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The Leicester Square statue also differs from its model in omitting portrait reliefs of Henry V, Richard III and Elizabeth I from the plinth on which Shakespeare rests. [2] The inscription on the pedestal in Leicester Square reads:
The statue of William Shakespeare on Leicester Square. This is a list of public art in Soho, a district in the City of Westminster, London.Soho is an area first developed in the 1670s which, since the construction of theatres along Shaftesbury Avenue in the 19th century, has had a strong association with the entertainment industry.
The square lies within an area bound by Lisle Street, to the north; Charing Cross Road, to the east; Orange Street, to the south; and Whitcomb Street, to the west.The park at the centre of the square is bound by Cranbourn Street, to the north; Leicester Street, to the east; Irving Street, to the south; and a section of road designated simply as Leicester Square, to the west.
Statue of William Shakespeare may refer to the following monuments to William Shakespeare: Statue of William Shakespeare, Leicester Square , London, by Giovanni Fontana, 1874 Statue of William Shakespeare (Roubiliac) , in the British Library, London, by Louis-François Roubiliac, 1757
William Shakespeare has been commemorated in a number of different statues and memorials around the world, notably his funerary monument in Stratford-upon-Avon (c. 1623); a statue in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey, London, designed by William Kent and executed by Peter Scheemakers (1740); [1] and a statue in New York's Central Park by John ...
The statue of Kaluuya's Sunken Place pose will join statues of Harry Potter, Mary Poppins, and more in Leicester Square. Daniel Kaluuya's “Get Out” character will be memorialized as a statue ...
Following a refurbishment of Leicester Square in 1989–1992, the statue was moved to a site north of the statue of William Shakespeare, the square's centrepiece. [1] In a later refurbishment of 2010–2012, Chaplin's statue was removed altogether, together with busts of William Hogarth, John Hunter, Sir Isaac Newton and Sir Joshua Reynolds. [2]
Shakespeare's funerary monument; Shakespeare's Globe; Statue of William Shakespeare (Chicago) Statue of William Shakespeare (New York City) Statue of William Shakespeare (Roubiliac) Statue of William Shakespeare, Leicester Square