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In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day we look more closely at Shakespeare’s relationship with Ireland…

The Word of the Week is ‘Buzzer’
Voiced by Richard James-Neale

To celebrate International Women’s Day our research team looked at the Taming of the Shrew and its relationship with twentieth century feminism…

“The force of opposition was astonishing…”

The Winter's Tale by Renegdae Theatre (c) Simon Annand

The word of the week is ‘Bawcock’
Voiced by Maggie Tildesley

(c) John Haynes 2012

Learn the importance of Shakespeare’s plays to Georgian theatre…

Jade Williams as Lady Mortimer and Sean Kearns as Glendower in Henry IV Part . Img. (c) John Haynes, 2010

To celebrate St David’s Day we take a look at Shakespeare’s connection to Wales….

The word of the week is ‘Kicky-wicky’
Voiced by Laura Pryce

Twelfth Night poster image 2012 (c) Amberly Valentine

The erudite and charming, David, former Riverdance world champion, helps make the Globe accessible to all, from programming BSL interpreted plays to throwing the odd quip out on Twitter….

The Winter's Tale by Renegade Theatre (c) Simon Annand

The Winter’s Tale has much to tell us about Shakespeare’s later theatrical career…