01 June 2021
New exhibition to reveal close relationship of the royal family and Shakespeare through history
The close relationship between Shakespeare and the royal family through history will be explored in an online exhibition being launched on 15 July.
The close relationship between Shakespeare and the royal family through history will be explored in an online exhibition being launched on 15 July.
The tangible effect of royal patronage on the afterlives of Shakespeare’s plays will be investigated through key objects from the Royal Collection and Royal Archives by researchers at Shakespeare in the Royal Collections (ShaRC), a London Shakespeare Centre at King's project.
3D visualisations in ‘Making History: Shakespeare and the Royal Family’ will allow visitors to see historical performances at Windsor Castle brought to life through the eyes of Queen Victoria and Her Majesty The Queen when Princess Elizabeth.
Paintings, books, drawings, prints, letters, essays, decorative objects, furniture and photographs from the Royal Collection and Royal Archives – all with fascinating Shakespearean connections – will be available to be explored for free online on the exhibition website here.
The exhibition ‘Making History: Shakespeare and the Royal Family’ forms part of a three-year AHRC-funded research project, ‘Shakespeare in the Royal Collection’. Undertaken in collaboration with Royal Collection Trust, the project investigates the Shakespeare-related holdings in the Royal Collection and Royal Archives, 1714–1945, and provides new information about a broad range of objects created, collected and displayed by generations of members of the royal family. A wider online database, allowing users to pursue their own curiosity by browsing over 1,000 Shakespeare-related objects from the Royal Collection and Royal Archives, can also be explored from 15 July.
Visit https://sharc.kcl.ac.uk/exhibition once the exhibition launches.
In this story
Professor of English