Document ID ET-D2004
| Archive Location | ET PROGS ET-D2000-2381, 1 (BL) Loan 125/26/1 |
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| Document description | programme |
| Date | July 1916 |
| Document form | D - Programme |
| Document attributes | Annotated |
| Corporate Body | The Shakespeare Repertory Company |
| Production Date(s) | July 29th 1916 to August 26th 1916 |
| Venue | Memorial Theatre |
| Venue address | Stratford-Upon-Avon |
| Time of performance | 2.30pm 3pm 8pm |
| Producer | Ben Greet |
| General notes | List of plays to be performed at the Shakespeare Tercentenary Celebration. The Winter's Tale 2nd August marked on the list. |
| Language | English |
Document ID ET-D2004, Image 1 of 1
MEMORIAL THEATRE,
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON.
SHAKESPEARE
TERCENTENARY
CELEBRATION.
The Shakespeare Repertory Company,
From the Royal Victoria Theatre, London.
Under the management cf LILIAN BAYLIS.
PLAYS PRODUCED BY
BEN GREET·
July 29th to August 26th, 1916
PROGRAMME
FIRST WEEK
SATURDAY JULY 29 at 8.0 The Comedy of Errors
MONDAY JULY 31 at 3.0 A DEMONSTRATION by The
London School of Dalcroze Eurhythmics
MONDAY JULY 31 at 8.0 Othello
TUESDAY AUG. 1 at 3.0 RECITAL-The Outward Gate by MISS ELSIE FOGERTY
TUESDAY AUG. 1 at 8.0 Much Ado About Nothing
WEDNESDAY AUG. 2 at 2.30 The Tempest
WEDNESDAY AUG. 2 at 8.0 The Winter's Tale
THURSDAY AUG. 3 at 8.0 The School for Scandal (R. B. Sheridan)
FRIDAY AUG. 4 at 3.0 PEASANT DANCES OF THE ALLIES By The Children of the Guild of Play Under the direction of Mrs. Kimmins
FRIDAY AUG. 4 at 8.30 ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF WAR Public Meeting in the Theatre Admission Free
SECOND WEEK
SATURDAY AUG. 5 at 2.30 Much Ado About Nothing
SATURDAY AUG. 5 at 8.30 The Rivals (R. B. Sheridan)
MONDAY AUG. 7 at 3.0 ENGLISH NATIONAL DANCES By The Children of the Guild of Play Under the direction of Mrs. Kimmins
MONDAY AUG. 7 at 8.0 The Winter's Tale
TUESDAY AUG. 8 at 3.0 LECTURE By Mr. John Drinkwater "The Significance of Drama."
TUESDAY AUG. 8 at 8.30 The Tempest
WEDNESDAY AUG. 9 at 2.30 The Two Gentlemen of Verona
WEDNESDAY AUG. 9 at 8.0 She Stoops to Conquer (O. Goldsmith)
THURSDAY AUG. 10 at 3.0 In the Town Hall RECITAL OF SONGS & LYRICS (Gems from the English Poets) Vocalists - Miss Gertrude Blatch, Rev. Vincent Boddington, B.A.
THURSDAY AUG. 10 at 8.0 The Comedy of Errors
FRIDAY AUG. 11 at 3.0 LECTURE By Prof. Walter Rippman "Our Living Language and its Dead Spelling."
FRIDAY AUG. 11 at 8.0 Hamlet
THIRD WEEK
SATURDAY AUG. 12 at 2.30 The Winter's Tale
SATURDAY AUG. 12 at 8.0 Macbeth
MONDAY AUG. 14 at 3.0 RECITAL OF ENGLISH POETRY BY MISS LAURA SMITHSON
MONDAY AUG. 14 at 8.0 The School for Scandal (R. B. Sheridan)
TUESDAY AUG. 15 at 8.0 Hamlet
WEDNESDAY AUG. 16 at 2.30 King Henry VIII.
WEDNESDAY AUG. 16 at 8.0 The Comedy of Errors
THURSDAY AUG. 17 at 3.0 MISS JEAN STERLING MACKINLAY In Old Songs and Ballads
THURSDAY AUG. 17 at 8.0 King Henry VIII.
FRIDAY AUG. 18 at 8.0 Much Ado About Nothing
FOURTH WEEK
SATURDAY AUG. 19 at 2.30 The Tempest
SATURDAY AUG. 19 at 8.0 She Stoops to Conquer (O. Goldsmith)
MONDAY AUG. 21 at 8.0 The Two Gentlemen of Verona
TUESDAY AUG. 22 at 8.0 Macbeth
WEDNESDAY AUG. 23 at 2.30 The Comedy of Errors
WEDNESDAY AUG. 23 at 8.0 The Winter's Tale
THURSDAY AUG. 24 at 3.0 MR. & MRS ARNOLD DOLMETSCH AND CHILDREN Music and Musical Instruments and Dances of Shakespeare's Plays
THURSDAY AUG. 24 at 8.0 Othello
FRIDAY AUG. 25 at 3.0 MR. & MRS ARNOLD DOLMETSCH AND CHILDREN Music and Musical Instruments and Dances of Shakespeare's Plays
FRIDAY AUG. 25 at 8.0 The Rivals (R. B. Sheridan)
SATURDAY AUG. 26 at 2.30 The Two Gentlemen of Verona
SATURDAY AUG. 26 at 8.0 King Henry VIII.
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A conference on the National Life of the Allied Countries will be held from July31st to August 5th, 1916.
A Conference on th eTeaching of English will be held from August 7th to 12th, 1916.
The School of Folk Song and Dance organised by the English Folk Dance Society, will be in Session August 5th to 19th.
FESTIVAL CLUB. During the FEstival the Memorial Lecture Room is arranged as a Reading Rooom and Rendezvous for visitors to the town. Newspapers are provided. Subscription to the Club for visitors who are not Associates, July 29th to August 26th, 3/6; one week, 2/6, or 1/- per day.
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Prices of Admission.
For the Plays, Demonstration, July 31st, Miss Jean Sterling Mackinlay, August 17th, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Dolmetsch and Children, August 24th and 25th.
Reserved Seats: BAlcony (1st row), 7s.6d.; Stalls, 6s.; Dress Circle, 5s.; Pit Stalls (un-numbered), 3s
Un-Reserved: Pit 2s; Gallery, 2s.
Dances by the Children of the Guild of Play, August 4th and 7th.
Concert in the Town Hall, August 10th.
Reserved Seats, 2s.; Un-Reserved, 2s. and 1s.
Lectures 2s. and 2s.
Box Office open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Reserved Seats may be secured personally, or by letter, from Miss A. Rainbow, Box Office, Stratford-upon-Avon. Telephone 45. And also Messrs. Keith Prowse & Co., Sole London Agents.
Secretary (Shakespeare Memorial Theatre) C. LOWNDES.
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A.J. Stanley, Printer, Tudor House, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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