Shakespeare's birthday.
Stratford-Upon-Avon.
(Overdue post from Friday 22nd April 2016)
“I have good reason to be content,
for thank God I can read and
perhaps understand Shakespeare to his depths.”
― John Keats
for thank God I can read and
perhaps understand Shakespeare to his depths.”
― John Keats
It's just taken me ages to remember what year it was that Mr Greenfingers and I visited Stratford-Upon-Avon, and watched the parade for Shakespheare's birthday that is held every year on the 23rd April.
This year of course it is 400 years since Shakespeare's death and so there are special events going on all year. April 23rd is the height of the celebrations and rememberance due to it being both his birthday and the anniversary of his death.
I managed to find the photographs we took and was surprised to find it was 2013! How time flies!
“Are you sure/That we are awake? It seems to me/That yet we sleep, we dream”
― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream
― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream
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| The start of the annual birthday procession that symbolises Shakespeare's life "from the cradle to the grave."Stratford-Upon-Avon, April 23rd 2013 |
“All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms. Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school." - Shakespeare "As you like it."
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| The annual parade includes all local schools and organisations. |
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| Four buglers from the Royal Engineers take up their positions in the first floor windows of this building. |
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| The Head Boy will holds the Quill aloft and the Royal Engineers play a fanfare culminating with a cymbal clash |
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| At which point there are balloons! Every birthday party needs balloons! |
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| After singing Happy Birthday, the Procession continues on to Holy Trinity Church, where Shakespeare’s is burried. |
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| Participants returning from Holy Trinity Church 23rd April 2013 - viewed from the tower at the RSC Stratford |
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| More celebrations viewed from above - 23rd April 2013 |
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| Looking out towards the river - RSC tower. The tour of the theatre and exhibition is a truly wonderful experience. |
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| We saw "As you like it." the night before - 22nd April 2013 |
“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
― William Shakespeare, As You Like It
― William Shakespeare, As You Like It
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