The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-12
MIR. wARpE ON SHAKESPEARE.
The Actor Discusses the Bard Whose
Work He Tnterprcts.

Frederick warde yesterday morning
lectured on Shakespeare before the fac
uify and students Of the state university,
and for an hour and half held the at
tentiOn OF a large audience.
Mr.. Warde opened with an outline 81
Shaksspeares life from his birth. April
% 1854, tiil his death on his birthday. 1ri6
He told how he had gone 10 the grammar
school at Stratfora. and how at the age
Of IL. on account OF his famiiy's reverses.
he left school His marriage at IS seems
not TO have been his only wild oats for
he poached deer on Squire Lucy's pre-
serve at =. and when thrown I'm Jail he
produced a literary satire against the
squire. who on account OF this resolved
20 prosecute Shakespeare 10 the extent
OF the law. After this event Shakespea~ re
went 10 Iondon. where he held horses in
front OF the Globe" no small position
when every person Travelled on horseback
and Shakespeare employed several men.
He afterwards was pronpter in the thea
ter.
About this time Shakespeare com
nenccd 10 write plays. whose authenticIty
few like Ignatius nonaelly and Or.
owens, OF Detroit doubt. The idea that
Francis Bacon. the classical scolar. law
YER and essayist. wrote the plays. which
are full of grammatical geogra phicai and
anachronic errors. Mr.. Warde pronAs need
1A@tE4e SfsaAfs Efs2Fc s EFEfaGH Is very
poor. his Latin worse. and he makes
macy expeditions start On ships from fn-
land cities and Cleopatra play billiards.
Would Bacon have made such es-rsrs
Or owens tries - explain this ny r1yinE
taat Bscou dif not wish 20 fsa known as
the author cc shese plays aud tnat Re
threw In these errors 70 delu4e the pNcGle
anA esr%cl ALLY me court DR.. Owens has
after 80 years gathered these errors to-
Eetheg ard EXPOSED them 70 shs world
Shakespeare sprung from Ihat sturdy
yeosrarry which peopled America HIS
father hsa sorne standing IN the COM
murity and held the Office e hafliT ard
alderman. an4 was a. the battles % the
Eroach campaign under tne Black Prince.
Aftsr spending eon1e tlrae a. the Globe
theater he tsosEet tho RIackfrfars with
Bare.sEe ard Il was n this sheater that
most Of SuRk esgea res plays which were
written a. the library ot she Earl ~
Southampton. were profuceA. Shakes
pesre appeared n many Of those PLAYS.
ana was the orsEfsAi ghost ia Hamlet -
Aaan ln las Nuu Like IT. ana - sam
Tseaef 20 have gtver the FIRST PORTRAYAL -
tee character Of HotSpur ia Henry IL "
In 1919 BE returned % Stratt urd-cu- Avon
wsta a competence CT I.o0a var year. prd
afiFr feJF years % paacafuI quiet died Al
tbe axe ct s. a peculiar coincidence -
Ar War3e relates. SIS that ~ csesl On
the safne cay a. Ceramics. 50 The Wori4
VAS Impoverished by the dezfa az two
fsea NEo hSd made * rich 90
"}s - marvellous" sat3 Nj Wa~5e.
"thAt Shakespeare cu@3d Rave araasres
50 ra4ch kao~tsselgs IN issesIrne. f4e was
= man cG geutuse rot cf e3uestsoa lie
had ere faesslty Of pigeon AosleS his
kaow ledge Every orator. minister IL
fact every PERSIA. uses ~orla f.,srn
Saa&esRea Vo1ahGlagy: hot sArre =
another element 81 Shakespeare nr,~RS
the sclenug@a element In 'Efaraie.' she
shass. ga Eei3inE 81 th& uumrser. exnfa ies
sas theory az The circulation ~ the .,,s-a.1
ans thAs E}aN vas written before Dr.. Har-
TeY WAz born In TragiGs an3 Cres.sssa a
sne ngta~ gle ~ a&tsrAI grat8safaoa- v.Ah~h
NSa t0l NfraT@&r8 discovered. aenears
TIE n1ed trans 81 astronomy arr
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