This month marks the four hundredth anniversary of the birth of 17th Century historian and churchman Thomas Fuller. While he was considered one of he great English writers in previous centuries, he’s nearly forgotten today. Fuller was a Doctor of Divinity at Cambridge and Chaplain Extraordinary to Charles II. His most long lasting contributions were [...]
This past March, the Reverend Paul Turp, vicar of St Leonard’s parish in London, announced that he had discovered the buried remains of the original St. Leonard’s in Shoreditch. Shakespeare would have worshiped at the church when he lived in the parish. His nephew Edmund Shakespeare was baptised there, as was Richard Burbage, the [...]
BBC News has posted a video report about the restoration work that will soon be done on Shakespeare’s grave. The report features short interviews with the Reverend Martin Gorrick, Vicar of Holy Trinity Church, and Ian Stainburn, the architect overseeing the renovation.
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A copy of the First Folio of Shakespeare’s plays sold for £445,250 ($873,581) on Wednesday at a Christie’s auction of rare manuscripts and printed books. The auction was held at Christie’s headquarters on King Street in London. The final sales price exceeded the sales estimate of £300,000 - £400,000 ($585,900 - $781,200). The folio was [...]
As reported earlier this month by “The Shakespeare Post, William Shakespeare’s tombstone in Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon will soon undergo a makeover. The news went mainstream Wednesday and was the lead Shakespeare-related news on the Internet.
Restorers will attempt to repair and conserve the surface of the stones but will not open the grave and [...]
Christie’s will auction a nearly complete copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio at a sale of valuable manuscripts and printed books on June 4. The auction will be held at Christie’s headquarters in London. The volume is known as the Munro Copy of the First Folio. It was purchased by the Sir Thomas Munro of Lindertis [...]
William Shakespeare’s tombstone includes a curse on anyone who moves his bones, but is doesn’t mention restoration work. Architect Ian Stainburn has been working on repairing and renovating the Collegiate Church of The Holy Trinity in Stratford-upon-Avon where Shakespeare is buried. Mr. Stainburn is a director in the firm of Stainburn Taylor Architects, which specializes [...]
Although this isn’t strictly a piece of Shakespeare news, “The Guardian” has published an article explaining how the same type of liberties that allowed Elizabethan businessmen to build the Theatre, Curtain, Rose and Globe theatres without interference from London authorities could allow a group of residents to derail plans to build a Norman Foster-designed skyscraper [...]
Students from the University of Bristol in England were conducting research for a display of Tudor and Jacobean portraits when they uncovered a “ghost figure” of a man believed to be Shakespeare’s patron, Henry Wriothesley, the 3rd Earl of Southampton. The image was painted over with a portrait of the Earl’s wife, Elizabeth Vernon, who [...]
As noted by “The Shakespeare Post” a few weeks ago, “The Independent” reported that, “Shakespeare’s “lost” local church in London may have been found – beneath some flower beds and cracked paving stones. New research has pinpointed the site of the old church of St Leonard, which was the centre of worship and burial for [...]
