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Cannot a plain man live and think no harm,
But thus his simple truth must be abused
By silken, sly, insinuating Jacks?
Richard III (1.3) #ShakespeareSunday
But thus his simple truth must be abused
By silken, sly, insinuating Jacks?
Richard III (1.3) #ShakespeareSunday
November 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Nov 16, 1633: The earliest recorded performance of Richard III occurs at the court of King Charles. #OTD #Shakespeare
November 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Nov 16, 1633: The earliest recorded performance of Richard III occurs at the court of King Charles. #OTD #Shakespeare
Writers Theatre Transforms Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” Into A Foot-Tapping Musical
Writers Theatre Transforms Shakespeare's “As You Like It” Into A Foot-Tapping Musical
The musical version of the Bard of Avon's pastoral comedy is fun, but Shakespeare is the crust of this pie, not the filling.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Writers Theatre Transforms Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” Into A Foot-Tapping Musical
Nov 14, 1532: According to the chronicler Edward Hall, King Henry VIII secretly marries Anne Boleyn in Dover prior to their secret wedding the following January. #OTD
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November 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Nov 14, 1532: According to the chronicler Edward Hall, King Henry VIII secretly marries Anne Boleyn in Dover prior to their secret wedding the following January. #OTD
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