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Shakespeare's London - Today

Pascale Harter with a special essay from Vincent Dowd. The UK's hosting a season of overseas Shakespeare productions, so he took to the streets of London to find what traces of the Bard still remain.

Pascale Harter introduces a special essay from 成人快手 arts correspondent Vincent Dowd, as he goes in search of the traces of Shakespeare's era still visible on the streets of London.

It's a subject close to the heart and the location of 成人快手 staff at Bush House, just across the River Thames from the original site of William Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. England's most famous playwright may have died almost 400 years ago but this summer he is everywhere.

The World Shakespeare Festival means each of his 38 plays is getting at least one staging. Theatre groups from as far afield as China and Sudan have come to put on their productions.

While they're here, perhaps they'll go in search of signs of Shakespeare's own life in London. You know, a house he lived in, a theatre he wrote for - but what would they be likely to find?

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