Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-06-03 | Page 3 | Famous Irish Novelist Too Ill to Enjoy Play Attacking Shakespeare

Famous Irish Novelist Too Ill III to 1 Enjoy y Play Attacking Shakespeare I 1 I GEORGE MOORE r I British Literary Circles Attend Attend At At- At Attend tend Moores Moore's Witty Comedy Comedy Com Corn edy on Avon Bard By Dy MILTON BRONNER I LONDON June 2 The 2 The Prince of ot Wales General Sir Ian Hamilton and practically everybody of ot note In society and in literary and dramatic dramatic dramatic dra dra- matic circles paid pilgrimage to the Little Arts theatre the other night to see Shakespeare kidded The occasion was was the first and only presentation on any stage of t a one-act one pa play The Making 1 of an Immortal by George Moore The famous Irish novelist who is now a very old and very sick man lying In a hospital wrote this little play years ago and expressed a desire that it should be per per- formed lIe He said he did not think much of it It but some of his AmerIcan American American Amer Amer- ican friends did So So to gratify him many of ot the best actors on the thc London stage without pay gave save their time and se services The result was a packed house It had been the intention t to have haveit it broadcast to the hospital but Moor was too ill fIl to listen in In recent years ears there have been various attacks on Shakespeare It being claimed that his plays were not written by him but by I Francis Bacon and any number of other people Moores Moore's play takes this same thesis but gives s it an exceedingly exceedingly ex ex- humorous twist Apparently old Queen Elizabeth EUzabeth took exception to one play because it spoke of ot the death of ot kings and also because she thought her fornier fornier fornier for- for nier sweetie weetie the Earl of at Essex had either written or Inspired it Now according to the Moore play th the drama In question had been written years before by B Bacon con on ind the famous dramatist Ben Jonson Bacon as one of the queens queen's high officers was in high dread lest the queen find out who really wrote it Then Jonson came to bat with witha a bright thought There was a player fellow named Shakespeare a native of Stratford He had none too good an education was vain and certainly loved his pounds shillings and pence which he carefully carefully carefully care care- fully Invested in Stratford real es es- es tate Why not get Shakespeare to father the play His lis vanity would prompt him to it If it properly coaxed His cupidity would urge him to it If It It were represented that the queen probably probably probably ably would give him a a. purse full tull of gold There ensued a delicious comedy scene In In which Shakespeare strutted and plumed himself while being cajoled Then he trembled with fear when kneeling before the great queen But good old B Bess ss was waS' In high spirits She not only praised the play when she learned it was his but she told him he was an immortal poet