Hamlet
by Terri Waters
Title
Hamlet
Artist
Terri Waters
Medium
Photograph
Description
The Gower Memorial was presented to the town of Stratford in 1888 by Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower.
The statue features William Shakespeare seated on a pedestal, surrounded at ground level by figures of four literary characters featured in a selection of his plays. Prince Hal, Lady Mc Beth, Hamlet and Falstaff were intended to be emblematic of Shakespeare's creative versatility: representing Philosophy, Tragedy, History, and Comedy.
Hamlet represents Philosophy.
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It is Shakespeare's longest play and among the most powerful and influential tragedies in all literature.
Hamlet is without question the most famous play in the English language. Probably written in 1601 or 1602, the tragedy is a milestone in Shakespeare's dramatic development. The playwright achieved artistic maturity in this work through his brilliant depiction of the heroes struggle with two opposing forces: moral integrity and the need to avenge his father's murder.
The statue is in Bancroft Gardens.
The Bancroft was originally an area of land where the townspeople grazed their animals, and the Canal Basin formed the terminus of the Stratford-to-Birmingham canal, completed in 1816. The Gardens also occupy the site of former canal wharves, warehouses, and a second canal basin, which was built in 1826 and refilled in 1902. Bancroft Gardens were extensively re-developed during 2009 - 2010 with new planting, new flower beds, a new bridge and viewing platform over the lock that forms the entrance to the canal basin.
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February 10th, 2013
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