Shakespeare Birthplace Trust acquires rare Elizabethan book that opens a window onto Shakespeare’s supernatural world

Shakespeare Birthplace Trust acquires rare Elizabethan book that opens a window onto Shakespeare’s supernatural world

The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust (SBT) has acquired a rare first edition of Reginald Scot’s The Discoverie of Witchcraft published in 1584, an extraordinary book that provides insight into the concepts, ideas and conditions that influenced Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The acquisition is the most important addition to the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust’s internationally significant collections in more than a decade. This acquisition, forthcoming display …