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Fred J Kormis’s Everyman in Stratford-upon-Avon

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Sylvia Morris

Passing the jewellery shop at the top of Sheep Street in Stratford-upon-Avon, I’ve often wondered about the statue of a young man who looks across the road towards the Town Hall. I had always assumed it must have a Shakespeare … Continue reading →

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Restoring the medieval decorations in Stratford’s Guild Chapel

Posted on November 16, 2013 by Sylvia Morris

Although I’ve written about a number of the Guild’s surviving buildings, a recent enquiry reminded me that I’ve not really written about the Guild Chapel itself. It has its Shakespeare connections: William’s father John supervised the whitewashing over of the … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare’s scenes in terracotta

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Sylvia Morris

Stratford-upon-Avon is not exactly short of memorials to William Shakespeare, with statues, busts and portraits on view in many public and not so public places. But representations of his plays are less common. The earliest of these were incorporated into … Continue reading →

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