Introduction

        ”All the world’s a stage” and this town proves it. Let’s take a look behind the curtain of a historic farming market town, swollen with tourism; at the cast and crew who make up this peaceful yet eccentric place.

        Taking place over five years, and with eight total years in the making, this book attempts to capture life in a small town, to document a place largely only seen through postcards, and explores what it’s like living with the tourism a worldwide household name brings.

Quotes:

'I am thrilled to see such an intimate and intelligent portrait of one of the most famous towns in the world. Will Mulryne's dedication to his locale is vibrantly expressed through his photographer's art. This is a photo-documentary of honesty, kindness, and insight, which captures and presents some of the many moods of Stratford-upon-Avon and its inhabitants.'

-Rev. Dr Paul Edmondson, Head of Research, The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.

‘I’m a man who puts a lot of stake in my aperance and you’ve managed to take a photograph of me at my absolute worst. You’ve gotten away with it though.’

-Judge John