Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-04-23 | Page 1 | Bard of Avon Honored on His 362nd Birthday

Bard of Avon Honored On His Birthday LONDON April 23 3 tAP AP The birthday of Shakespeare was celebrated throughout the ish Isles Islet today Nearly every city In England had a special Shakespearean Shakespearean Shake Shake- performance At the theatre here there was vas a matinee at which Sybil ke Gwen Nigel Ben Webster and many other famous actors gave scenes from The Merchant of Ven Ven- modern dress This ice in In performance performance per per- was under the direction of the British Empire re Shakespeare society At Stratford on A x A n the birthplace birthplace birth birth- place of Shakespeare Bridges BridEs Adams Adam directed two Shakespearean performances in the Improvised theatre which Is temporarily replacing replacing ing the Memorial theatre destroyed recently by fire At the old Victoria theatre in London which always has ke Kept t the dl of ot Shakespeare peare flying pop l ular lar prices there w were r t two o per Repertory companies Y r rIn in Birmingham Liverpool and ManI Manchester Man Man- chester put on Shakespearean plays I and traveling companies throughout the British Isles gave gae over the day dayto dayI I to the works of or the Bard of ot A Aon on At Stratford on the Avon the r re d flag of ot soviet Russia was flown beside the colors of ot other nations M. M Malsky l the charge of the soviet embassy sent a wreath ot violets roses and wistaria to be e placed on the tomb of ot the bud bird The English press is making a great drive to raise sufficient funds to replace the Memorial theatre nt at Stratford on Avon with a building which will reproduce the te o of the at Shakespeare time and combine with them all modern equipment necessary to tile the staging ot of all aU great productions Y II H H. Sothern and his wife JuJU Marlowe have announcer announced In i New w Y the gift to the ATeno hm ml 11 he- he atro at Stratford on i Avo-i of ot The rhe scenery costumes and I r h-r pr l'- l' all aU ten of ot their of ot s Shakespeare's ar playa 4 J. J