Archive for 'Shakespeare in 100 Objects'

Shakespeare’s World in 100 Objects: Number 78, a Bread Peel

Today’s 100 objects blog is by Elizabeth Sharrett, a Doctoral Researcher at the Shakespeare Institute.  Elizabeth is looking at an elm wood bread peel from the Collections of the Shakespeare ...

Shakespeare’s World in 100 objects: Number 76, a Money Pot

Today’s insight into Shakespeare’s world comes from Stephanie Appleton who is a Doctoral Researcher in the History Department at Birmingham My object this week will be instantly recognisable to many ...

Shakespeare’s World in 100 Objects: Number 75, Halls Croft

This week’s 100 objects blog is by Peter Hewitt, who is an AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Researcher in the History Department at the University of Birmingham. It has a surprising twist! ...

Shakespeare’s World in 100 objects: Number 74, a Knife & Fork Set

Today’s 100 objects blog is by Victoria Jackson who is a doctoral researcher from the History Department at the University of Birmingham. Victoria is looking at a Knife and Fork ...

Shakespeare’s World in 100 Objects: Number 73, a Grain Ark

Today’s blog looks at a late 16th or ealy 17th century grain ark from the collections of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and is by Elizabeth Sharrett, a doctoral researcher at the ...

Shakespeare’s World in 100 Objects : Number 72, a carved angel

Happy Easter from everyone at Finding Shakespeare! Our blog today looks at a group of fascinating carved oak figures and is by Peter Hewitt who is a Doctoral Researcher in ...

Shakespeare’s World in 100 objects: Number 71

A Cloak Clasp [1] from the collections of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust                   Today’s post is by Stephanie Appleton, doctoral researcher at the ...

Shakespeare’s World in 100 objects: Number 70, a Spinning Wheel

This week’s 100 object post was written by Elizabeth Sharrett who is studying for her PhD in History at the University of Birmingham’s Shakespeare Institute. “Then hadst thou had an excellent ...

Shakespeare’s World in 100 Objects: Number 69, a Book of Common Prayer and Psalter, Printed in 1596

Hello everyone, today’s post from the 100 objects series looks at this beautiful Book of Common Prayer and Psalter, published in 1596, from the Library collection of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. ...

Shakespeare’s World in 100 Objects: Number 68, an Elizabethan Penknife

This week’s 100 objects post looks at the subject of penknives and was written by Victoria Jackson from the History Department at the University of Birmingham. “A Game of Mumblety Peg ...

A freely available online exhibition exploring keys aspects of the music in Shakespeare’s plays, as well as music inspired by Shakespeare.