2007 Shakespeare’s Birthday Celebrations in pictures
Shakespeare's Globe celebrated the bard's birthday a day early with a programme of free festivities starting with a procession from Southwark Cathedral.

The carnival procession assembled outside Southwark Cathedral

Introducing the day's festivities

The Pearly King of Bow Bells and Blackfriars and the Pearly Queen of the Old Kent Road

The procession passes the Financial Times HQ

The carnival dragon arrives at the Globe

The Globe's artistic director Dominic Dromgoole welcomed revellers to the theatre

