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Document ID ET-D505a

Archive Location ET PROGS ET-D418a-551;561a-589, 1916 (BL) Loan 125/23A/5
Document description programme, supplement
Date July 1916
Document form D - Programme
Document attributes Annotated; Enclosure
General notes A Shakespeare Pageant; music by Arthur Sullivan and by Edward German. Inserted in ET-D505.
Language English

Works Cited

Title Romeo and Juliet
Original author William Shakespeare
Title The Merchant of Venice
Original author William Shakespeare
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A Shakespeare Pageant (Arranged in chronological order) Master of the Pageant - Arthur Collins Music under the direction of Landon Ronald Music arranged by Henry Geebl. "Ferdinand. This is a most majestic vision, and Harmonious charmingly: May I be bold To think these spirits? Prospero. Spirits which by mine art I have from their confines call'd to enact My present fancies." The Tempest. Romeo and Juliet (1592) Arranged by Own Rares and Fisher White Escalus - Charles France Paris - Ernest Benham Montague - Frederick Keff Capulet - Robert Pateman Romeo - Owen Nares Mercutio - Kenneth Douglas Benvolio - Donald Calthrop Tybalt - Frederick Groves Friar - Fisher White Peter - Norman Page Apothecary - Ivan Berlyn Abraham - Leonard Shepherd Balthasar - Charles Rock Sampson - Henry Nelson Gregory - Leonard Calvert Chorus - Frances Dillon Lady Montague - Helen Haye Lady Capulet - Ellen O'Malley Juliet - Marie Lohr Nurse - Rosina Filippi Incidental Music by Edward German The Merchant of Venice (1594) Arranged by Matheson Lang and Edith Craig Duke of venice - Henry Vibart Prince of Morocco - Owen Roughwood Prince of Arragon - Ernest Thesiger Anonio - Bsil Gill Bassanio - Baliol Holloway Gratanio - Murray Carrington Lorenzo - Gerals Lawrence Salanio - Geoffrey Douglas Salarino - Hubert Harben Stephano - Ben Field Leonardo - Edmund Gwenn Shylock - Matheson Lang Chus - Arthur Phillips Tubal - Tom Heslewood Launcelot Gobbo - Leon M. Lion Old Gobbo - O.B. Clarence Portia - Ellen Terry Nerissa - Marion Terry Jessica - Hutin Britton Ladies in attendance, Pages, Magnificoes, etc., Kate PHilips, Ruth Mackay, Olive TErry, Athene Seyler, Miles Malleson, Minnie Goodheart, Nellie Craig, Harding Steerman, Teddie Craig, Stanley Logan. Incidental Music by Arthur Sullivan

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Senators, Patricians, Citizens, Guards, Attendants, etc., by: Alban, W.F. Anderson, T. Andrews, M. Arioso, Allan Aynesworth, E. Ayres, M. Bacci, Norah Balfour, Barker, Ivor Bernard, Inez Bensusan, .A. Bernard, Cecil Bevan, Biddle, Richard Bodney, John Booth, Clifton Boyne, Arthur Bowyetr, Rawson Buckley, Basil Bowen, Eva Chaplin, Patricia Clive, Donald Calthrop, Arthur Cleave, Ernest Cox, W. Cadogan, Charles Cruikshank, Challis, P. P. Clark, Percy Clarbour, B. Collins, V. Clabtree, G. Claremont, F. Denman, J. Danyers, J. Donatus, Arthur de Robin, A Doderet, Dorothy Day, P. G. Dillion, Duncombe, A. Evans, Alma Ellerslie, K. Elwes, F. Edgar, Claude Esmonds, Henry Edwards, Edwin Ellis, J. Endacott, Wilfred Eaton, Florent Fels, J. W. Fortune, A. Fletcher, Betty Fairfax, Fitzgerald, Gertrud Gilman, Basil Gordon, B. Story Gofton, A. Gordon Lennox, A. Gatty, A. Goddard, Ernest Graham, Campbell Gullan, Graeme, A. L. Haron, Sibley Hicks, William Home, W. Hall, Watson Hume, A. Hill, M. M. Harvey, Hamilton, Fred Knight, Frederick Harker, V. Kingsley, Claude King, Robert Lawlor, Violet Lewis, Victor Lusk, Henry Latimer, Francis Lister, George Laundy, Archie Lynds, A. Leslie, P. Mortimer, Hugh Maurice, Reginald Malcolm, Herbert Norris , Richard Norton, Val Perry, Tarver Penna, J. Peacock, Mary Pitcairn, Marjorie Palgrave, Marten Ricci, W. J. Robert· son, D. Forbes Russell, R. Rossulston Riche, Sinclair Rodgers, T. W. Rider, J. P. Russell, W. Reed, G. H. Rice, Cyril Raymond, Douglas Reid, Ridley, Royston, R. F. Symonds, Adnam Sprange, Basil Sydney, Francis Storr, J. Storey, D. Stevens, Vincent Sternroyd, M. Stewart, Edith Savile, Stella St. Audrie, Marie St. Paul, Madge Stuart, Saville, Sulivan, K. Saintsbury, May Saker, M. Stubbs, M. Sheridan, Marion Turner, Daisy Thimm, francis Torens, L. Tuckett, J. Hemry Twyfottd, George Tully, Bttne t Thesiger, Henry Templeton, B. Van Raalte, Evelyn Vanderzee, Esther Whitehouse, Florence Waltham, Rathmell Wilson, Waters, Frank Wheatley, W. Wicks, H. Wingrove, Wilcox, Leonard Yorke. --- Act 1-Rome. Scene 1-A Public Place (during this Scene the curtain will be lowered once, to indicate a lapse of time). Scene 2- Brutus' Orchard. Scene 3- Caesar's House. Scene 4- a Street. Scene 5-The Senate House. Act 2-Rome. Scene-A Forum. Act 3. Scene 1-Sardis; The Tent of Brutus. Scene 2-At Philippi (during this Scene the curtain will be lowered once, to indicate a lapse of time). --- The Scenery and Costumes lent by Sir Herbert Tree; Costumes under the supervision of Percy Macquoid, R.I. The Prelude and incidental music specially composed and conducted by Raymond Roze Stage Managers-Frank Woolfe, E.G. Browne, J. Augustus Keogh --- After Act I. Edward German's Overture to "Richard III." will be conducted by Dan Godfrey. After Act II. Coleridge-Taylor's suite, "Othello," will be conducted by Julian Clifford --- A Tribute to the Memory of Shakespeare will be paid by Sir Squire Bancroft. Julian Clifford will conduct: (a) Graceful Dance "Henry VIII." Arthur Sullivan (b) Gigue "Much Ado About Nothing" Edward German An announcement will be made by Mrs. W.H. Kendal.

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The Shakespeare Tercentenary Commemoration MEMORIAL THEATRE Stratford-upon-Avon April 24th to May 6th, 1916 UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. F.R. BENSON TWELVE EVENINGS SIX MATINEES

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[photo/postcard with the text..] SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL THEATRE Stratford-upon-Avon

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