The ceiling of Southwark Cathedral in London (@ Loop Images/Superstock)

The ceiling of Southwark Cathedral in London (@ Loop Images/Superstock)

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• You\re looking up into some heavenly rafters here.""What does this Gothic ceiling cover?
• Alas, poor William, it\s his 448th birthday today.""Who do you think we\re talking about?
• Not far from this soaring cathedral is a theatre befitting the works of the man whose name adorns it.""It took only some 400 years to rebuild
• The playwright whose life we\re celebrating today wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets - imagine sitting through all of those!""These guys might be a better option - they can do Hamlet in 43 seconds