Susan Elkin, The Stage
April 28, 2014
It can’t have escaped your attention that last week was the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth. The Stage themed last week’s paper on it and there was masses of coverage elsewhere. And I expect you knew anyway.
On the presumed birthday itself – 23 April, God for England, Harry and St George – I set out in search of some learning. And I went not to Stratford-upon-Avon or to the Globe in Southwark but to Shoreditch – not a place widely associated with England’s national playwright in the public imagination. That is about to be put right because one Will Shakespeare, did in fact do a lot of work north of the river in Shoreditch with Burbage and others. And RIFT theatre company is busy making sure we’re all aware of it. […continued]
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