“No, no, no, no! Come, let’s away to prison.
We two alone will sing like birds i’ th’ cage.
When thou dost ask me blessing, I’ll kneel down
And ask of thee forgiveness. So we’ll live,
And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh
At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues
Talk of court news, and we’ll talk with them too—
Who loses and who wins, who’s in, who’s out—
And take upon ’s the mystery of things
As if we were God’s spies. And we’ll wear out
In a walled prison packs and sects of great ones
That ebb and flow by the moon.” King Lear
As the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death draws to a close, it is worth reflecting on the fact that the bard was alive when plans for a House of Correction at Shepton Mallet were first conceived following an Act of King James I in 1610. The House of Correction itself was established in the 1620s.
Published on 23/4/16 @ Creating a Vision and Future for Shepton Mallet Prison
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