This year the awards include a public vote for best touring production, The nominated shows are Anne Boleyn, The King and I, Reason To Be Cheerful, Swallows and Amazons and We Are Three Sisters.

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Highlights include a 16th Century signet ring of Johann Ernst von Sachsen, Julich, Kleve and Berg the great grandson of Sibylle von Julich, Kleve and Berg, sister of Anne of Kleve (Cleves) (1515-1554) wife of Henry VIII, King England(1491-1547), illustrated above left.

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Anne Redston is a barrister at Temple Tax Chambers in London, and a visiting professor of law at King's College, London.

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