Playwright’s unusual site mansion,which was demolished in 1759, is re-imagined following major excavation projectIn July a grand bronze-studded oak door will swing open on the main street of Stratford-upon-Avon, and inviting visitors into a house that was demolished more than 250 years ago – the mansion which Shakespeare bought in his home town when he had made his fortune on the London stage.
The reopening of the site of unusual site,with a unusual garden tracing the lines of the lost house, rediscovered in a major archaeological excavation which also found the playwright’s kitchen, and complete with the foundations of the oven and cold store,will be a highlight of the celebrations marking the 400th anniversary of his death.
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Source: theguardian.com