3319 x 5106 px | 28,1 x 43,2 cm | 11,1 x 17 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
18 febbraio 2015
Ubicazione:
Stratford Upon Avon, Warwickshire, UK
Altre informazioni:
Note on memorial refers to individually modeled bronze masks symbolic of the four characters with separate statues (Hamlet, Lady Macbeth, Falstaff and Prince Hal. This mask is opposite the Lady Macbeth statue and represents tragedy with poppies and peonies. : "In 1877 a committee was created in Stratford-upon-Avon to erect a memorial to Shakespeare. This originally comprised a theatre building, to be sited on land donated by the bank of the Avon within sight of the church where Shakespeare was buried. A statue was also created in 1888, the work of Lord Ronald Gower. This is situated in Stratford's Bancroft Gardens. The monument shows Shakespeare seated on a pedestal, surrounded, at ground level, by statues of Hamlet, Lady Macbeth, Prince Hal, and Falstaff. These characters were intended to be emblematic of Shakespeare's creative versatility: representing Philosophy, Tragedy, History, and Comedy." Wikipedia entry
