#eastcheap

[stastrodome]

Prince Hal confesses he is hanging out at the Boar's Head tavern with lowlife bar trash for planned effect: so that when he breaks free of them he will dramatically set himself apart ("like bright metal on a sullen ground"). His friendships with Falstaff et al are part of a calculated publicity stunt worthy of the agent of a reality TV star; the human beings of Eastcheap are just props in Hal's pre-planned redemption narrative.

I can promise you I have no such plans.

[aneverydaything]

Day 2488, 16 April 2025

Golden Owl clock.

This clock is on a building on Eastcheap in the City of London. The building used to belong to the Guardian Royal Exchange Insurance Company and the owl was its symbol

[stastrodome]

Sir John Falstaff, played by a bottle of Clairol Herbal Essence Shampoo, returns to the Boar’s Head Tavern in Eastcheap to boast to Hal and the “minions of the moon” of his battlefield heroics. Miles gloriosus.

[intramir]

[firstnightdesign]

Shakespeare 400: Shakespeare-related streets: from Aldersgate to Worship In the light of the Shakespeare frenzy that is gripping the nation, we revisit some of the bard-related London streets that have graced this blog over the years... Source: Shakespeare-related streets: from Aldersgate to Worship

[theknaveofclovers]

33-35 Eastcheap, London