The Shakespeare blog

On 12 March 2026 the death of the actor Jane Lapotaire was announced.

This week sees the 100th anniversary of one of the most dramatic events in Stratford, the destruction by fire of the original Shakespeare Memorial Theatre on 6 March 1926.

We are as sure as we can be that Shakespeare experienced the coronation of King James 1.

Thomas Hardy On 14 February 2023 the members of the Shakespeare Club of Stratford-upon-Avon met for a real treat of a lecture.

Hilary Mantel 2022 On Thursday 22 September 2022 the great British writer Hilary Mantel died unexpectedly.

Buckingham Palace on the evening Queen Elizabeth 11 died.

The First Folio being sold in 2022 On 7 July 2022 a copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio will be sold in New York.

Peter Brook The death at the age of 97 of the great theatre director Peter Brook has been announced today, 3 July 2022.

Aphra Behn.

John Everett Millais, The Princes in the Tower Shakespeare’s play Richard III has always been one of his most popular dramas.