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Shakespeare Institute

Archival institution in United Kingdom

Summary

Archival institution in United Kingdom

Field	Value
name	The Shakespeare Institute
parent	The University of Birmingham
image_name	[[File:Shakespeare Institute Logo.jpg	200px]]
[[File:Shakespeare Institute, Mason Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon.jpg	200px]]
caption	Mason Croft
motto	**
mottoeng	"Through efforts to high things"
established	1951
address	Mason Croft, Church Street
city	Stratford Upon Avon
postcode
CV37 6HP
coordinates
director	Michael Dobson
postgrad	150
website

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The Shakespeare Institute is a centre for postgraduate study dedicated to the study of William Shakespeare and the literature of the English Renaissance. It is part of the University of Birmingham, and is located in Stratford-upon-Avon.

The Institute was set up in 1951 at Mason Croft, the former home of novelist Marie Corelli. Budgetary problems forced it to be relocated to the main campus at Birmingham during the 1970s, but under the guidance of Professor Stanley Wells, the Institute was returned to Mason Croft in the 1980s and its position was consolidated in 1996 with the opening of the purpose-built Shakespeare Institute Library.

It has been described by the current director, Michael Dobson, as "the best place on earth in which to explore the impact Shakespeare’s work has had across four centuries of world culture".

Directors of the Institute

The directors of the Institute have been:

Allardyce Nicoll 1951 to 1961
Terence Spencer
Philip Brockbank
Stanley Wells
Peter Holland
Russell Jackson
Kathleen McLuskie
Michael Dobson

Notable Alumni

Sarah Hosking (arts administrator)

Shakespeare Institute Library

The Shakespeare Institute Library contains about 60,000 volumes (including 3,000 early printed and rare books), archives and manuscripts, and audio-visual collections. The library aims to collect every significant publication for the study of Shakespeare and Renaissance drama and the supporting collections cover literary, cultural, political, religious, and social history of the period. Significant research collections include:

Renaissance Theatre Company archive
Renaissance Films PLC archive
Unpublished Shakespeare Film Script collection
New Shakespeare Company archive
E. K. Chambers Papers
Newscuttings collection 1902–present
English Short Title Catalogue 1475-1640 on microfilm
Francis Longe Play Collection on microfilm.

Shakespeare Institute Players

The Shakespeare Institute Players is the dramatic society for the postgraduate students of the University of Birmingham's Shakespeare Institute, located in Stratford-upon-Avon. The Shakespeare Institute Players have been around under many different names since the University of Birmingham's Shakespeare Institute has existed. The first recorded production was A Yorkshire Tragedy (Unknown Author) as The Shakespeare Institute Dramatic Society. It was performed in February 1953. Since then, the group has had many different names, but the most commonly used name (and the one by which it is currently known) is The Shakespeare Institute Players.

References

Ives, Eric. (2000). "The First Civic University: Birmingham, 1880–1980 – An Introductory History". University of Birmingham Press.
"About us - Shakespeare Institute".
"Shakespeare Institute Library - Shakespeare Institute".
http://www.shakespeareinstituteplayers.co.uk/

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