William Shakespeare’s London – Guided by honey-voiced Lance

O for a muse of fire… (Henry V)

Aces high. Four of ’em: Perfect guide. Perfect subject. Perfect time. Perfect place.

Lance – the Voice – guiding his Shakespeare Walk on a late summer day on the Bankside (where the Globe Theatre was and is).

Now sits expectation in the air (Henry V). Because we’re venturing into the centre of the literary universe. Where English poetry began. And where, 200 yards upstream and 200 years later, the modern English drama was born. And that’s just by way of setting the scene for William Shakespeare. The main act is finding the bits and pieces where some kind of reality can be touched across all those years. Places and artefacts where we can make contact with someone who disappeared 400 years ago. In short, you want Shakespeare in his habitat – you want his London, his cultural and physical landscape – this is where you come. And whom you come with. Guided by “the Voice”, Lance. So come gallants, lads, ladies, hearts of gold! What, shall we be merry? (I Henry IV)

Lance. A perfect summer day (“shall I compare thee to a summer day?”). A walking tour celebrating his life and work. A walking tour in the perfect “where” – The Bankside, the epicentre of his literary and theatrical life.

The planets. All of them. Aligned. Perfectly.

LANCE’S BANKSIDE SHAKESPEARE WALK – THE PRACTICALS

Lance’s Bankside Shakespeare Walk takes place at xxx on xxx. Meeting point is outside the Duke Street Hill exit* of London Bridge Station (Tooley Street exit, NOT National Rail).

Then at xxx on xxx Lance does at different Shakespeare’s London Walk that meets at Blackfriars Tube.

*Can be a bit confusing, this exit. It’s also known as the Tooley Street exit. Out of the exit it’s Tooley Street down to your right. Turn left though and walk up toward Borough High Street and London Bridge the name changes and the same street becomes Duke Street Hill.

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If you can’t make one of the regularly scheduled, just-turn-up, William Shakespeare's London – Guided by honey-voiced Lance it can always be booked as a private tour. If you go private you can have the William Shakespeare's London – Guided by honey-voiced Lance walk – or any other London Walk – on a day and at a time that suits your convenience. We’ll tailor it to your requirements. Ring Fiona or Mary on 020 7624 3978 or email us at [email protected] and we’ll set it up and make it happen for you. A private London Walk – they’re good value for an individual or couple and sensational value for a group – makes an ideal group or educational or birthday party or office (team-building) or club outing.

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