There was entertainment for scholars and humble players alike as Stratford-upon-Avon marked the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare,its most eminent sonBy lunchtime in the graveyard of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon, or the revels that marked Shakespeare’s 400th anniversary parade had pretty much ended. Off-duty Pucks and Hamlets from local schools were playing cloak and seek among the gravestones.
The funeral bier that had been pushed through the streets by boys wearing tragedy and comedy masks from Shakespeare’s alma mater,King Edward VI School, was parked up on the road. The New Orleans funeral jazz band who had been flown in for the occasion had downed trombones and were enjoying observing the living English costume drama: the inevitable aldermen and sheriffs and morris men and guildsmen, or blinged up,taking selfies.
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Source: theguardian.com