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April	Thursday 20 April , 13.10 (Meet in Main Hall) The Importance of Clothing, Both On and Off Stage, for Shakespeare and his Fellow Actors Jennifer Tiramani (The talk is free, but you will need to have purchased an exhibition ticket prior to the talk at 13.10pm, £8.00/conc.£5.25)

April	Friday 21 April, 19.00 Peter Ackroyd: Shakespeare and London The acclaimed novelist and biographer Peter Ackroyd has written imaginatively convincing biographies of T.S.Eliot, Dickens, Blake and Thomas More. He hasrecently published a new biography of William Shakespeare. To mark the occasion of Shakespeare 's birthday, Ackroyd talks about the playwright and London. *In association with the University of Westminster* This event is now sold out Friday 21 April, 18.30 Concordia Foundation: Shakespeare & Love Concordia Foundation presents Gillian Humphreys with an ensemble of young artists in Shakespeare & Love, an anthology of verse, prose and music, to include works by Purcell, Arne, Dankworth, Schubert, Dring, Betty Roe and Cecilia McDowall.

April -	Saturday 22 - Sunday 23 April 11.00 - 16.30 Shakespearean Characters Come and meet costumed characters from Shakespeare's life including one of his fellow actors and a lady from the court of James I. Throughout Saturday and Sunday actors will roam the Gallery and recreate the world that Shakespeare and his contemporaries knew.

April	Sunday 23 April 10.00 - 18.00 (last entry to exhibition at 17.50) Searching for Shakespeare 'All the world's a stage' - As You Like It Act II, scene VII To celebrate Shakespeare's Birthday any visitor who comes to the National Portrait Gallery on Sunday 23 April 2006 in period Shakespearean costume will be able to visit Searching for Shakespeare for free. The exhibition offers an intriguing insight into the life and times of the world's most famous playwright. Bringing together a unique collection of portraits and objects including the original parish register recording Shakespeare's baptism in 1564. So put on your petticoat, don your ruff and get into your doublet and hose! Offer only valid for those in costume - so encourage your friends to dress up to. Sunday 23 April, 13.00 (Meet in Main Hall) Film: Shakespeare in Love Dir. John Madden,1998 (123mins) Romantic comedy about William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) as a young playwright struggling to finish his latest play Romeo and Ethel the Pirate's Daughter, until he meets the wealthy Viola (Gwyneth Paltrow) who provides new inspiration for some of his greatest works.

May	Thursday 4 May, 13.10 (Room 19) Images of Shakespeare 's Patrons Karen Hearn

May	Sunday 7 May, 13.00 *Film: Throne of Blood Dir. Akira Kurosawa,1957 (105mins)* The famous Samurai Macbeth including extraordinary battle scenes

May	Shakespeare: Portraiture, Biography and the Material World Thursday 18 May, 13.30-18.00 Friday 19 May, 10.00-17.00 Tickets £35 /£25 concessions Ondaatje Wing Theatre - Lower Floor Programme and Booking Form Academic conference organised in association with King 's College, London that contextualises events and relationships from Shakespeare 's life such as his marriage, property purchases, the acquisition of honours, portraits and material goods. Themes include portraiture and likeness, biography and custom, and theatrical cultures. Speakers include Erin Blake, Tarnya Cooper, Elizabeth Goldring, Larry Manley, Sonia Massai, Lena Orlin, Aileen Ribeiro and James Shapiro. *Supported by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art*

May	Thursday 25 May, 13.10 (Meet in Main Hall) An insiders view of staging the Shakespeare Exhibition Q and A with curator Tarnya Cooper and exhibition manager Claire Everitt. (The talk is free, but you will need to have purchased an exhibition ticket prior to the talk at 13.10pm, £8.00/conc.£5.25)

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