Shakespeare re-visits Stratford-on-Avon -

Series

Series Name

Around The Town

Issue

Issue No.

110

Date Released

5 Jan 1922

Length of issue (in feet)

750

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Shakespeare re-visits Stratford-on-Avon -
2. 2The only inn owned by the King -
3. 3(Untitled record)
4. 4(Untitled record)
5. 5(Untitled record)
6. 6"Culture of the Pearl"

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 6

Summary

Summary - the "Will Shakespeare" company visiting Stratford-upon-Avon.
NoS synopsis: ‘Shakespeare re-visits Stratford-on-Avon-' intertitle with a cartoon of Shakespeare on the right hand side and a car on the left. ‘Members of the "WILL SHAKESPEARE" Company paid a visit to Stratford-on-Avon, where they went over some of the scenes in the play.' Garden with a timber-framed building behind, and a stone planter in the foreground. A man in Elizabethen dress approaches the planter and sits on its edge. Screen telescopes to a rustic bench in a garden. A man and woman in Elizabethan dress approach it and then sit and cuddle up like lovers. ‘The famous 300 years old cottage of ANN HATHAWAY. Shakespeare saying good-bye to Ann Hathaway on setting out for London with Henslowe.' Two men leave the timber-framed building, whilst Hathaway grips Shakespeare’s arm. She is then comforted and brought back into the house by an older woman. Long shot of a large stone brdieg spanning a river. Shakespeare and Henslowe wlak accross it. Shakespeare stops to admire the river, then they continue on their way.

Keywords

Performing arts

Locations

England; Stratford-upon-Avon

Written sources

Kinematograph Weekly   12 January 1922, p48.
The Bioscope   12 January 1922, p8.
Viewing Copy - bfi   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Production Co.

Around the Town Ltd.

Length of story (in feet)

116

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