If Shakespeare were alive today, he would be getting on a bit. He would find Stratford-upon-Avon much changed since his day. Would he, for example, recognise the Falstaff Experience or the Shakespeare in Love Wedding Boutique? Possibly, but I am prepared to bet that Anne Hathaway's "cottage" in Pacific Palisades would come as something of a shock to him.
It is almost certainly a good idea to give Stratford a wide berth these days as we celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Bard's death. (No, that's not quite right, it should be the 400th anniversary that we are celebrating, not the death itself.) There is sure to be someone wishing to declaim a soliloquy (Sir Ralph Richardson, Sir John Gielgud, Bob Danvers-Walker), the dire prospect of "massed" children's voices, and the inevitability of music becoming musick.
It is almost certainly a good idea to give Stratford a wide berth these days as we celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Bard's death. (No, that's not quite right, it should be the 400th anniversary that we are celebrating, not the death itself.) There is sure to be someone wishing to declaim a soliloquy (Sir Ralph Richardson, Sir John Gielgud, Bob Danvers-Walker), the dire prospect of "massed" children's voices, and the inevitability of music becoming musick.
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