Logan Square in Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Shakespeare Memorial

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 19, 2022

1. Shakespeare Memorial

Inscription.
All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players

These our actors brought lustre to the Philadelphia stage:
Thomas Wignell • William B. Wood • Joseph Jefferson • John Drew • Louisa Lane Drew • Charles Burke • Edwin Forrest • James E. Murdoch • E.L. Davenport • John Drew Jr.

By their study of Shakespeare's works these scholars added to the distinction of Philadelphia letters

Joseph Dennye, first American editor of Shakespeare • Horace Howard Furness, Editor of New Variorum Shakespeare • Asa Israel Fish, founder of the Shakespeare Society of Philadelphia • Horace Howard Furness, Jr., Editor of New Variorum Shakespeare

Erected 1928 by The Shakespeare Society and the Fairmount Park Art Association; Wilson Eyre & McIlvaine, Architects; Alexander Sterling, Sculptor.

Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music.

Location. 39° 57.525′ N, 75° 10.273′ W. Marker is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in Logan Square. It is at the intersection of Benjamin Franklin Parkway and Logan Circle, on the right when traveling west on Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Philadelphia PA 19103, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

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At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Free Library of Philadelphia (a few steps from this marker); 1914-1918 Tribute Trees (within shouting distance of this marker); Logan Square (within shouting distance of this marker); All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors (within shouting distance of this marker); Central Library (within shouting distance of this marker); Parkway Museums District (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Parkway Museums District (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Philadelphia.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 19, 2022

2. Shakespeare Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 27, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 449 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 27, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.