William Shakespeare's London: A 1925 Tour

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Channel: BFI · 2016 · Film & Animation

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The author's memory is celebrated in a travelogue whose highlight is a visit to The George Inn on Borough High Street, for a public performance of As You Like It. 

At Bankside, the Globe Theatre is remembered but there is no premonition of its restoration, while the camera also captures Londoners at play in Hyde Park, and the armed forces during the Trooping the Colour. 

This film's original title is Beauty and Brightness No. 4.

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