Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24

Latin and is supposed to have been a copy
or an extension of the other suit, which
had been settled out of court without the
petition having been filed. In drawing this
complaint, so DR.. Wallace discovered, it
became necessary for the attorney for the
daughter to dig into the history of every
share Of the Blackfriars and the Globe
theatefs.
Exact Location Named.
The suit arose two years after the de-
struction and the rebuilding Of the Globe
theater, which was burned in 1913, June
o. The case was set for trial just two
months prior to the death Of Shakespeare.
The suit was against all Of the share
holders Of the Globe theater, as Hemyngs
was the manager for Shakespeare and
the others who owned stock in the play
house.
In this document the exact location Of
the Globe theater is named. The theater
was between the Park on the north and
Maiden Lane on the south. The Maiden
Lane OF Shakespeare's time, running east
and west. said DIR. Wallace. is now Park
street. It had been supposed for years
aAAN NAAN 1N0O NiAGaAGI NlOON upon
the ground now occupied by the Barclay
brewery. south OF Park street. From the
statements In the documents, together with
leases which DR.. Wallace has unearthed.
the Globe is located across the street from
the brewery.
The discovered by DR.. and
Mrs. Wallace did more than establish the
location Of the Globe theater, in itself OF
much Importance. They established the
connection of William Shakespeare with
this theater and showed that ne not only
received an Income from the plays he
wrote but also from his shares In this
theater.
The story told by the new documents
covers the period of shakespeare's lif,
from 1899 to the time OF his death in 1915
This was the period when the Globe and
the Blaokfriars thesters did their creates
work, and the time Of greatest achievement
OF the English drama.
Destruction OF Theater.
In his publication, The Children of tn,
Chapel at Blackfriars," DIR. Wallace tell
Of the destruction Of the playhouse, 9TH,
Theater," and the removal Of It's materla
across the Thames from which the Glob
was built. The owner of THE Theater.
James Burbage. had died, leaving to hi
son Richard the Blackfriars and to Cuth
bert THE Theater." As the landlord an
owner could not agree about a renewal o
the lease THE Theater' wal torn down
Then, said DR.. Wallace. the Burbage broth
ers united with them Shakespeare, Hem
yngs. Phillips. Pora and Kemp and forme,
a company. This company. which was tn
first theatrical organization in the world
said DR.. Wallace. secured a lease for thirty
/ an. - 1910 4. m
was In December, 1898. The new document
just discovered contain the history of tn
Globe theater from that time on, said Di
Wallace.
BY the terms OF the lease, according I
the photographs Of the documents whic
DIR. Wallace brought back to Lincoln, IN
Burbage brothers acquired one-half interes
in the new property at a yearly rental G
81 IS. The other half OF the property wa
secured by Shakespeare and his companion
for a like amount, Thus Shakespeare ha
one-tenth interest in the new venture,
In 1910, according to DR.. Wallace, Shake,
peare and his companions divided their II
terest and took in Henry Condell wit
them. This gave each one-twentieth OF n
whole. In 1912 Shakespeare and his par
ners again divided their shares into se'
/ enths and permitted William osteler
come into the firm. Then again a divisio
: was made ard Nathaniel Field was take
in as a shareholder, Then followed death
: ~ SNakesneare's partners, troubles vii
admln'rtrstors and with the heirs.
what Shakespeare Owned.
b According TO DR.. Wallace, when Shake
: peare died he owned one-seyenth Of Il
Z Hackfriars and one-fOurteenth of n
n Globe. as did William Osteler, whose wldo
o brought the suit that established the
, facts and located correctly the Globe the
ter. Osteler died in 1914
4 The value OF these shares OF stock
d these theaters was varied according TO Il
/ papers filed in the case, The plaintiff q
: legged that her stock In the Rlaekfriars W
/. worth $3.50 and in the Globe the sam
She alleged the stock would produce h
an income for fifteen years. DR.. Wana
: estimates on this statement that the Blae
. fiars Was worth on the market $l0.50 al
the Globe tz1. LOO, The widow sued I
! $500 for the holding Of the profits fro
, the shares Of her husband for one yes
: DIT. Wallace says no court valuation W
made Of the premises and no judsme
was recorded IN the case. It Is his i'd
that probably the case was settled out
. court.
DR.. waIlaee came hack to America n
= like Or. Cook and Commander Peary. I
= former with his records cached in I
e northland, and the latter with his wrapp
II I'm ice for future references, but with
Il records open to the public and with litt
concern whether the public cared 10 look
them.
N Or. wanace announced his discovery