{"id":27132,"date":"2021-04-22T20:03:26","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T19:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=27132"},"modified":"2021-04-22T20:03:26","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T19:03:26","slug":"for-abingdon-st-georges-day-and-shakespeares-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=27132","title":{"rendered":"St George&#8217;s Day and Shakespeare&#8217;s Birthday in Abingdon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag21\/21042306.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nSt George&#8217;s Day (April 23rd) is being observed by Abingdon-on-Thames Town Council with the flying of the St George&#8217;s flag.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag21\/21042303.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThe Sue Ryder shop are also observing the day with a display of red and white clothes, wool, handbags, and St George&#8217;s Flags.<\/p>\n<p>The exact date of William Shakespeare&#8217;s birthday is not recorded, but it is most often observed on 23rd April. He did die on 23rd April 1616.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fPXyK2hVPMc\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nIn Abingdon Virginia, the Barter Theatre has found a way round the restrictions of the Covid-19 pandemic. They have performances at an abandoned drive-in movie theater \u2013 the Moonlite Theater on the edge of Abingdon. Currently playing at the Barter Moonlite is The Tempest by  William Shakespeare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St George&#8217;s Day (April 23rd) is being observed by Abingdon-on-Thames Town Council with the flying of the St George&#8217;s flag. The Sue Ryder shop are also observing the day with a display of red and white clothes, wool, handbags, and St George&#8217;s Flags. The exact date of William Shakespeare&#8217;s birthday is not recorded, but it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27132\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}