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Apr 6, 2020 26 tweets 13 min read
Are you joining us for Hamlet on YouTube this evening?Where in the globe are you watching from? ⭕🌍

We’d love to hear from you throughout the show – tweet us @The_Globe #Hamlet.

Here’s approx. timings for this evening's #Hamlet 💀

7.00pm Part One
7.35pm 10 min Interval
(Be sure to pause the YouTube video and press play again in 10 mins time if you’d like to join us for an interval)
7.45pm Part Two
9.45pm Ends Sword fight in Hamlet.
Feb 6, 2020 12 tweets 7 min read
With #TheTamingoftheShrew officially opening this evening, we’d thought we’d delve in to the history of Shakespeare’s tricky, tempestuous comedy.

Here’s 10 Things You May Not Know About Shrew… As with most of Shakespeare’s plays, it’s difficult to assign a precise date to #TheTamingoftheShrew, but we believe it was written and performed between 1590 and 1592, making it one of Shakespeare’s earliest comedies when he was but a youth.
Oct 17, 2019 13 tweets 7 min read
There is no denying that history has been dominated by stories about men, and by men, and this winter, we’re shining a (candle)light on women and their stories. A rectangular stand holds a collection of different sized candles in front of a tapestry decorated with embroidered leaves This autumn sees the centenary of two political milestones in the fight for gender equality – the election of the first female Member of Parliament, Nancy Astor, and the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act. Nancy Astor stands surrounded by a crowd of men
May 17, 2019 30 tweets 15 min read
Our first panel at the #GlobeWomenPower symposium is about #Women, #Culture and #Art 🎭

We are very lucky to have @soulsister8, @ClairevkVan, @mogster and @Winsome_Pinnock reflecting on themes of #leadership, guided by our chair Professor Charlotte Scott. We first ask - what does #leadership mean to you?

See the responses from our panel below - and share your own answer too!