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Shakespeare's Jubilee

22/04/2016 GMT

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How actor David Garrick organised the first national celebration of Shakespeare in 1769

How the great English actor, David Garrick, organised the first national celebration of Shakespeare at Stratford-On-Avon in 1769.

In 1769, the great English actor, David Garrick, organised the first national celebration of Shakespeare at Stratford-On-Avon. The three days of festivities were attended by the cream of society, but were nearly ruined by one of the biggest floods in the town's history. Simon Watts introduces accounts from the time.

(Photo: Shakespeare. Credit: Getty Images)

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