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The Bulletin
Fix this text“The Bulletin,” Vol. 66—No, 3393
Fix this textWednesday, February 21, 1945
Fix this textPrice 6d.
Fix this textRegistered at the General Post Office, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, for Transmission by Post as a Newspaocr.
Fix this textseppelts
Fix this textTHE ORIGINAL MEMORIAL THEATRE, STRATFORD-ON-AVON.
Fix this text'"PHIS view shows the first theatre built as a memorial to William
Fix this textShakespeare, the world’s greatest dramatist, at his birthplace,
Fix this textStratford-on-Avon, in Warwickshire, England. This original Shake-
Fix this textspeare Memorial Theatre was sponsored by Charles Flower, of
Fix this texta notable Stratford family. It was opened in 1879 with a per-
Fix this textformance of “Much Ado,” with Barry Sullivan as Benedick and
Fix this textHelen Faucit as Beatrice. Every great Shakespearean actor and
Fix this textactress of the time played in this theatre, and for many years
Fix this textSir Frank Benson made it famous as a national training school
Fix this textfor Shakespearean acting. Frank Benson was knighted by King
Fix this textGeorge V in Drury Lane theatre while still in his stage costume as
Fix this textJulius Caesar during the Shakespearean tercentenary performance
Fix this textin 1916. The original memorial theatre was destroyed by fire in
Fix this text1926. On its ashes arose a new Shakespeare Memorial Theatre,
Fix this textdesigned by Miss Elisabeth Brown, and to finance which £250,000
Fix this textwas subscribed from over seventy countries—surely a remarkable
Fix this texttribute to the esteem in which the world holds the immortal Bard
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