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Show I - ,' I ' ' ) . . !' . i Y;.-:-" " ' " i; 1 .- ' i !Ttntrrrr- ; v-. - --y . - v-tr ---j j -iml-i -ii,, mauM III" .-m8'?,"''r' . - .J' A , , YWimifiwi-faiHan- 3 $&&kc$pthrc'$ lobe &' -C ' ' I s ' '"' , i 3 " I L V -Cv. - s f y 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 Elizabethan times the courtyard court-yard held the lesser folks. Holding an ale tankard in his right hand, a fat and ruddy Falstaff, (right) carved and painted by Smith, is made to scale for the theater. There were very few documents to be found bearing directly upon the ( building's design after it burned. Dr. Adams, however, managed to build the miniature, executed in minute detail, during a period of 10 years. He has poured the accumulation of 26 years research re-search into the project. The walnut wal-nut entrance of the theatre is a reproduction of the doorway of Ford's hospital in Coventry; the door itself is taken from Cantmarle in Dorset. SNM "-MfWXO VA N 5 ' " 't " . 'i ' i ' m i i ih i : J t r " 1 ; v ? ' x 1b - V h- v, j , . v" V j 4 I 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 playhouse play-house that displays the greatly expanded multiple stage, one of the innovations brought to theatrical thea-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 constructed construct-ed of oak timbers, horsehair and lime. . i! x , ' f t s " ' " i V 4.--..5.iS''"!"'',"' 1 -ix T" -sv ------ ?y. ...... w ' - f I . . " " i |