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Description: The "Official Website" is that of "The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust" which came into existence ... more

Shakespeare Houses in general ... after the purchase of Shakespeare’s Birthplace in 1847 in order to preserve it as a national monument. It's job is to promote appr

Newest Review: ... by a later owner who didn’t like Shakespeare. Nash’s Place is next door to the site of New Place and belonged to Thomas Nash, the first husband of Shakespeare’s grand-daughter, Elizabeth. The house is very much like a museum, but the Elizabethan-style knott garden is well worth a visit. Hall’s Croft is classed as one of the finest half-timbered gabled houses in ... more

... Stratford and belonged to Shakespeare’s daughter, Susanna and her husband, Dr John Hall. There are a lot of medical instruments on display inside, but I thought the best part was listening to an open air concert given by a large group of Japanese ...more

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Shakespeare Houses in general: Shakespeare's Five Houses in Stratford (605 words)
by - written on 17/08/00 (Very useful, 53 readings)
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Visiting the 5 houses associated with Shakespeare is the main aim for many people when they visit the pretty town of Stratford-on-Avon. Shakespeare’s Birthplace is the most popular and often very crowded, especially with foreign tourists. There is a Shakespeare Exhibition with displays of 16th Century Stratford and theatre in London during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I when you first enter the Visitor Centre before reaching the actual house. I found this exhibition rather dark and difficult to view as there were so many people there, but the house itself was interesting and the garden was pretty. This is the only house which is in the centre of Stratford. ... Read the complete review

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