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Ovid, Metamorphosis, 1603 - Book III, p. 33r, Hunting dogs'.
Shakespeare's source for Theseus praising his hounds in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Shakespeare drew on his memories of Ovid's story of Diana and Actaeon when Duke Theseus praises the barking ...
Ovid, Metamorphosis, 1603 - Book IV, p. 43v, 'Pyramus & Thisbe'..
Shakespeare’s source for the play of 'Pyramus and Thisbe'.
Nick Bottom, the weaver and leading actor amongst the Athenian craftsmen in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, knows little about ...
Ovid, Metamorphosis, 1603 - Book IV, p. 44r,'Thisbe flees the lioness'..
Stories for sources in Shakespeare.
The tale of the doomed lovers Pyramus and Thisbe was among those that Shakespeare remembered from Ovid, and used for A Midsummer Night’s Dream>, 1,2, lines ...
Ovid, Metamorphosis, 1603 - Book X, p. 119v, 'Orpheus' story'..
Stories for sources in Shakespeare.
When Shakespeare came to London he had great opportunity for contact with books, whether in the city, on the bookstalls around St. Paul's Churchyard, or from the ...
Ovid, Metamorphosis, 1603 - Book X, p. 120r, 'Orpheus and Euridice'..
Stories for sources in Shakespeare.
The story of Orpheus, the poet and singer who tried to save his wife, the nymph Euridice, from death by charming the king of the underworld with his music, was in ...
Ovid, Metamorphosis, 1603 - Book XII, p. 144v, 'Achilles'.
A story source for Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida.
The fame of the Greek warrior, Achilles, and his companions was well-known in literature, but Shakespeare may first have discovered the story ...
Ovid, Metamorphosis, 1603 - Book XII, p. 145r, 'Trojan Nestor'..
A source for Shakespeare’s character of Nestor, the elderly nobleman in Troilus and Cressida
This page in Ovid's story of the heroes of Greece and Troy may have provided Shakespeare with ideas ...
Ovid, Metamorphosis, 1603 - title page, p.1'Of shapes transformed...'.
A schoolbook that provided many sources for ideas in plays and poems
One of the first books that Shakespeare experienced at Stratford grammar school was the Metamorphosis of Ovid. Written in Latin ...
Pack of Plasticine
A long thin length of brown plasticine in a cardboard sleeve. The cover is printed in red and blue.
Pack of Plasticine
A long thin length of brown plasticine in a cardboard sleeve, the cover is printed in red and blue.
Painted Wooden Egg
This painted wooden egg from Poland is decorated with traditional flower and vine designs in red, blue and white. The egg is one of three in the collection.
Pancake Race
Black and white photograph of a pancake race, with two women crossing the finishing line.
Panel
A black lace and beaded panel from the Edwardian period. The panel is triangular in shape with flowers and leaves formed by a beaded pattern.
Paperweight
This paperweight is said to be made from a piece of wood used to make Cecil Rhodes' coffin in 1902. Cecil Rhodes (1853-1902) was an imperial statesman and prime minister of the Cape Colony in Africa.
Paperweight
This paperwieght is from India. It is made from talc that has been carved to represent a lion's head with a foliage body.
Passport
The British passport belonging to Miss Christine James Ledger, 9th December 1969.
Pen
The shaft of this ink pen is made of carved ivory and engraved brass, with a metal nib. The pen was used by the cobbler W. Smith and Son of Bath Street, Leamington Spa. In 1875 William Smith bought the ...
Pen
A novelty metal pen made in Birmingham.