Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

Come along to Shakespeare's New Place at 11am on Monday 3rd September for our next Makaton Monday. Based around nursery rhymes on display in our exhibitions such as 3 Blind Mice and Oranges and Lemons there'll be plenty to take part in. https://bit.ly/2JNRsYi

Today marks the final day of our installation based on Romeo and Juliet. Come down to Anne Hathaway's Cottage for your final chance to experience the play, as you've never seen or heard it before. #GiveAScript #ThreadsOfTheUnsaid https://bit.ly/2tQ5Gm9

Did you #GiveAScript about Romeo and Juliet this summer?
Did you play your part in one of our 3 challenges? Come and see how your contribution has been woven into unique crowd scripted version of Shakespeare's tale at Anne Hathaway's Cottage. #GiveAScript https://bit.ly/2tQ5Gm9

Join artist Thor McIntyre on Saturday at Anne Hathaway's Cottage for an immersive retelling of Romeo & Juliet. Come and see a collaborative recollection of Shakespeare's tale of love and loss as you never have before. @aswarmthing #GiveAScript https://bit.ly/2tQ5Gm9

Delve into our extensive archives as part of this year's Heritage Open Days http://bit.ly/2MAuKZH

‘Sugar and spice and all things nice.’ Learn more about Jacobean cookery and the importance of food at Hall's Croft today. Perfectly depicted by this family portrait saying grace before a meal by Anthonius Claeissins, available to buy online https://bit.ly/2MFSQCn

We are in love with this beautiful book ‘A Stage Full of Shakespeare Stories.’ Written by Angela McAllister, illustrated by Alice Lindstrom and Published Quarto Kids Shakespeare plays expertly rewritten for children. Available online https://bit.ly/2PczbaO

Come and work with us! We have some wonderful roles currently available across the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. To find out more go to http://pos.li/2a0cxw .

See http://bit.ly/2BR7i5A to watch Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Head of Research and Knowledge Paul Edmondson interview Imagining Shakespeare’s Wife: The Afterlife of Anne Hathaway author Katherine Scheilmn. Buy a copy here: http://bit.ly/2Munf6p or in our shops.

Hall's Croft is well known by many of our visitors but how about the people who lived there? Learn more about Shakespeare's daughter, Susanna Hall, her husband, John, and the pairs' close relationship with Shakespeare http://bit.ly/2awKutZ #SundayBlogShare

Our web of Woo's and Woe's is nearly complete! Come along to Anne Hathaway's Cottage this bank holiday, add you recollection from Romeo and Juliet and make your contribution to our crowd sourced script! #GiveAScript #ThreadsOfTheUnsaid #CrowdScripting #AnneHathawaysCottage

“I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me” - Much Ado About Nothing. We are looking forward to Shakes-paw's Day, celebrating National Dog Day at Anne Hathaway’s today. Dogs very welcome. Illustration by Louisa Hare. Shop the range online http://shop.shakespeare.org.uk/…/21/118 /Cards-%26-Calendars/

Don’t miss the Shakespeare Duck Race tomorrow ‘we hope the event goes swimmingly!’ Good luck to everybody entering and organising the event Stratford upon Avon Rotary Club and The Shakespeare Hospice. There is still time to donate https://bit.ly/2A8fTjj

Did you know...? #JoinTheConversation #GiveAScript #RomeoAndJuliet #Shakespeare #ShakespeareAloud

Oh, think’st thou we shall ever meet again? (Juliet, Act 3, Scene 5) #GiveAScript #RomeoAndJuliet #ShakespeareAloud #Love

“We know what we are but know not what we may be.” – Hamlet. Good luck to everyone receiving their GCSE’s results today. For all you future playwrights out there, here’s Shakespeare in his study by Thomas Newland, original painting by John Boaden. Purchase online https://bit.ly/2nkjstC

Meet our newly appointed Head of Creative Programme @louisadf @ace_midlands http://bit.ly/2MveoBi

This summer #GiveAScript about Romeo and Juliet
Visit Anne Hathaway's Cottage this summer and play your part in our installation based on Romeo and Juliet. Add your memories to our web of woos and woes and experience the play as you never have before. https://bit.ly/2tQ5Gm9

lovely day out have done 4 out of the 5 houses . so will be back in new year to do the last one and go for a wander round stratford -upon -avon as its such a lovely place and full of history .

What an amazing day me my daughter (7yrold) and my partner had a fab day doing all but one of the Stratford attractions (Anne Hathaways cottage ) I thought there was a pleasant greeting on arrival in every place. We all learned so much more then we knew about the great Shakespeare. For the price well worthy of a day of absolute value for money and will definitely return again. Great job Shakespeare's birthplace trust.

We had the most fantastic three hours at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Honestly, I thought our 11 and 10 year olds would get bored after an hour but they couldn’t get enough! The guides were amazing - engaging, interesting and knowledgeable. And because it was a quiet day we got the chance to ask LOADS of questions, which the girls loved. Outside we were treated to some performances by three actors we put slightly on the spot by asking for a bit of Coriolanus, and they did an amazing job. The ten year old asked for something bloody - and Titus Andronicus was brought out! Amazing. We had an absolutely BRILLIANT time and can’t wait to come back. Thanks everyone.

Until yesterday I did not appreciate how much educational work the SBT does. The main focus is English schools, specifically primary education. I thought it's all about tourists and archives but in fact it's also all about teaching Shakespeare to the kids and teenagers in warm and engaging way through acting, directing and analysing. Every day they have sessions with groups of children from all over England and there is an enormous amount of online materials free to download for teachers anywhere in the world 🌎 Please never underestimate how much the SBT does for the future generations.

Think some people in the reviews are missing the point. The tickets are priced that way as you are not just paying to see things, your donating to keep this trust going and the houses, artifacts etc it maintains safe for the future which i believe its extremely important. Personally me and my family spent over 2 hours in his birth place and if there wasnt other things we wanted to see we would have spent longer. We will def be back to use our tickets(which are valid for a year) again very soon. The trust is doing an amazing job at giving people like me who love this man and his work a place to go and also providing future generations with the opportunity to benefit from and love his work too.

The main house and its surrounding gardens are so beautiful we spent a lot of time there ,I have taken my grandchildren niece and others , it is so lovey looking at how life was and the adults and children loved it so much we we have been there more then once .the beautiful shops ,especially the tea rooms and ice cream parlours are exquisite and children's park not far from the butterfly farm is so !lovely with it's pool area and lots to do for families ,we also loved looking round the antique shops .a beautiful piece of English history

The house and its gardens are great to visit with a school group.

But I really must recommend the workshop organized for english-language learners : Do you know Shakespeare? - It lasts one hour and is really well adapted to students of level A2+ - B1. We took our French students there last April and met Sarah, our guide for the workshop and everyone had a really good time.

A very big thank you to Sarah for making the workshop so interesting and engaging with the kids so well.

Our bus also had a problem with a flat tyre on our way to Stratford and everyone we spoke to at the Trust was really kind and helpful and did their best to allow us to go ahead with our visits as planned by rescheduling for us.

Thanks for a great school visit.

Thank you for a wonderful workshop yesterday! Very informative and the students have gained so much from your expertise!

Had an amazing day with hubby and son. Such a beautiful town for a weekend away nice restaurants.

Fab couple of hours here where my daughter and her cousin were practically treated like friends by the guides and actors - all engaging them in debate and inspiring them to be curious about Shakespeare and his world. Highlight for me was the debate over king John and Oliver Cromwell, all whilst stood at the foot of Shakespeare’s second best bed� brilliant stuff - thank you!

A wonderful visit today. Beautifully maintained and presented. The staff were outstanding starting with the man who welcomed us in and explained the ticket price, the man who sold us the tickets, the wonderful actors who spoke so beautifully the words of Shakespeare - even my kids were spell bound, and the lady who explained his house. The shop was very well stocked. Great price for all the attractions for 12 months. Will definitely visit again.

A dream come true....from Buenos Aires, Argentina, with love and passion about Master Shakespeare

The birthplace was lovely and it was great knowing more about his life and beginnings. But the new place and daughter's house were stretching things a bit, in my opinion. Was told it would be more worth it to visit his final resting place instead.

I was visiting the archive of the Royal Shakespeare Company in the reading room of the Birthplace Trust last October. I was surprised at first about all the security measures because they made me feel like I'm entering and infiltrating a secret underground organisation, but I quickly got used to it. The staff was really nice and helpful but also very discreet to build a proper "work environment". Overall my stay there was really efficient and successful. My only criticism would go towards the prices of copies and so on, which was way too much in my opinion. Even the staff agreed with that.

Visited Shakespeare’s Birthplace - it only took us 30 minutes to walk round (that included 5 minutes in the gift shop).



When I was in the bedroom where he was supposedly born, I said to the lady - so is this the actual room that he was born in and I was told well there’s no written evidence but as this was the family home “we think” that he was more than likely born here!!!!



So it’s not even a dead cert that he was born there!!! What if he’s mum was popped round a friends when she went in to Labour!!!



I would also like to have seen even a teeny bit of Shakespeare’s hand written work of some sort. I saw his dad’s accounts chitty but would be good if we could see something written by the great man himself.



Sorry but I wouldn’t recommend it! So glad I didn’t take my children! Very boring for children.



I’ve rated this as 3 stars which comes up as it was ok but it really wasn’t ok. It was less than being ok.

I was underwhelmed by the church experience. Nice church but the entrance and surrounding area looked a bit tacky and I couldn't see the results of the millions of work completed on maintaining the church. The gift shop could have been anywhere and I would have expected a more formal tour of the church than the paper leaflet we got. The rest of Stratford was better and we will return to explore more

What a lovely building.....surrounded by a modern town centre.The Shakespeare trust building is a terrible 70's concrete eyesore, you would think they of all people would have built something sympathetic to it's surroundings.

We never went it, the prices are extortionate, the building can be walked around comfortably in 20 minutes (my parents went in) certainly not the 1 hour the trust claims you will need, unless you stop to listen to the actors, but it was much too busy and loud for that.

The town centre is a huge disappointment, with more charity shops than history.

If you are after culture and history, go to York or Lincoln, the streets are dripping in it.

My partner and I visited Shakespeare's Birthplace and Shakespeare's New Place. We bought two full story tickets, but we haven't been given any information about the locations of the houses we were supposed to see, so we thought that all of them will be around, on the same area. After we visited the birthplace house (that took us less than 40 mins), we asked the staff that sells the tickets at the entrance about the other houses. They explained where Shakespeare's New Place is, adding that we should hurry up cause it will close in about 10 minutes. I told them we purchased the full story tickets and that we wanted to see the other places as well. They said the houses we're too far (Anne Hathaway's Cottage about a mile away and Mary Arden's farm- 3 miles away) and that we won't be able to visit them today anyway. Fortunately, we managed to get to Shakespeare's New Place in time, but we were very disappointed about the services of the Shakespeare's homes. We think they should have given us information about the locations of the houses and that there wasn't time to reach them all anyway. We loved the two houses we got to visit, unfortunately, the staff disappointed. Hope other visitors will get better experiences.

This facebook page is incompetent, they didn't answer you even if they have read your message, doesn't matter if your questions were important and had some emergency on answer...they don't mind. So try to look for info in other place.

Also, the Shakespeare Birthplace is very small and there is not too much things of him you can see in there, and the price to enter is ridiculously expensive.

The Shakespeare New Place is a joke, no good info and just a couple of games to entertain children. The building is completely new and empty, don't waist your money and time going in there.

The Hall's Croft is one of the things that is not too bad. Also I would recommend you Bancroft Gardens and the Basil cannal.

And obviously, if you want Shakespeare books, don't buy them in Shakespeare's shops you can find next to the Shakespeare Birthplace, there is lot of charities shops full of Shakespeare shelves where you can find poems and other plays just for a couple of pounds.

lovely day out have done 4 out of the 5 houses . so will be back in new year to do the last one and go for a wander round stratford -upon -avon as its such a lovely place and full of history .

What an amazing day me my daughter (7yrold) and my partner had a fab day doing all but one of the Stratford attractions (Anne Hathaways cottage ) I thought there was a pleasant greeting on arrival in every place. We all learned so much more then we knew about the great Shakespeare. For the price well worthy of a day of absolute value for money and will definitely return again. Great job Shakespeare's birthplace trust.

We had the most fantastic three hours at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Honestly, I thought our 11 and 10 year olds would get bored after an hour but they couldn’t get enough! The guides were amazing - engaging, interesting and knowledgeable. And because it was a quiet day we got the chance to ask LOADS of questions, which the girls loved. Outside we were treated to some performances by three actors we put slightly on the spot by asking for a bit of Coriolanus, and they did an amazing job. The ten year old asked for something bloody - and Titus Andronicus was brought out! Amazing. We had an absolutely BRILLIANT time and can’t wait to come back. Thanks everyone.

Until yesterday I did not appreciate how much educational work the SBT does. The main focus is English schools, specifically primary education. I thought it's all about tourists and archives but in fact it's also all about teaching Shakespeare to the kids and teenagers in warm and engaging way through acting, directing and analysing. Every day they have sessions with groups of children from all over England and there is an enormous amount of online materials free to download for teachers anywhere in the world 🌎 Please never underestimate how much the SBT does for the future generations.

Think some people in the reviews are missing the point. The tickets are priced that way as you are not just paying to see things, your donating to keep this trust going and the houses, artifacts etc it maintains safe for the future which i believe its extremely important. Personally me and my family spent over 2 hours in his birth place and if there wasnt other things we wanted to see we would have spent longer. We will def be back to use our tickets(which are valid for a year) again very soon. The trust is doing an amazing job at giving people like me who love this man and his work a place to go and also providing future generations with the opportunity to benefit from and love his work too.

The main house and its surrounding gardens are so beautiful we spent a lot of time there ,I have taken my grandchildren niece and others , it is so lovey looking at how life was and the adults and children loved it so much we we have been there more then once .the beautiful shops ,especially the tea rooms and ice cream parlours are exquisite and children's park not far from the butterfly farm is so !lovely with it's pool area and lots to do for families ,we also loved looking round the antique shops .a beautiful piece of English history

The house and its gardens are great to visit with a school group.

But I really must recommend the workshop organized for english-language learners : Do you know Shakespeare? - It lasts one hour and is really well adapted to students of level A2+ - B1. We took our French students there last April and met Sarah, our guide for the workshop and everyone had a really good time.

A very big thank you to Sarah for making the workshop so interesting and engaging with the kids so well.

Our bus also had a problem with a flat tyre on our way to Stratford and everyone we spoke to at the Trust was really kind and helpful and did their best to allow us to go ahead with our visits as planned by rescheduling for us.

Thanks for a great school visit.

Thank you for a wonderful workshop yesterday! Very informative and the students have gained so much from your expertise!

Had an amazing day with hubby and son. Such a beautiful town for a weekend away nice restaurants.

Fab couple of hours here where my daughter and her cousin were practically treated like friends by the guides and actors - all engaging them in debate and inspiring them to be curious about Shakespeare and his world. Highlight for me was the debate over king John and Oliver Cromwell, all whilst stood at the foot of Shakespeare’s second best bed� brilliant stuff - thank you!

A wonderful visit today. Beautifully maintained and presented. The staff were outstanding starting with the man who welcomed us in and explained the ticket price, the man who sold us the tickets, the wonderful actors who spoke so beautifully the words of Shakespeare - even my kids were spell bound, and the lady who explained his house. The shop was very well stocked. Great price for all the attractions for 12 months. Will definitely visit again.

A dream come true....from Buenos Aires, Argentina, with love and passion about Master Shakespeare

The birthplace was lovely and it was great knowing more about his life and beginnings. But the new place and daughter's house were stretching things a bit, in my opinion. Was told it would be more worth it to visit his final resting place instead.

I was visiting the archive of the Royal Shakespeare Company in the reading room of the Birthplace Trust last October. I was surprised at first about all the security measures because they made me feel like I'm entering and infiltrating a secret underground organisation, but I quickly got used to it. The staff was really nice and helpful but also very discreet to build a proper "work environment". Overall my stay there was really efficient and successful. My only criticism would go towards the prices of copies and so on, which was way too much in my opinion. Even the staff agreed with that.

Visited Shakespeare’s Birthplace - it only took us 30 minutes to walk round (that included 5 minutes in the gift shop).



When I was in the bedroom where he was supposedly born, I said to the lady - so is this the actual room that he was born in and I was told well there’s no written evidence but as this was the family home “we think” that he was more than likely born here!!!!



So it’s not even a dead cert that he was born there!!! What if he’s mum was popped round a friends when she went in to Labour!!!



I would also like to have seen even a teeny bit of Shakespeare’s hand written work of some sort. I saw his dad’s accounts chitty but would be good if we could see something written by the great man himself.



Sorry but I wouldn’t recommend it! So glad I didn’t take my children! Very boring for children.



I’ve rated this as 3 stars which comes up as it was ok but it really wasn’t ok. It was less than being ok.

I was underwhelmed by the church experience. Nice church but the entrance and surrounding area looked a bit tacky and I couldn't see the results of the millions of work completed on maintaining the church. The gift shop could have been anywhere and I would have expected a more formal tour of the church than the paper leaflet we got. The rest of Stratford was better and we will return to explore more

What a lovely building.....surrounded by a modern town centre.The Shakespeare trust building is a terrible 70's concrete eyesore, you would think they of all people would have built something sympathetic to it's surroundings.

We never went it, the prices are extortionate, the building can be walked around comfortably in 20 minutes (my parents went in) certainly not the 1 hour the trust claims you will need, unless you stop to listen to the actors, but it was much too busy and loud for that.

The town centre is a huge disappointment, with more charity shops than history.

If you are after culture and history, go to York or Lincoln, the streets are dripping in it.

My partner and I visited Shakespeare's Birthplace and Shakespeare's New Place. We bought two full story tickets, but we haven't been given any information about the locations of the houses we were supposed to see, so we thought that all of them will be around, on the same area. After we visited the birthplace house (that took us less than 40 mins), we asked the staff that sells the tickets at the entrance about the other houses. They explained where Shakespeare's New Place is, adding that we should hurry up cause it will close in about 10 minutes. I told them we purchased the full story tickets and that we wanted to see the other places as well. They said the houses we're too far (Anne Hathaway's Cottage about a mile away and Mary Arden's farm- 3 miles away) and that we won't be able to visit them today anyway. Fortunately, we managed to get to Shakespeare's New Place in time, but we were very disappointed about the services of the Shakespeare's homes. We think they should have given us information about the locations of the houses and that there wasn't time to reach them all anyway. We loved the two houses we got to visit, unfortunately, the staff disappointed. Hope other visitors will get better experiences.

This facebook page is incompetent, they didn't answer you even if they have read your message, doesn't matter if your questions were important and had some emergency on answer...they don't mind. So try to look for info in other place.

Also, the Shakespeare Birthplace is very small and there is not too much things of him you can see in there, and the price to enter is ridiculously expensive.

The Shakespeare New Place is a joke, no good info and just a couple of games to entertain children. The building is completely new and empty, don't waist your money and time going in there.

The Hall's Croft is one of the things that is not too bad. Also I would recommend you Bancroft Gardens and the Basil cannal.

And obviously, if you want Shakespeare books, don't buy them in Shakespeare's shops you can find next to the Shakespeare Birthplace, there is lot of charities shops full of Shakespeare shelves where you can find poems and other plays just for a couple of pounds.