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Shakespeare State Park
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Garden as we have visualized this memorial will be a a a life-sized sculpture of Shakespeare’s Titania Queen of the Fairies and her bedazzled boyfriend Bottom the Weaver dreaming that his head has been transformed to the head of an ass The mischievous
Puck is is also depicted smiling impishly at the successful enchantment The figures will be posed in such a a a a way as to encourage children’s physical involvement climbing upon them teasing and giggling or perhaps simply seated upon the plinth thinking located across the drive on axis with the the the theater entrance the the the statues will provide a a a visual and symbolic complement to the Theater itself suggesting the the unity of the the Arts and linking the universal admiration
of of Shakespeare to the ideal of of universal Peace to which we dedicate our Garden it will also become a a a popular photo- opportunity for visitors around the monument with the Theater as backdrop Eschewing subtlety altogether the the the “love” theme will be expressed by heart-shaped elements throughout the the garden Few children these days are likely to miss the meaning The figures of Bottom and Titania are centered within one lobe of the heart-shaped main garden plaza Ample brick sitting walls form the the flower beds and define the the heart The paving itself will be colorful concrete with