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Show v i rtTrw; , '1 " 1 pit 11 jj ss"" snamm 7 .. n-iitimi '"i.ji.ii.ijoiyJl StacjJbeafVs lobe Q All the world may have been a stage for William Shakespeare, but he scored his greatest successes suc-cesses on one particular stage that of London's Globe Theatre. Thea-tre. Hofstra College President Dr. John Cranford Adams displays dis-plays (above) his three dimensional dimen-sional model of the theater which was destroyed by fire in 1613. Dr. Adams was assisted by commercial artist Irwin Smith, (left) who cut and laid some 6,-500 6,-500 tiny eraser rubber bricks. In Elizabcthaa times the courtyard court-yard held the lesser folks. Holding an ale tankard in right hand, a fat and ruddy stuff, (right) carved and jted by Smith, is made to lie for the theater. There '8 very few documents to be id bearing directly upon the i ding's design after it burned. Adams, however, managed build the miniature, executed ) ninute detail, during a period '0 years. He has poured the emulation of 26 years re-:"h re-:"h into the project. The wal-' wal-' entrance of the theatre is reproduction of the doorway Ford's hospital in Coventry; ! door itself is taken from 'tmarle in Dorset. IwTn uVHL&l wTfn 1 h r ' la) 4 x i Q Lady Percy (left) is another character from "Henry IV" that Mr. Smith carved as a companion compan-ion for Falstaff. The artist expects ex-pects to complete many other Shakespearean characters to people the stage. Below is a ' stage-section view of the play-' play-' house that displays the greatly l expanded multiple stage, one of ! the innovations brought to thea-f thea-f trical history by the building of the Globe. The three-level stage ' made continuous dramatic action ac-tion possible. The building would seat 1,400 persons. Dr. Adams' model is insured for $50,000 and will be displayed at the Folgcr Shakespeare Library Li-brary in Washington. Later it may be sent to England. The original building was construct- ' ed of oak timbers, horsehair and lime. -w".. f, TT .... if ' ' i ii i miiliHij" i E |