As part of the exhibition ‘Shakespeare in his time’ on at Sir George Grey Special Collections, Curator Ian Snowdon looks at Abraham Ortelius, Epitome theatri Ortelaini, Antwerp: Arnout Conix, 1595, and the what we see of the wider world in Shakespeare’s plays, despite his lack of travel.

As part of the exhibition ‘Shakespeare in his time’ on at Sir George Grey Special Collections, Curator Ian Snowdon looks at Abraham Ortelius, Epitome theatri Ortelaini, Antwerp: Arnout Conix, 1595, and the what we see of the wider world in Shakespeare’s plays, despite his lack of travel.

As part of the exhibition ‘Shakespeare in his time’ on at Sir George Grey Special Collections, Curator Ian Snowdon looks at Abraham Ortelius, Epitome theatri Ortelaini, Antwerp: Arnout Conix, 1595, and the what we see of the wider world in Shakespeare’s plays, despite his lack of travel.

As part of the exhibition ‘Shakespeare in his time’ on at Sir George Grey Special Collections, Curator Ian Snowdon looks at William Dugdale’s The history of St. Pauls Cathedral in London, London: Tho. Warren, 1658, and talks about the book’s history, as well as Shakespeare’s connection to the cathedral itself.

As part of the exhibition ‘Shakespeare in his time’ on at Sir George Grey Special Collections, Curator Ian Snowdon looks at William Dugdale’s The history of St. Pauls Cathedral in London, London: Tho. Warren, 1658, and talks about the book’s history, as well as Shakespeare’s connection to the cathedral itself.

As part of the exhibition ‘Shakespeare in his time’ on at Sir George Grey Special Collections, Curator Ian Snowdon looks at William Dugdale’s The history of St. Pauls Cathedral in London, London: Tho. Warren, 1658, and talks about the book’s history, as well as Shakespeare’s connection to the cathedral itself.

As part of the exhibition ‘Shakespeare in his time’ on at Sir George Grey Special Collections, Curator Ian Snowdon looks at William Dugdale’s The history of St. Pauls Cathedral in London, London: Tho. Warren, 1658, and talks about the book’s history, as well as Shakespeare’s connection to the cathedral itself.

As part of the exhibition ‘Shakespeare in his time’ on at Sir George Grey Special Collections, Curator Iain Sharp looks at some of the possible sources that Shakespeare could have drawn on. Included in this case are:

The mirour for magistrates, London: Henry Marsh, 1587.

Michel de Montaigne, Essayes written in French, done into English by John Florio, London: Melch. Bradwood, 1613.

Raphael Holinshed, The historie of England, London, 1586.

As part of the exhibition ‘Shakespeare in his time’ on at Sir George Grey Special Collections, Curator Iain Sharp looks at some of the possible sources that Shakespeare could have drawn on. Included in this case are:

The mirour for magistrates, London: Henry Marsh, 1587.

Michel de Montaigne, Essayes written in French, done into English by John Florio, London: Melch. Bradwood, 1613.

Raphael Holinshed, The historie of England, London, 1586.

As part of the exhibition ‘Shakespeare in his time’ on at Sir George Grey Special Collections, Curator Iain Sharp looks at some of the possible sources that Shakespeare could have drawn on. Included in this case are:

The mirour for magistrates, London: Henry Marsh, 1587.

Michel de Montaigne, Essayes written in French, done into English by John Florio, London: Melch. Bradwood, 1613.

Raphael Holinshed, The historie of England, London, 1586.