WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 1564 - 1616 The sites of the Theatre in Shoreditch and the original Globe in Southwark are marked by plaques. Shakespeare’s Globe, rebuilt by Sam Wanamaker, has an excellent exhibition which includes a tour of the theatre when not in use. There are memorial windows in St Helen’s Bishopsgate and Southwark Cathedral which also has an alabaster memorial. He also has memorials in Westminster Abbey, in Leicester Square, on the former City of London School and at St Mary Aldmanbury. Some documents are on display in the British Library. Like Nelson he has given his name to a number of pubs. More Shakespeare sites are covered on my theatre walks around Southwark and Blackfriars.

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