American adventure
Picturing Shakespeare, our documentary about the Wadlow portrait is still being streamed on PBS in America, as part of Secrets of the Dead. As a result Steven Wadlow has been invited onto several podcasts and even the morning news in Chicago.
Links below.
Wadlow pORTRAIT
on PBS!!
"PICTURING SHAKESPEARE" is a new documentary about the Wadlow portrait. It will be shown in the USA as part of the PBS series Secrets of the Dead on November 12th.
It follows Steven's journey of discovery and research into the painting that hung above the family television for forty years. It also Includes new interviews with some of the world's leading experts on Shakespeare, his theatre and of course portraits of Shakespeare.
Visit the blog to learn more and watch the promo below.
Click on the image to see the promo
and turn on the sound
Wadlow on netflix!!
The Stuff of Dreams
Since 2016 a documentary film team from Barkingmad TV have been following Steven whilst he researches the Wadlow portrait. The documentary is one hour long and will be available on Netflix from March 21st 2025. Watch the trailer above.
Click the picture below to watch "Stuff of Dreams" on
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wadlow makes the news!
window cleaner discovers
portrait of william shakespeare
The Wadlow portrait has made the news. Steven has been interviewed by the press. Articles have appeared in The Sun, The Mail, The Bucks Herald and the story has been picked up by lots of other news outlets. He has also been interviewed by a television channel!
Most articles don't go into any great detail but concentrate on Steven's struggle to get his painting taken seriously. Below is a link to one of the best articles which is in ArtDog Istanbul!
wadlow IN aMERICA
Hear Stephen Wadlow being interviewed about the Wadlow Portrait by Cassidy Cash.
Shakespeare by peake
In 2019 Steven Wadlow was contacted by a team researching what they believed to be a portrait of Shakespeare painted during his lifetime. The reason they contacted Steven is that they had seen his painting and his research which mentioned the possibility that the Wadlow portrait was painted by Robert Peake. They knew that their portrait was painted by Peake but perhaps more importantly they believed that their painting, painted in 1608 and the Wadlow portrayed a slightly older portrayal of the same man.
So if one is Shakespeare then both are Shakespeare.
In 2022 the portrait of painted by Peake hit the front pages of the press when it was offered for sale for £10 million. Click link below for more.