The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust is set to “decolonise” its extensive museum collections after research claimed the playwright’s legacy has been used to advance ideas of “white supremacy”.
The trust, which manages buildings linked to Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon and holds key archival material including parish records of his birth and baptism, is exploring the "continued impact of Empire" on its collections and how "Shakespeare's work has played a part in this".
