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A Midsummer Night's Dream medal

Description

One of a set of four Shakespeare Medallions, depicting scenes from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. This one in gilded bronze. Commissioned by Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.

  • Marks & inscriptions

    Bust of Shakespeare (to left), flanked by Globe Theatre (to left) and the Swan Theatre (to right) with, below, the masks of Tragedy and Comedy : WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE/SOULE OF THE AGE/THE APPLAUSE DELIGHT/THE WONDER OF OUR STAGE/MY SHAKESPEARE RISE. Ben Jonson. P. Vincze., A Midsummer Night's Dream,