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Marie Corelli’s Stratford-upon-Avon memorial restored

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Sylvia Morris

The monument to Shakespeare in Holy Trinity Church was put in place by 1623, and has been visited by tourists almost ever since. Over the past four centuries it has occasionally suffered damage, and has been restored several times. At … Continue reading →

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Remembering the days of Empire: The Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre Ball, 1911

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Sylvia Morris

The years leading up to the First World War saw interest in Shakespeare reaching a high. In Stratford there were events relating to the rise in folk traditions of singing and dancing, but in London the movement to found a … Continue reading →

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Marie Corelli, the Avon and her Venetian gondola

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Sylvia Morris

On Saturday, 27 April Mason’s Croft, now the Shakespeare Institute, is celebrating the life of another of Stratford-upon-Avon’s writers, Marie Corelli. The event is part of Stratford’s Literary Festival, and Mason’s Croft was the Victorian novelist’s home from 1901 to … Continue reading →

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Marie Corelli and Shakespeare on World Book Day

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

Today is World Book Day, so it’s a good opportunity to look at an author, almost forgotten now, but who 100 years ago outsold just about everybody. Stratford-upon-Avon 100 years ago attracted literary tourists who were interested, not in Shakespeare, but … Continue reading →

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