Show Shakespeare Almost Migrated I To America With Lost Colony MANTEO N N. N C. C Sir C.-Sir Sir Walter Raleigh Raleigh Raleigh Ral Ral- didn't discover tobacco tobacco con contrary to the popular historical notion no no- tion but tion-but but he did prevent young Will Shakespeare are from joining the Lost Colony expedition to Roanoke Island and thus saved him for literature and the theater This fact Is revealed In a scene from Paul Greens Green's historical drama The Lost Colony to be presented here this summer from July 1 I to September 4 In connection with the anniversary celebration of the found founding In of the first English settlement settlement settle settle- ment In America and end of ot the birth of I IVirginia Virginia Dare first English child child born in the New world Fresh from Stratford and end bored with holding horses at James Garbage's Burbage's Bur Gar bages bage's old Globe theater Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Shake Shake- speare was anxious to leave Eng land Yet he was making a better living at holding horses than he could ever hope to make out of poetry Exciting tales of ot the New world had bad fired his Imagination and be appealed to Sir Walter to take lake him on the 1587 expedition to Roan Roans Roanoke oke island I fear tear you'd find no time for poetry there Raleigh Is said to have replied well No one likes my poor verses here Give me an ax I J can of r cut trees rejoined the poet Youre wrong Raleigh said Sir Philip Sidney has spoken tp me of your talents At Al the tavern he heard you and your ale mug reciting reciting ing ballads You have the gift of 01 words Cherish that gift I will commend you to a friend Master Shakespeare Shakespeare-on on with money Shakespeare Then I 1 am your our debtor forever But Raleigh replied with a flourish nourish Rather let history say that I am yours yours Had Sir Walter Waller permitted Shakespeare Shakespeare Shake Shake- speare to leave with the cobnuts colonists cola cob nuts in 1587 this would have been his fate tate The colony landed and settled settled set set- tied at Fort Raleigh Roanoke island Is Island Is is- land but it completely disappeared two years later Uter Gov John White went to england for tor supplies and when he returned there wasn't a single trace of ot the colonists except for the cryptic word toan carved up a tree tre tree According It to a previous agreement agree agree- ment meni if It the colonists colonist left Roanoke Island for any reason whatsoever they were to Co write the name of their new home hume on m a tree Governor White attempted to 0 go to but storms forced him till oft the th right course count and he was compelled to drop the search It for the Lost Colony Col Col- ony He lie wa was wai Virginia Dares Dare's gland father |