London Life Archive

Pentameters Theatre Hampstead

Saturday, 23rd April 2016 at 5.00pm

Shakespeare's Last Drink by Shaun Traynor

To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of our great National bard.

Introduction by Godfrey Old

Reading by Léonie Scott-Matthews

And a 'Happening' by Alice Ancient

'Shakespear, Drayton and Ben Jhonson had a merry meeting and, itt seems, drank too hard, for Shakespear died of a feavour there contracted.'

(The Diary of John Ward, Vicar of Stratford, 1662-81)

These words inspired Irish poet Shaun Traynor to write this remarkable poem.

Shaun’s poem re-creates that “merry meeting” and places it in the Bell Inn, Welford-upon-Avon on the evening of the 22nd, April 1616 .

The reading will be followed by a Q&A.

Running Time: 1 hour

Tickets: £5.00

Pentameters Theatre Hampstead

Saturday, 23rd April 2016 at 5.00pm

Shakespeare's Last Drink by Shaun Traynor

To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of our great National bard.

Introduction by Godfrey Old

Reading by Léonie Scott-Matthews

And a 'Happening' by Alice Ancient

'Shakespear, Drayton and Ben Jhonson had a merry meeting and, itt seems, drank too hard, for Shakespear died of a feavour there contracted.'

(The Diary of John Ward, Vicar of Stratford, 1662-81)

These words inspired Irish poet Shaun Traynor to write this remarkable poem.

Shaun’s poem re-creates that “merry meeting” and places it in the Bell Inn, Welford-upon-Avon on the evening of the 22nd, April 1616 .

The reading will be followed by a Q&A.

Running Time: 1 hour

Tickets: £5.00