William Shakespeare exhibition showing Stratford’s influence on the Bard opens at birthplace trust

AN exhibition that puts Stratford at the heart of Shakespeare’s creative genius has opened at the Bard’s birthplace in order to show how the town shaped the man who became the world’s greatest playwright.

Called Becoming Shakespeare, the chief purpose of the display that greets visitors as they visit Shakespeare’s birthplace in Henley Street is to make Stratford the chief focus of the story.

“It’s a Stratford story and experience,” Rachael North, chief executive of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, told the Herald. “It’s an experience you can only get by coming to Stratford.