Document ID ET-D498
| Archive Location | ET PROGS ET-D418a-551;561a-589, 1916 (BL) Loan 125/23A/5 |
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| Document description | programme |
| Date | 23 April 1916 |
| Document form | D - Programme |
| Document attributes | Annotated |
| Production Date(s) | April 23 [1916] |
| Venue | YMCA Shakespeare Hut |
| Venue address | Keppel and Gower Streets WC |
| General notes | Shakespeare Evening Entertainment. Ellen Terry as Portia; under the direction of Lady Forbes-Robertson and Edith Craig. |
| Language | English |
Works Cited
| Title | The Merchant of Venice |
|---|---|
| Original author | William Shakespeare |
| Title | Henry V |
| Original author | William Shakespeare |
| Title | King John |
| Original author | William Shakespeare |
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SIR JOHNSTON FORBES-ROBERTSON, Chairman,
LADY FORBES-ROBERTSON, Hon. Treas. DR. I. GOLLANCZ, Hon. Sec.
Y.M.C.A.
Shakespeare Hut
(KEPPEN AND GOWER STREETS, W.C.)
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Shakespeare Evening
- To the Memory of William Shakespeare-
(April 23. 1564-1616.)
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ENTERTAINMENT
Under the direction of
LADY FORBES-ROBERTSON
MISS EDITH CRAIG
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PROGRAMME
Part I.
1. ORGAN RECITAL by MR. H. WILSON
2. SIR JOHNSTON FORBES-ROBERTSON-
a) Soliloquy from Hamlet.
(b) 'The Seven Ages' from As You Like It.
3. Shakespeare Songs by LADY MAUD WARRENDER
The Trial Scene THE MERCHANT OF VENICE.
Portia - ELLEN TERRY
Nerissa - JEAN STERLING MACKINLAY
Shylock - NOMAN FORBES
Bassanio - COWLEY WRIGHT
Antonio - HENRY VIBART
Gatiano HEREWARD KNIGHT
Sallerino - A. SEYMOUR
Doge - ACTON BOND
[annotation: Clerk of Court - ORLANDO BARNETT]
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A Short Address by Dr. I. GOLLANCZ.
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Part 2.
1. SCENES FROM HENRY V.
By Junior Players.
Henry - FABIA DRAKE
Exeter - ENID [crossed out and replaced with: ETHEL HODGSON]
Salisbury/Mountjoy - DOLLY [NEAVE]
King of France - ENID [crossed out and replaced with: ETHEL HODGSON]
Queen - DOLLY [NEAVE]
Katherine - CHRISTINE BAXENDALE
2. Ballads of Shakespeare's Age, MISS JEAN STERLING MACKINLAY
[3]. Scenes from KING JOHN.
Act III. Scene 3. (King John's Tent.)
KING JOHN - RUSSELL THORNDIKE
PRINCE ARTHUR - [RENEE WALLER]
Son to King John's elder brother Geoffrey
QUEEN ELINOR - FLORENCE SAUNDERS
King John's mother
HUBERT - B.A. PITTAR
Chamberlain to the King
NOTE.- King John seized the English throne in spite of the undoubted
right of Prince Arthur.
King Phillip of France at first supported Prince Arthur's claim
to the English throne, but eventually forsook him and became
reconciled to John, and the poor little prince was taken prisoner.
King John could not rest while Arthur lived, and in this scene
he is seen plotting with Hubert to kill him.
Act III. Scene 4. (King Phillips's Tent.)
PHILLIP, King of France- MARK STANLEY
LEWIS, his son - ERIC ROSS
PANDULPH, The Pope's Legate - ORLANDO BARNETT
CONTANCE, mother to Arthur - HUTIN BRITTON
NOTE.-Constance did all in her power to assert her son's (Prince
Arthur's) rights, and to defend him from the over-reaching
schemes of his unscrupulous uncle King John. She vehemently
resented the cowardly desertion of King Phillip of her son's
cause. Finally, when she learnt that her idolized son_ (on top
of all the overwhelming disasters which bhd befallen him), was
a prisoner in the hand of his cruel uncle, her grief and despair
knew no bounds and she became almost mad.
..God Save the King..
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