On Hannibal and Stratford

When I first visited Shakespeare's grave in Stratford-upon-Avon, what struck me most was how Shakespeare, "at the top of his game, still returned to Stratford-upon-Avon, that hickville one-horse-town of his youth he couldn't run away from fast enough. He voluntarily returned...Shakespeare had everything in London, fame, riches, popularity, prestige, and yet as he approached middle-age, he still chose to leave it all behind to return to podunk Stratford-upon-Avon."

I mused that "for all his pro...