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The Beargarden (labelled The Bear howſe) and the Rose Theatre (labelled The play howſe) depicted in Norden's Map of London, 1593. The Beargarden was a facility for bear-baiting, bull-baiting, and other "animal sports" in the London area during the 16th and 17th centuries, from the Elizabethan era to the English Restoration period.
The Bear and the Gardener is a fable originating in the ancient Indian text Panchatantra that warns against making foolish friendships. [1] There are several variant versions, both literary and oral, across the world and its folk elements are classed as Aarne-Thompson -Uther type 1586.
The Hope playhouse, or second Bear Garden, from Hollar's View of London (1647) — the engraver's misnaming corrected. [1] Hope playhouse depicted on Hollar's Post-conflagration map in the Crace Collection of the British Museum; the lower view is from Faithorne's Map of London (1658) The Hope Theatre is labelled in the bottom centre of this London street map.
In some cases the bear was let loose, allowing it to chase after animals or people. For a long time, the main bear-garden in London was the Paris Garden, a section of the Bankside lying to the west of The Clink, at Southwark. Henry VIII was a fan and had a bear pit constructed at his Palace of Whitehall.
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Other notable structures are the main gateway, the south entrance lodge and a bear pit containing an 8' tall steel statue of an American Black Bear called Robert the Bear. In the rose garden is a bronze sculpture "Pan: Spirit of the Wood", a gift in 1934 from Sir Charles Clifford, [6] owner of the Sheffield Telegraph and Star, to the city. The ...
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The sculpture garden was created at the direction of Donald M. Kendall, who was chief executive officer of PepsiCo when the company moved in 1970 from Manhattan to the 168-acre (0.68 km 2) site in suburban Purchase. Kendall "sought to create an atmosphere of stability, creativity and experimentation.