Stratford-upon-Avon Riding David Tennant Tourism Wave

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David Tennant as Hamlet Photography by Ellie Kurttz

David Tennant as Hamlet Photography by Ellie Kurttz

August 14, 2008

“Stratford-upon-Avon, the Warwickshire birthplace of William Shakespeare, has suffered a difficult time in recent years. Foot-and-mouth disease, the slowdown in US tourists after 9/11, flooding and building work at the Royal Shakespeare Company’s main theatre have all led to fears of doom and gloom for the town’s tourist industry…since the opening of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s latest production of Hamlet, the town could be said to be enjoying what might be called the “David Tennant effect”.” Source BBC News

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