I joined a virtual walk and talk in Blackfriars, in the City of London this evening, about Shakespeare, called Shakespeare: Myths and Mysteries, led by Gerard, an actor. Shakespeare came to London from Stratford-upon-Avon on foot as a young man to seek his fortune. At this point, he was already married to Anne Hathaway and had children, having married at 18. In Shakespeare's time, too, they had lockdowns but that was for a true pandemic, the bubonic plague, and the theatres and other places of 'entertainment' such as bear-baiting, were closed down in an effort to stop the spread of plague in the still medieval London.
Gerard, our tour guide
The Millenium Bridge
The Blackfriars pub
The original Globe Theatre
The City from the Millenium Bridge, showing the Shard.
St Paul's Cathedral
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