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London, United Kingdom

Memorial park

Shakespeare's Tree Reviews | Rating 4.8 out of 5 stars (2 reviews)

Shakespeare's Tree is located in London, United Kingdom on Unnamed Road, Primrose Hill,. Shakespeare's Tree is rated 4.8 out of 5 in the category memorial park in United Kingdom.

Address

Unnamed Road, Primrose Hill,

Amenities

Good for kids

Accessibility

Wheelchair-accessible entrance

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Lucas Cochrane

Great tree.

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Stevelites

100,000 people attended the planting in 1864 which was organised by the Workingmen’s Shakespeare Committee to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth in 1564. This group was set up following disappointment in the commemoration efforts of the government-appointed committee. The tree was planted by actor Samuel Phelps. Chartist poet Eliza Cooke wrote a poem and had intended to read it there herself but due to sickness could not attend so someone else read the poem. The tree died but was replaced 100 years later, on April 23, 1964, by actress Dame Edith Evans at a smaller event organised by Society for Theatre Research. The Royal Parks Agency provided a plaque but that went missing very quickly and the RPA now have a no-plaque policy for trees, for this very reason.

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