Shakespeare in Ten Acts

Exhibition open until 6 September 2016 A landmark exhibition on the performances that made an icon, charting Shakespeare’s constant reinvention across the centuries. Journey through 400 years of history – from the first productions of Hamlet and The Tempest – to understand how Shakespeare’s plays have been transformed for new generations of how audiences reacted to ground-breaking moments like the first stage appearance by a female actor in 1660 and the first British performance of O