Editing Shropshire (section)

==== Shakespeare ====
[[File:Henry Percy Hotspur (1364or1366–1403).png|thumb|The last two acts of ''Henry IV, Part I'' are set in the county.]]

[[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] memorialised the [[Battle of Shrewsbury]] in ''[[Henry IV, Part 1]]'', in Acts IV (Scenes and 3){{clarification needed|date=March 2025}} and V (Scenes 1–5).<ref>{{Folger inline|Henry IV, Part 1|5|2}}</ref> The arrest of [[Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham|Buckingham]] referred to in ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]'' (Act IV, scene iv) happened near Wem.<ref>[[Buckingham's rebellion#chrimes|Chrimes, Henry VII]] p.25 n. 5</ref> Ludlow castle is also referred to in the same play (Act II, scene ii).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Richard III: Entire Play |url=http://shakespeare.mit.edu/richardiii/full.html |access-date=23 July 2023 |website=shakespeare.mit.edu}}</ref> There is a tradition that the Stanley monuments in [[St Bartholomew's Church, Tong]] are the work of Shakespeare.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St Bartholomew's Church – Tong, Shropshire – A rural Parish Church serving its local community |url=https://tong-church.org.uk/ |access-date=23 July 2023 |website=tong-church.org.uk}}</ref>