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Following its completion in 1888, the monument was originally erected in the gardens behind what was then the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (now the Swan Theatre). [3]The monument was unveiled in Stratford-Upon-Avon accompanied by a speech from Sir Francis Philip Cunliffe-Owen, director of the South Kensington Museum (now the V&A Museum), and Oscar Wilde reading a poem dedicated to the monument ...
Stratford-upon-Avon: Stratford-on-Avon: History: website, 16th-century period building with ties to William Shakespeare, demonstrations of Tudor life Upton House: Upton: Stratford-on-Avon: Historic house: Operated by the National Trust, late 17th-century country house with 1930s interior, important art and porcelain collections, 1930s period garden
Stratford-upon-Avon: Timber Framed House: c. 1600: 25 October 1951 1187816: Upload Photo: 1 High Street Stratford-upon-Avon ...
Stratford-upon-Avon Town Hall 26 High Street, Harvard House. The Historic Spine runs for approximately 0.6 miles (0.9 km) and begins in Henley Street at the birthplace of Shakespeare. Also along Henley Street lies the medieval public library. It then meets Bridge Street where Market Hall is located, built in 1821.
The picture is so called as it is in Stratford upon Avon. The picture was owned by a Mr Hunt, who was a town-clerk of Stratford. It was at one time considered to be the model for the Stratford memorial sculpture, which it closely resembles, but is now thought to have been created in the 18th century, based on the sculpture.
Compton Verney Art Gallery is situated on the B4086 between the villages of Kineton and Wellesbourne. Stratford-upon-Avon lies 14.4 kilometres (8.9 miles) northwest of Compton Verney, with Warwick and Leamington 14.4 kilometres (8.9 miles) to the north. [10]
Thomas Arne composed the song Soft Flowing Avon for the Jubilee. Stratford was at the time a town with around 2,200 inhabitants. [ 2 ] Garrick, Britain's most famous Shakespearean actor and most influential theatre owner-manager, had the idea for the Jubilee when he was approached by the town's leaders who wanted him to fund a statue of ...
Stratford Armouries is a small museum attached to the Stratford-upon-Avon Lodge Retreat, [1] a hotel offering cabin-based accommodation located near to the village of Snitterfield, approx 4 miles from Straford-upon-Avon town centre.