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Stratford-on-Avon is the birthplace of the world’s most famous playwright, William Shakespeare. |
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The day we toured Shakespeare’s home, live actors were performing short scenes from plays on demand from the audience. Here is Juliet, asking, “Wherefore art thou, Romeo?”. |
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Prince Hal contemplates his royal birthright, with Shakespeare watching over his shoulder. |
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There are 2,200 miles of navigable canals in the UK, with hundreds of locks. Built by the Romans, today they’re mostly used by leisure houseboaters. |
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This parking garage in Stratford boasted a “Healthy Heart Level 3″, which is code for “we have no elevator”. Loved the reference to Hamlet’s jester, Yorick. |
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The Royal Shakespeare Company, or RSC as it’s known here, where great actors, directors and backstage crew interpret Shakespeare’s work with reverent passion. |
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The Avon river has a healthy thriving swan population. At least 100 adult swans were aggressively cruising, looking for a chunk of bread or a photo op. |
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All quotes from Shakespeare. |
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Shakespeare’s father was a tanner, and this workshop was right next to the kitchen where he grew up. Pretty disgusting when you realize the leather was tanned with urine. Smelly household :P |
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An example of a traditional English garden, with boxwood hedges surrounding geometric plantings of colorful flowers. |
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Anne Hathaway’s family home, where she grew up, before she married Shakespeare. She was actually pregnant prior to the wedding, quite the scandal. |
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