William Shakespeare

Description

This British gypsum plaster bust will look great wherever placed. Eminently suitable for all Shakespeare aficionados and indeed for any lover of the English language.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s greatest dramatist. He is often called England’s national poet and the “Bard of Avon”.

Around the base is a quill and ink, scrolls, books, the Greek masks of Comedy and Tragedy, a crown, Hamlet’s skull, a Capulet rose and Montague swords from Romeo and Juliet. Inscribed are the words … ‘To thine own self be true’  from Act I Scene 1 Hamlet

Height  12cms   Width 6.5cms   Depth 4cms