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William Shakespeare 1564 - 1616

Great Elizabethan playwright is thought to have rehearsed his plays in Greenwich.

His play Henry VI (Act IV Scenes II & III) set in Blackheath

You can visit the reconstructed Shakespeare Globe theatre in the centre of London besides the River Thames.

William Shakespeare - who was he?

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) said: "It is a great comfort, to my way of thinking, that so little is known concerning the poet. The life of Shakespeare is a fine mystery, and I tremble every day lest something should turn up."

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