Document ID ET-D574

Archive Location ET PROGS ET-D418a-551;561a-589, Lectures 1911-16 (BL) Loan 125/23A/8
Document description flyer
Date 19 February 1912
Document form P - Poster or handbill
Document attributes Annotated
Production Date(s) [19 February 1912] to [24 February 1912]
Venue Savoy Theatre
General notes Week of Shakespeare lectures by Ellen Terry. Some authorial assistance from Christopher St John.
Language English

Works Cited

Title The Pathetic Heroines
Original author Ellen Terry
Title The Triumphant Heroines
Original author Ellen Terry
Title The Children of Shakespeare's Plays
Original author Ellen Terry
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SAVOY THEATRE --- Miss ELLEN TERRY'S SHAKESPEAREAN RECITALS --- THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMME --- On Monday, Tuesday and Saturday- "The Pathetic Heroines" Amongst others Miss Terry will comment on- VIOLA - with Extracts from "Twelfth Night" DESDEMONA - with Scene from "Othello" EMILIA - with Scene from "Othello" JULIET - with Scenes from "Romeo and Juliet" (including the Potion Scene) CORDELIA - with Scene from "King Lear" CLEOPATRA - with Extract from "Antony and Cleopatra" CRESSIDA - "Troilus and Cressida" LADY MACBETH - with Extracts from "Macbeth" OPHELIA - with Scenes from "Hamlet" (including the Mad Scene) On Wednesday and Thursday- "The Triumphant Heroines" BEATRICE - with Extracts from " Much Ado About Nothing" (including the Church Scene) ROSALIND - "As You Like It" CELIA - "As You Like It" VIRGILIA - with Extracts from "Coriolanus" VOLUMNIA - with Extracts from "Coriolanus" PORTIA - "Merchant of Venice" (including the Mercy Speech) On Friday THE Children from Shakespeare's Plays

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Document ID: ET-D574 Archive location: ET PROGS ET-D418a-551;561a-589, Lectures 1911-16 (BL) Loan 125/23A/8