Shakespeare - All the World's . . .

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A Stage!" And on a stage is Shakespeare played. I was very, very lucky, to be allowed to come along with the Shakespeare students on Wednesday and see *As You Like It* at the Courtyard Theatre in Stratford . . . hold out for Winchester's Round Table. There are an awful lot of photos of the cathedral but also some really nice ones near the end having nothing to do with the cathedral. Please take that ex-cathedra!

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Photos

First the babe
A glover's son . . .

Who lived in a house
with garden

and then wrote some plays
that people play

In the town of Stratford
. . . wandering Americans.

There is, of course, a church
in this town

where Shakespeare's Remains
well, remain. For obvious reasons, if you read the plaque.

As do his family's
And that's enough about that

Later, after tea
Swans by the canal. And then . . . the play's the thing! No photos are allowed.

And Winchester, that Roman Town
Has almshouses

And a cathedral -- a long,
long cathedral

with many, many things inside
Arches

graves, gold, plaques, names, graffiti from the 1600s . . .
Jane Austen

Font
imported by somebody famous once . . .

Or him
Samuel Wilberforce, fyi

yet if you are a saint
you study to be quiet . . . saint of Winchester, yet it was involved in so many wars.

where evensong was
later conducted . . . and heard.

These don't capture
the grandeur

Comments

[Karen B]

Wow
Just Wow Megan... you are having such a fabulous experience. Love your stream of consciousness writing and photos. I'm enjoying your time as well as you are .. almost. Karen

[Marcy Heldt]

Winchester Cathedral
Hi Megan, I wonder if this is the same Winchester Cathedral that was the title of a song in the late 60's? I remember it sounded like Rudy Vallee was singing it! Blast from the past - memory for trivia but no real useful information!! Glad you are seeing the sights and soaking in some wonderful culture :)

[Jennifer Miller]

Shakespheare's house
When Todd and I were in PEI a few years ago there was a replica of his house. It really does look like the real thing. That's so cool you got to see it! It looks like you are having a good time, Megan. BTW...Gisele says hi.