The Merry Wives of Windsor; A Midsummer Night's Dream; The Merchant of Venice; The Taming of the Shrew; All's Well That Ends Well; Twelfth Night; King John; Henry V; Henry VI, Part 2; Hamlet
List of plays and dates for the Shakespeare Tercentenary Commemoration. Initialled 'E.T.' [Ellen Terry] with her notes inside.
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The Company
F.R. BENSON
GRAHAM CAMERON
JAMES DALE
MURRAY KINNELL
CHRISTIAN MORROW
GERALD NEVILLE
H.O. NICHOLSON
GROSVENOR NORTH
B.A. PITTAR
W.H. QUINTON
O.D. ROBERTS
OTHO STUART
LEONARD THACKERAY
EDWARD THANE
ETC.
Mrs. F.R. BENSON
VIOLET CECIL
ROSE EDOUIN
ALICE DE GREY
LEAH HANMAN
FLORENCE GLOSSOP HARRIS
MAY KEARSEY
DOROTHIE PIDCOCK
AILEEN WYSE
ETC.
Stage Manager - A.P. NICNOLSON
Assistant Stage Manager - O.D. ROBERTS
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nder the Patronage of His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen
A Special Matinee
On Friday, May 5th.
The Royal Matinee
The following Artists have kindly promised to appear in various Scenes: -
'Macbeth,'
Miss Mary Anderson
'Much Ado about Nothing,'
Sir George Alexander, Mr. Henry Ainley, and Miss Irene Vanbrugh,
'The Taming of the Shrew,'
Mr. Oscar Asche and Miss Lily Brayton
'Henry IV.' (Part II.)
Mrs. F.R. Benson and Mr. A.E. George
'Hamlet,'
Mr. H.B. Irving
'Henry VIII.'
Miss Ellen Terry
'Merchant of Venice.'
Miss Violet Vanbrugh, Mr. Otho Stuart & Mr. F.R. Benson
'Coriolanus,'
Miss Genevieve Ward and Mr. F.R. Benson
Various Scenes by Members of
The Benson Company - past and present
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The Programme
FIRST WEEK
Monday April 24 Afternoon 2.30: Henry V.
Monday April 24 Evening at 8.0: The Merchant of Venice
Tuesday April 25 Evening at 8.0: The Taming of the Shrew
Wednesday April 26 at 3: Miss Jean Sterling Mackinlay In Old Songs and Ballads
Wednesday April 26 at 8.0: King John
Thursday April 27 Evening at 8.0: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Friday April 28 Evening at 8.0: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Saturday April 29 Afternoon at 8.0: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Saturday April 29 Evening at 8.0: All's Well that Ends Well
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The Programme
SECOND WEEK
Monday May 1 Evening at 8.0: Hamlet
Tuesday May 2 Evening at 8.0: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Wednesday May 3 Evening at 8.0: All's Well that Ends Well
Thursday May 4 Afternoon 2.30: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Thursday May 4 Evening at 8.0: Twelfth Night
Friday May 5 Afternoon 1.30: Tercentenary Commemoration Performance Under the Patronage of their Majesties The King & Queen
Friday May 5 Evening: King John
Saturday May 6 Afternoon 2.30: All's Well that Ends Well
Saturday May 6 Evening: Henry IV, (Part 2)
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On Sunday, April 23rd. Floral Procession ot Decoarate the Poet's Grave, leaving Shakespeare's Birthplace at 3.45.
On Sunday, April 30th, the Shakespeare Sermon will be preached by the Revd. Canon Anthony C.Deane M.A., Vicar of Hampstead.
On Monday, April 24th, at 11.40 a.m. ProfessorSarolea will Lecture at the Town Hall on "Shakespeare and the War."
On Wednesday, April 26th, at 3 p.m., Miss Jean Sterling Mackinlay in Old Songs and Ballads, assisted by Mr. Harcourt Williams. Mr. Kenneth Mackinlay at the Piano.
On Friday, May 5th, at 1.30 p.m., Tercentenary Commemoration Performance. Sir George Alexander, Henry Ainley, Oscar Asche, A.E. George, H.B. Irving, Otho Stuart; Mary Anderson, Lily Brayton, Ellen Terry, Irene Vanbrugh, Violet Vanbrugh, Genevieve Ward and the Benson Company.
During the Second Week a Lecture will be given by Mr. F.R. Benson- "The Birth Pangs of a Brave New World."
During the FEstival an Exhibition willbe held at the Birthplace of 16th and 17th Century Documents illustrating Shakespeare's life in Stratford upon-Avon.
Shakespeare Memorial Association. All are invited to join the Association in order that they may be kept in touch with the work which is being done. Associates are admitted free to the Festival Club, the Library, the Picture Gallery, Tower and Gardens, and all Lectures and Demonstrations organised by the Governors. Minimum annual subscription for Associates, 5s.; life membership, £5.
Festival Club. During the FEstival the Momorial Lecture Room is arranged as a REading Room and Rendezvous for Visitors to the town. Newspapers are provided. Subscription to the Club for visitors who are not Associates, April 24th to May 6th, inclusive, 3s. 6d.; one week, 2s. 6d.; or 1s . per day.
Holday Course of lessons in Elocution, Voice Production, Practical Phonetics and Dramatic Training by Miss Laura Smithson.
For Complete Lists of Artists and Lectures see further announcements.
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Prices of Admission
Stalls, 6s. ; Balcony (first row), 7s. 6d.; Dress Circle, 5s.
Window Seats, 3s.; Pit Stalls (unnumbered), 3s.
Unreserved.: Pit, 2s.; Gallery, ls.
Door open half an hour previous to all Performances.
Prices of Admission for the Matinee of Friday. May
5th. will he as follows :- · ·
Stalls. 12/-. Balcony (first two rows) £ 1 1s., Dress Circle
10/6. Window Seats, 6/-, Pit Stalls (un-numbered), 6/-
Unreserved: Pit, 4/-, Gallery, 2/-
Box Office open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on and after April 10th. Reserved Seats may be secured personally, or by letter, from MISS A. RAINBOW, Box Office, Stratford-upon-Avon. Telephone No. 45. All applications made before the opening of the Box Office must be by letter, and seats will be allotted on Saturday, April 8th, in order of the applications received.
Secretary (Shakespeare Memorial Theatre) C. LOWNDES
General Manager (For Mr. F.R. Benson) A.S. PIGOTT
