Tag Archives: Shakespeare
Social networks — in papercraft and calligraphy
Social networks — in papercraft and calligraphy Did you have a friendship album when you were little? My teachers in primary school were mobbed for entries into our ‘poetry albums’, as they were known in German; my father wrote a … Continue reading
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Tagged art education, art history, British Library, exhibitions, Shakespeare, social history
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Where are all the other bards?
Where are all the other bards? Have you ever seen been exhilarated by a production of 17th century writer Aphra Behn? Have you ever been riveted by a play of 18th century writer Susanna Centlivre? Have you ever missed stops … Continue reading
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Tagged drama, drama education, English literature, playwrights, reading aloud, Shakespeare, theatre, women writers
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Shakespeare in the schoolroom – selected texts from the IOE’s Special Collections
Today is the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. To commemorate the event, UCL Library Services have an exhibition Fair play and foul: connecting with Shakespeare in the Main Library. The exhibition aims to bring together historical resources connected with Shakespeare and learning … Continue reading
New library display – brush up on your Shakespeare!
From our guest blogger, Beverley: William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is commonly agreed to have been born and died on April 23rd. The current display on level 4 of the library tries to show the breadth of the range of materials relating … Continue reading
