Shakespeare festival set to delight London

03/02/2012
 

Britain’s most famous playwright is to be celebrated throughout the capital this year, as part of the Cultural Olympiad’s London 2012 Festival.

The World Shakespeare Festival is to begin on 23 April and will run until November, with various venues and events across the city paying homage to some of the Bard’s greatest plays.

The festival will embrace works such King Lear, which is running at the Almeida Theatre from 31 August to 3 November and stars award-winning actor Jonathan Pryce.

There will also be an exhibition at the British Museum exploring Shakespeare’s era and the world through his eyes. Running from 19 July until 25 November, the display will look at various objects from the museum’s collection from around 1612 through the lens of Shakespeare’s plays.

Representing the diverse, exciting variety of events forming the Cultural Olympiad’s London 2012 Festival, the World Shakespeare Festival is yet another reason to take advantage of some cheap accommodation in London and sample one of the most vibrant cities in the world in what is shaping up to be a momentous year for the English capital.

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