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Stratford-on-Avon (1925)
 

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The river Avon with a church in the background. A ride along the river with views of the leafy riverbanks. Views of the old town of Stratford, Shakespeare's house and its picturesque garden. A slow ride along a street with timber framed buildings and a church tower. The mulberry tree said to have been planted by Shakespeare. Anne Hathaway's cottage. The memorial fountain and its inscription. Along the river towards the Shakespeare memorial where the theatre is housed. The Tudor House and Garrick Inn. Shakespeare's Hostelrie, an old timber framed inn. Harvard House. Holy Trinity Church and its cemetery. Actors playing Shakespeare characters are superimposed as ghosts over the graveyard, including Shylock and Romeo and Juliet. The Shakespeare memorial at his final resting place with a statue of Shakespeare. Another Shakespeare monument on a green with statues of Shakespeare's characters and a statue of Shakespeare himself.