The blog Spitalfields Life is a fascinating diary of the sights, sounds, people and life of that neighborhood in the East End of London. Today's post finds the author, who is always identified by the soubriquet "the gentle author", visiting locations that would have been frequented by Shakespeare, including the recently-discovered site of his first theatre. The photos and text are a wonderful example of the kind of discoveries one can make in that part of the great city.
To read more about Shakespeare's London, check out these books at the Kelvin Smith Library:
Anne Barton's chapter in The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare entitled "The London Scene: City and Court".
Stehpen Greenblatt's Will in the World: How Shakespeare became Shakespeare
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