St. Saviour, Southwark, after Hollar.

This church,St Saviour and St Mary Overie, is now the cathedral of Southwark Diocese. This print shows it as it was in Shakespeare's time. Situated near the Globe Theatre, the church was that of the parish for the Bankside area and as such it has strong connections with the great Elizabethan dramatists. William Shakespeare's brother, Edmund, was buried here in 1607. The grave is unmarked, but there is a commemorative stone in the paving of the choir which was placed there at a later date. The Cathedral instituted a festival to commemorate this cultural history in the 1920s which endured into the urban renewal of the district in the late 20th Century. As such a large stained glass window dedicated to William, depicting scenes from all of his plays, at the base of which is a statue of the Bard reclining, holding a quill. There is also now a monument to Sam Wanamaker nearby. The church was a popular resting place for dramatists - John Fletcher and Philip Massinger are also buried here. These and Edward Alleyne were officers and benefactors of the parish charities and St Saviour's Grammar School. (Some data courtesy of Wikipedia, under Creative Commons Attribution-Share- Alike License.)