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- proper noun Alternative form of
Stratford-on-Avon .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a town in central England on the River Avon; birthplace (and burial place) of William Shakespeare
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Examples
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STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, England, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- The church in Stratford-upon-Avon where England's most famous writer is buried could be forced to close without major repairs, its vicar says.
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The British publishing firm launched the Arden series - named after Shakespeare's mother, Mary Arden, and the Forest of Arden, near his birthplace of Stratford-upon-Avon, which is the setting for As You Like It - with the publication of Hamlet in 1899.
Latest financial, market & economic news and analysis | guardian.co.uk 2009
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He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, which is also the birth place of the popular line of cosmetics.
Knox 2008
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In order to perform five Shakespeare plays as part of this summer's Lincoln Center Festival, the RSC has built a replica of the 965-seat Elizabethan-style open-stage auditorium of its Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon and installed it inside the Park Avenue Armory.
Small Boat, Big Show Terry Teachout 2011
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The Royal Shakespeare Company originally planned to demolish its 1932 listed home in Stratford-upon-Avon, designed by Elisabeth Scott, and replace it with a futuristic building by the Dutch architect Erick van Egerat.
Stirling prize shortlist reflects new austerity in architecture 2011
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Most of the actors, playing on a thrust stage that replicates the British company's Stratford-upon-Avon home, have performed together for the past three years.
The Short List 2011
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Look, there's a train going from Banbury to Stratford-upon-Avon, and I just want to know which platform it will leave from.
National Rail Enquiries = Stupid. Dungeekin 2009
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The point is that the William Shakespeare, the actor from Stratford, is an object, perhaps along with a number of objects – Middleton, Fletcher, Beaumont et al, and not forgetting anon – who singularly or collectively are the sign called Shakespeare, denoting the actor born in Stratford-upon-Avon and connoting much, much more.
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Look, there's a train going from Banbury to Stratford-upon-Avon, and I just want to know which platform it will leave from.
Archive 2009-04-01 Dungeekin 2009
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In order to perform five Shakespeare plays as part of this summer's Lincoln Center Festival, the RSC has built a replica of the 965-seat Elizabethan-style open-stage auditorium of its Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon and installed it inside the Park Avenue Armory.
Where All the World's a Stage Terry Teachout 2011
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