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Claire | October 25, 2011
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford-upon-Avon, hometown of William Shakespeare, has today launched a one day protest coinciding with the premier of “Anonymous” at the London Film Festival. The protest consists of:- Taping over nine road signs to blank out Shakespeare’s name – Instead of reading “Welcome to Warwickshire Shakespeare’s County” they read “Welcome to
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Claire | June 14, 2011
Thanks so much to Elizabeth Files visitor, Alexis, for telling me about this movie which is due to be released in the USA in the Autumn (Fall). “Anonymous”, from Sony Movies and 2012 director Roland Emmerich, asks the age-old question, “Who was Shakespeare?”, which has been debated for many years. Did the man William Shakespeare
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Claire | January 27, 2011
I wasn’t able to watch the National Geographic Channel’s “Secrets of the Virgin Queen” but many people have contacted me to let me know what “secrets” it looked at. It sounds like it was a programme concentrating on the salacious rumours and myths that surround Elizabeth and her personal life – can’t they come up
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Claire | January 13, 2011
According to a BBC News report, a rare Shakespeare folio is going on display at Durham University after it was damaged by a thief who stole it in 1998. The university recovered the 1623 first edition folio, worth around £1.5million, after the thief, a local man, was jailed for eight years in July, but it
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Claire | August 27, 2010
If you’re in the Midlands this Bank Holiday weekend, why not attend the Tudor Hiring Fair and Market at Mary Arden’s Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon, an event organised by the Shakespeare’s Birthplace Trust. Here is what the event Facebook page has to say about it:- Tudor Hiring Fair and Market 28th-30th August 2010, 1oam – 5pm Mary
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Claire | April 23, 2010
Today marks the anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death in 1616 and possibly his birth in 1564. We do not know his actual birthday but he was baptised in Stratford-upon-Avon on the 26th April 1564 so the 23rd April is when we celebrate his birth. William Shakespeare has got to be one of the greatest (if
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Claire | February 19, 2010
On this day in history, the 19th February 1592, the Rose Theatre, an Elizabethan play house, was opened in London on Bankside. In 1585 Philip Henslowe, a London businessman and property developer, leased a tenement and gardens known as the Little Rose. In 1587, with the help of grocer John Cholmley and carpenter John Griggs,
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Claire | February 15, 2010
This post continues from The Anne Boleyn Files post “Henry VIII’s England” which is an article on last night’s episode of “The Seven Ages of Britain” where David Dimbleby explored the reigns of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I through examining the art and treasure of the period. Hatfield House David Dimbleby’s first stop, in considering
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Claire | January 25, 2010
Today, we have a guest post by Robin Maxwell, author of the brilliant historical novels “The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn”, “Mademoiselle Boleyn”, “Virgin: Prelude to the Throne” and “Signora da Vinci”. Here, she writes about what it was like writing “O, Juliet” which is due to be released on the 2nd February. Taking on
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