London and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre …
After spending two weeks predominantly in the medieval towns of France, the evening lights greeting us as we touched down in London signalled we’ve arrived in the big city. To reach Shakespeare's Globe Theatre , we walked across the Millennium Bridge, the first bridge built over the Thames since the Tower Bridge of 1894. Shakespeare was one of five actors who took shares in the company in order to form the Globe Theatre. The Theatre, faithfully reconstructed based on the original open air playhouse from 1599, is the largest exhibition devoted to Shakespeare’s work. Referred to as the beating heart of theatrical London, it remains a working theatre and when we passed through we saw sword fighting re-enactments and costumes displayed. Next door to the theatre is the Tate Modern, a gallery of 20th century art which includes works from Picasso, Warhol and Dali. Warhol’s piece on Marilyn Munroe describes its two recurring themes. The f...