Richard Day, A Booke of Christian prayers..., 1581 - Shelter strangers woodcut, p.53r, detail.
Christian charity offering shelter, in Shakespeare's time.
Strangers traveling in the countryside were often made welcome, as Autolycus, Polixenes and Camillo find at the feast in the play of The Winter’s ...
Richard Day, A Booke of Christian prayers..., 1581 - shepherdess woodcut , p.99v, detail.
A countrywoman: Shakespeare married a local farmer's daughter.
When he was eighteen Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway, the daughter of a local landowner and farmer, who was seven years his elder. She ...
Richard Day, A Booke of Christian prayers..., 1581 - Tending the sick woodcut, p.74v, detail.
A family death-bed: a scene familiar to Shakespeare.
A generation before William Shakespeare's birth, England was a Roman Catholic country changed by the actions of Henry VIII who declared himself ...
Richard Day, A Booke of Christian prayers..., 1581 - Tending the sick woodcut, p.74v, detail.
Women in the home in Shakespeare's time.
The role of women, though legally inferior to men, was in effect recognised of equal importance as they were expected to carry out all the responsibilities ...
Richard Day, A Booke of Christian prayers..., 1581 - Wisdom and prudence, p.66v.
Reading and study is praised in Shakespeare's England.
The marginal illustration in Day's Book of Christian Prayers tells its readers that 'wisdom is better than gold'. The woodcuts are reminders of ...
Richard Quiney addresses his letter to Shakespeare, 25 October 1598. Reverse
Quiney folded up his letter, sealed it, and addressed it: 'To my Loveinge good frend & contreymann Mr Wm. Shackespere deliver thees.'
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust reference: ER 27/4
Richard Quiney asks Shakespeare's help with a loan of £30, 25 October 1598
In late 1598, Richard Quiney was in London on Corporation business. On 16 October his friend, Abraham Sturley had written to him from Stratford, outlining the financial difficulties he was in, and asking ...
Robert Allott, compiler, England's Parnassus, 1600 - p.284-285.
An anthology groups Shakespeare and other writings by subject for easy reference.
In part of this anthology, published in 1600, quotations from contemporary writers are grouped like a thesaurus, by ...
Robert Allott, compiler, England's Parnassus, 1600 - p. 182
‘Quotations’ from Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe.
This anonymous collection of quotations includes the work of popular playwrights of the day including Christopher Marlowe, Thomas ...
Robert Allott, compiler, England's Parnassus, 1600 - p. 284
Shakespeare and other playwrights and poets are quoted in a popular anthology.
The spread of Shakespeare's influence was clear from the numerous quotations from his works, poems and plays, that were ...
Robert Allott, compiler, England's Parnassus, 1600 - p. 285
Shakespeare and other playwrights and poets are quoted in a popular anthology.
Writers on 'Time' who are represented in the Parnassus anthology include George Chapman, Thomas Lodge, Michael Drayton, ...
Robert Allott, compiler, England's Parnassus, 1600 - p. A6r.
A subject list of work by Shakespeare and his fellow writers.
The subject 'table' shows how the editor of England's Parnassus had chosen to group the quotations, to allow readers to search the book ...
Robert Allott, compiler, England's Parnassus, 1600 - title page
Popular verses by Shakespeare and his contemporaries.
Early references to the work of William Shakespeare appeared in print from 1592. This book is a collection of many short quotations from contemporary ...
Robert Allott, compiler,England's Parnassus, 1600 - p. 182, detail.
Shakespeare and other playwrights on ‘love’.
The Parnassus anthology groups quotations by their theme, including Marlowe on love. Christopher Marlowe, who was two months older than Shakespeare, ...
Russian Quatercentenary Medal
This bronze medal was made in USSR for the four-hundredth anniversary in 1964 of Shakespeare's birth. Designed by I. Daragan.
One side features a bust of Shakespeare derived from the Droeshout engraving. ...
Russian Quatercentenary Medal
This bronze medal was made in USSR for the four-hundredth anniversary in 1964 of Shakespeare's birth. Designed by I. Daragan.
One side features a bust of Shakespeare derived from the Droeshout engraving. ...
Shakespeare acquires some property in Chapel Lane, September 1602
Copy of court roll recording the assignment to William Shakespeare of premises in Chapel Lane.
In 1597, Shakespeare had purchased New Place, a large house on the corner of Chapel Street and Chapel ...
Shakespeare Club Medal
A bronze medal commemorating the establishment of the Shakespeare Club in 1824. Designed by T.W. Ingram, Birmingham.
This bust of Shakespeare on this side is copied from the Holy Trinity Church memorial ...