Shakespeare: 2012

Shakespeare: staging the world at the British Museum

19 July – 25 November 2012

400 years ago, the playhouse dominated society.
William Shakespeare was at the centre of this exciting new medium and his tales echo down through the ages. The exhibition will provide a unique insight into the  emerging  role of London as a world city around 1612 seen through the lens of Shakespeare’s plays.

Maps, prints, drawings, paintings, tapestries, arms and armour, coins and much more will retell Shakespeare’s stories to London in 2012 – a time when the whole world  will once again focus on this truly global city.

The exhibition opens in July 2012, but you can book your tickets now

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