The Merchant of Venice

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This royal throne of kings, this scept’red isle ... this other Eden, demi-paradise ...
this blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England...’

(From John O'Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster's speech in RICHARD II)

Demi-paradise productions, founded in 2000 by Stephen Tomlin, performs promenade productions of Shakespeare at Lancaster Castle, one of Britain's last great working castles with a history stretching back nearly 2,000 years.