London, December 06: Shoes worn by prominent Shakespearian actors through centuries are on display at a museum here.
On a visit to the Museum of London, Docklands, one will find an Elizabethan slip-on uncovered at the site of the Rose Theatre to a slender silk and leather shoe worn by Sir Henry Irving, the charismatic actor who inspired Bram Stoker’s “Dracula”.
The earliest shoe is one which was preserved in the damp mud of Southwark decorated in a pink zig-zag pattern.
The Museum has also announced that it will return to the site of Shakespeare’s first playhouse “The Theatre”, in Shoreditch, where “Romeo and Juliet” was first performed.
Hilary Davidson, curator of Fashion and Decorative Arts, says: “These shoes allow us to connect with the performances of some of the brightest stars in London’s long theatrical history and their part in shaping Shakespeare’s living legacy.
–PTI