Green Ted
The Victorian Web advises,
The Shakespeare Memorial by Lord Ronald Gower. Bronze and stone, with a pedestal designed by Parisian architects, Peigniet and Marnez. 1888. Bancroft Gardens, Stratford-upon-Avon. At each corner of the Memorial, the sculptor has placed a representative Shakespearean character: “Hamlet, Prince Hal, Lady Macbeth and Falstaff. These characters were intended to be emblematic of Shakespeare's creative versatility: representing Philosophy, Tragedy, History, and Comedy” … Philip Ward-Jackson rightly describes this as "probably one of the country’s most prominent and best loved public monuments, seen by thousands if not millions of pilgrims to Shakespeare’s birthplace." victorianweb.org