Leamington’s dip in to Shakespeare’s ‘humours’
Staff at Leamington Art Gallery and Museum will be celebrating Shakespeare’s birthday this weekend with activities suitable for the whole family.
On Saturday (March 21) and Sunday youngsters can follow a Horrible Histories-style trail of “Gruesome Gripes” and can even mix up their own “cures” in a 16th century apothecary’s shop before meeting an actor cast in the role of the traditional barber/surgeon.
Museum spokeswoman Penelope Thomas said: “These drop-in sessions are all free and will offer children their first encounter with Shakespeare’s life, work and times in a fun and engaging way, including the use of puppets.”
Visitors will learn about the four humours Elizabethan doctors diagnosed in their patients - sometimes with disastrous consequences.