@ShakespeareRes

The Shakespeare Resource Center is an educational website for students, teachers and other Shakespeare enthusiasts.

 Deerfield, IL
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Shakespeare before he was famous buff.ly/lFiicTB Rory Loughnane imagines what might have happened if #Shakespeare had died during the plague of 1592–93, still a young writer.
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Exhibition explores connection between Black women and the works of #Shakespeare | buff.ly/x1tWk2d
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The tyranny of the open night ’s too rough For nature to endure. King Lear (3.4) #ShakespeareSunday
On Hampstead Heath by James Hamilton, oil on canvas, 1856 (image credit: WikiArt)

ALT On Hampstead Heath by James Hamilton, oil on canvas, 1856 (image credit: WikiArt)

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I dreamt last night of the three Weïrd Sisters. Macbeth (2.1) #ShakespeareSunday
The Three Witches, or the Weird Sisters by Henry Fuseli, oil on canvas, 1783 (picture credit: Wikimedia Commons)

ALT The Three Witches, or the Weird Sisters by Henry Fuseli, oil on canvas, 1783 (picture credit: Wikimedia Commons)

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It now draws toward night. Beyond the river we’ll encamp ourselves, Henry V (3.6) #ShakespeareSunday
A River at Dusk by Hippolyte-Camille Delpy, oil on panel, 1893 (Image credit: Lancashire County Museum Service)

ALT A River at Dusk by Hippolyte-Camille Delpy, oil on panel, 1893 (Image credit: Lancashire County Museum Service)

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Oct 25, 1415: King Henry V of England defeats the French at Agincourt on Saint Crispin's Day. #OTD buff.ly/jogrKDz
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Lessons From a 19-Year-Old Richard III buff.ly/VO1Fikh In this excerpt from a seasoned #Shakespeare teacher’s new book, he recounts his initial youthful stab at one the Bard’s great villains, and what he’s since learned about the role.
"Twelfth Night" at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, 2023, in the Allen Elizabethan Theatre. (Photo by Joe Sofranko)

ALT "Twelfth Night" at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, 2023, in the Allen Elizabethan Theatre. (Photo by Joe Sofranko)

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What John Berryman’s Lectures Revealed About Young #Shakespeare—and Himself | buff.ly/3cwTrZr
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Oct 20, 1597: Richard III is entered into the Stationer's Register in London. #OTD bit.ly/3nLsyNt
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Oct 20, 1596: John #Shakespeare and his family are formally approved to use a coat of arms. Their motto, "Non sanz droict," means "not without right." #OTD bit.ly/3rr0cu0
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Scholars conclude ‘beyond doubt’ that Shakespeare was main author of Edward III buff.ly/H4Gs3sX Play anonymously published in 1596 was collaboration between #Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe, according to computer analysis.
A Royal Shakespeare Company production of Edward III. It has been long thought Shakespeare wrote at least a few scenes. Photograph: Geraint Lewis/ArenaPAL

ALT A Royal Shakespeare Company production of Edward III. It has been long thought Shakespeare wrote at least a few scenes. Photograph: Geraint Lewis/ArenaPAL

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Oct 19, 1216: King John of England dies at the age of 49 in Newark Castle. #OTD buff.ly/dWx7BsW
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Unmannered dog, stand thou when I command! Advance thy halberd higher than my breast, Or by Saint Paul I’ll strike thee to my foot And spurn upon thee, beggar, for thy boldness. Richard III (1.2) #ShakespeareSunday
Richard stops the funeral procession in Act 1, Scene 2 (image credit: Victorian Illustrated Shakespeare)

ALT Richard stops the funeral procession in Act 1, Scene 2 (image credit: Victorian Illustrated Shakespeare)

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’Tis true, ’tis true. Thus was Adonis slain: He ran upon the boar with his sharp spear... Venus and Adonis #ShakespeareSunday
Adonis and the Boar by John Carew (image credit: Jacqueline Banerjee/The National Trust)

ALT Adonis and the Boar by John Carew (image credit: Jacqueline Banerjee/The National Trust)

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I swear to thee, by Cupid's strongest bow, By his best arrow with the golden head. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1.1) #ShakespeareSunday
Cupid's Arrows by Leon Bazile Perrault, oil on canvas, 1882 (image credit: Wikimedia Commons)

ALT Cupid's Arrows by Leon Bazile Perrault, oil on canvas, 1882 (image credit: Wikimedia Commons)

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This is his sword. I robbed his wound of it. Behold it stained With his most noble blood. Antony & Cleopatra (5.1) #ShakespeareSunday
Caesar and the Sword of Antony from Act 5, Scene 1. (image credit: Victorian Illustrated Shakespeare)

ALT Caesar and the Sword of Antony from Act 5, Scene 1. (image credit: Victorian Illustrated Shakespeare)

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Something Autumnal This Way Comes: The varied use of the season in #Shakespeare's plays | buff.ly/4gfjdfy
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“Call back yesterday”: Time-traveling Shakespeare buff.ly/omNwzze Only in the theater can people so persuasively journey from the present to another time and place. It’s an act of collective imagination, shared between audience and performer.
Richard Willis (Chorus), Henry V, Folger Theatre, 2014. Photo by Scott Suchman.

ALT Richard Willis (Chorus), Henry V, Folger Theatre, 2014. Photo by Scott Suchman.

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Oct 13, 1399: King Henry IV of England is crowned at Westminster Abbey. #OTD buff.ly/XKTPZiG
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‘My fellows’: John Heminges and Henry Condell buff.ly/jzFSzH5 Paul Edmondson of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust writes about the friends and colleagues #Shakespeare refers to as "my fellows" in his will.
(SR - OS - 80 Jonson) The workes of Benjamin Ionson, principal actors in Sejanus (Image credit: Shakespeare Birthplace Trust)

ALT (SR - OS - 80 Jonson) The workes of Benjamin Ionson, principal actors in Sejanus (Image credit: Shakespeare Birthplace Trust)

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