So
this week, after watching an episode of Michael Wood’s “In Search of
Shakespeare” in class, I wanted to look into “The Forest of Arden” that Shakespeare
mentions in his play.
The
first link leads to a blog post and comments a little bit on what is believed
to have been the forest that Shakespeare was referring to.
The
second link is one I got from the first article. It is a webpage about the area
called Warwickshire, which is believed to be the area Shakespeare’s forest was
in. Please feel free to look through it, you might find pictures and facts that
will help you visualize the kind of forest Shakespeare wanted us to have in
mind.
I
was looking around and found this page:
In
that page I found this link:
It
leads to a page for a marathon called the “Shakespeare Marathon”!! I got very
excited and intrigued, so I looked at who the sponsors are, and one of them is
a company called “Shakespeares” and I figured that’s the reason the marathon has
the name “Shakespeare Marathon.” So interesting, right? Well, turns out
“Shakespeares” is just a law firm L: http://www.shakespeares.co.uk/
Now,
I still wonder if there is a link with the fact that a company like
Shakespeares would sponsor the “Shakespeare Marathon” which happens to be held
in Warwickshire, which happens to be the area where Shakespeare’s “Forest of
Arden” would seem to have been…
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