tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26646459433533283772024-03-19T01:29:40.884-07:00A Walk around Shakespeare's LondonA free self guided walk that covers places that William Shakespeare lived and worked in London. Sites visited include The Theatre, The Curtain Theatre, Silver Street, Blackfriars and The Globe theatre. The site contains a downloadable route plan, or it can be used with a mobile device.About ushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02827645679725751010noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664645943353328377.post-80327656044296576052015-08-14T07:51:00.001-07:002016-11-22T03:42:31.983-08:00Welcome to this free, self guided walk around the places that William Shakespeare lived and worked in London.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgybbVR99W7TqAZciyocKh3C7yUib20itMSj_7TeN1oBRQzPbYIlYHVwntIvaalCyOG1hGtXtLbW849Ry11366giFTcMdPcBthhf8Bt42kItlgQ8xE9XyPcnm0zp3DawxGwyKXFyNSQRJk/s1600/468px-Shakespeare%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="By It may be by a painter called John Taylor who was an important member of the Painter-Stainers' Company.[1] (Official gallery link) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgybbVR99W7TqAZciyocKh3C7yUib20itMSj_7TeN1oBRQzPbYIlYHVwntIvaalCyOG1hGtXtLbW849Ry11366giFTcMdPcBthhf8Bt42kItlgQ8xE9XyPcnm0zp3DawxGwyKXFyNSQRJk/s200/468px-Shakespeare%255B1%255D.jpg" title="Chandos Portrait of William Shakespeare probably by a painter called John Taylor who was an important member of the Painter-Stainers' Company.[Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons" width="155" /></a><i style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "bitstream charter" , serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> “…a turn or two I’ll walk, To still my beating mind.” </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "bitstream charter" , serif; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Tempest act 4, sc. 1)</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 120%;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 120%;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 120%;">The general theme of this self guided walk is places that William Shakespeare lived
and worked in London. It is roughly chronological, starting at the first theatre in London that Shakespeare worked in (The Theatre) and ending at the theatre that he last worked in (The Globe). The route also
takes in a few other non-Shakespearean places of interest. The complete walk will take a full day. However, you could split it into two parts, each taking about two and a half hours, and do each part on a different day to make it less strenuous. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Part one is from Holywell Lane to the Crosse Keys (1-6). </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Part two is from St Pauls to Bankside (7-19).</span></li>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 120%;"><b style="background-color: black;">This site allows you to plan a self guided walk. However, If you are interested in a personally led walk or an illustrated talk about the places covered, please email me for details. <a href="mailto:russellkenny51@gmail.com">russellkenny51@gmail.com</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 120%;">You can view the walk online, and I have included lots of hyperlinks to further information. The links appear highlighted in orange.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 120%;">Below is an interactive map that shows an overview of the walk. There is also some information</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 120%;"> that gives an historical context to the route, and to the development of playhouses in London, below that. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 120%;">However, i</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 120%;">f you want to skip these and start looking at the walk </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">instructions</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 120%;"> right away, you can do so online by using the "Stages of the Walk" list<a href="http://shakespearewalk.blogspot.co.uk/p/blog-page.html"> or by clicking here. </a></span><br />
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<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B17N2nrrVHD7dGpoc3h6Z0RZN3M/view?usp=sharing" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt=" PDF of walk details" border="0" height="50" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGpbTp016zD9PlTQadKPsiwqKJTy0wXURb3xEpZsqxL9AHoB7WI3iCwLqoNdqRkfss1BENnG1H1AuKyyppPVEiMUAHg8_cvhlWQpN_7q34YfchhpXpC1X3_5OeCUppADYc3YAwpFgNCYY/s200/adobe-pdf.gif" width="46" /></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 120%;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 120%;">There is also a downloadable PDF version of the route that can be printed out and taken with you on the walk. <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B17N2nrrVHD7dGpoc3h6Z0RZN3M/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Click here to download it</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">I hope that you enjoy the walk. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">Let me know what you think of it, or if you have suggestions about how it could be improved. There is a form at the bottom of this page to do this. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">If you are interested in William Shakespeare's life, have a look at my other site '<a href="http://russellkenny51.wix.com/shakespearetimeline" target="_blank">Shakespeare Timeline</a>' which is an interactive chronology of important events in his life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 120%;"><i>Russell Kenny</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 120%;"><a href="mailto:russellkenny51@gmail.com"><b><i>Interactive Map</i></b></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 120%;"><a href="mailto:russellkenny51@gmail.com">Zoom, drag and click on symbols for extra information</a></span></div>
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Historical Context</span></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 120%;">The Agas Map<o:p></o:p></span></i></b><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodcut_map_of_London#/media/File:Civitas_Londinium_or_The_Agas_Map_of_London.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="By Mike Calder, image of Civitas Londinium, Agas' Map of London, c. 1570-1605 [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons" border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQapW7QNZijCebjKX1iQCGuswmf_GRu9lzt02ajWdFMb2QKuifWIOdt51wnUZgj0gzb72jnHodLsyxOwi4fes160wCvogIoDVM3Jx2vqgjkSS86n19GOPEoXkmSF6E0J1s6JpjqTxCYSQ/s640/littleCivitas_Londinium_or_The_Agas_Map_of_London.png" title="By Mike Calder, image of Civitas Londinium, Agas' Map of London, c. 1570-1605 [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 120%;">I would recommend, before you do the walk, having a look at the Agas map
“Civitas Londinum” at </span><a href="http://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/agas.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 120%;">http://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/agas.htm</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 120%;"> or there is another
version at </span><a href="http://mapco.net/agas/agas.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 120%;">http://mapco.net/agas/agas.htm</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 120%;">. This shows London as it
was in approximately 1560. This is about
four years before Shakespeare was born, and before there were any “Playhouses”
in London (that is buildings specifically constructed to put on plays). If you
look at the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 17.6px;">south bank of the Thames on the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 120%;">Agas map, you can see two
structures that look a little like the Globe theatre, but in fact are “baiting”
rings, where bears or bulls would be made to fight with dogs.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 120%;">The route of this walk can be plotted on the Agas map, as the general
layout and a lot of the street names in the City of London have remained the
same.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 120%;"><br /></span></i></b>
<b><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 120%;">Background to the
development of Playhouses in London<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 120%;">There are some historical events that had an influence on how, when and
where Playhouses developed in London. A couple of these were the dissolution of the monasteries and the rise of puritanism.</span></div>
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<li><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 120%;">Henry VIII ordered the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Monasteries" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 120%;">dissolution of monasteries</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 120%;"> between 1536 and 1541. Some
church property was sold off. This meant that there was ex-church property in
and around London, some of it out of the
direct control of the City of London in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_(division)" target="_blank">Liberties</a>.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 120%;"><br /></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 120%;">With the development of a Protestant church in England, church
intellectuals started to think and argue about how this </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_Reformation" style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Reformed </span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 120%;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;">church should work and how different from
</span><span style="background-color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Catholicism it should be. This continued through the reign of Henry’s son Edward
VI (crowned at nine, died at 16) and Lady Jane Gray (on the throne for nine
days). </span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 120%;">Influenced by the writing of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Calvin" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 120%;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Calvin</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 120%;"> and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 120%;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Martin Luther</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 120%;">, there was a rising interest in </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puritans" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 120%;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 120%;">Puritanism</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 120%;">.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 120%;"><br /></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 120%;">In 1553 Mary I became queen, England became Catholic again and Protestants <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratford_Martyrs" target="_blank">were repressed</a>.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 120%;"><br /></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 120%;">In 1558, Mary died and Elizabeth I became queen. The following year she established a </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabethan_Religious_Settlement" style="color: #f3f3f3;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 120%;">religious settlement</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 120%;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"> where Catholics and the various new strands
of Puritanism were allowed to practice alongside the official state religion,
the Church of England. Puritans </span><span style="color: white;">gained influence in the City of London. </span></span><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 120%;"><br /></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 120%;">Puritans disliked and wanted to ban the theatre, not only because they
thought it attracted <span style="background-color: black;">gambling, pick-pockets, beggars, prostitutes and
drunkards, but also because plays very often had “ungodly” subjects like murder,
love affairs, etc. They also thought, as
did others (and quite reasonably) that lots of people gathered together in a
small space would spread the plague. </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 120%;"><br /></span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 120%;">Around the edge of the City of London itself there were areas that were out of the city </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 17.6px;">jurisdiction</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 120%;">. The </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_of_Norton_Folgate" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 120%;" target="_blank">Liberty of Norton Folgate</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 120%;"> (north of Bishopsgate), and The </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_of_the_Clink" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 120%;" target="_blank">Liberty of the Clink</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 120%;"> (on Bankside) </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.6666660308838px; line-height: 17.6000003814697px;">were areas which were less tightly controlled than the City and so activities such as plays and theatre could more easily be staged. In Blackfriars, </span></span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-indent: 0px;">Because it was on former monastic land, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Ann_Blackfriars" target="_blank">St Anne's Blackfriars</a> was a liberty within the City of London and its inhabitants could claim exemption from the rules of the London Guilds. All these were areas that theatres developed in and which Shakespeare was connected with.</span></span></li>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #b45f06;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">Use the "Stages of the Walk" list or </span><a href="http://shakespearewalk.blogspot.co.uk/p/blog-page.html" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;" target="_blank">click here</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.2000007629395px;"> to continue to the next page</span></span>About ushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02827645679725751010noreply@blogger.com1