The walk was wonderful. Kevin was an ideal docent, and I felt I was truly walking in the footsteps of Shakespeare himself. One of my favorite points was a visit to the Middle Temple hall where Shakespeare produced Twelfth Night for the first time, and with Queen Elizabeth I in the audience! Luckily, we were allowed to enter the large hall as they prepared for lunch. I was incredulous that I could actually sit where QEI sat and stand where The Bard would have stood after five centuries. Walking the narrow streets of his time, then ending in the last century of theatre in London made it meaningful and memorable. It was so wonderful that I really cannot think of any advice I can give on how it might be improved. Many thanks! Lyn Kyle Manson

I could not have a better experience. It was exactly what I needed to experience. It was my last day and Simon put everything that I had been seeing and learning into context. His ability to give understanding to the evolution of the development of the English Theatre was excellent and his background as an actor and teacher gave me much more appreciation and understanding of the different approach to the performance of Shakespeare in today's theatre. I would do it again in a heart beat.

Other than getting a little confused about the actual meeting place (we had been to the Globe the previous night and knew where we went in - we thought that was the entrance, but Sarah found us in plenty of time), the walk was very interesting. It was more walking than some of our previous tours, but we are good with walking. It was fun to see parts of the city we wouldn't ordinarily have seen and we learned a lot of history of London along with the theater history. Sarah also had recommendations of other things to do in the city - we wouldn't have gone to John Soanes' museum the next day without her suggestion and we loved it. Thoroughly enjoyed the walk and talking with Sarah and the other couple on the walk with us.

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