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Pictured: Actor Tim FitzHigham and Dr Jonathan Clark, (right) pictured with the oak beams oak ceiling beams that have traces of red and white paint.

Conservationists have discovered the 'lost' ceiling of a medieval guildhall named after St George and where William Shakespeare performed and found it was painted a patriotic red and white.

St George's Guildhall in King's Lynn is the only known theatre in Britain where Shakespeare - who was born and died on April 23 - is known to have trod the boards as an actor.

Last year the 600-year-old oak boards were uncovered after a refurbishment of the building removed several layers of flooring to reveal them.

Since then the oak ceiling beams dating to the same period have been discovered and they reveal Shakespeare would have performed under a red and white painted backdrop.