Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-15
AMUSEMENT
SECTION
CELEBRATING
SHAKESPEARE
PRECAUTIONARY
Phiiadelphia's Committee to Supply
Plays. Lectures, Shakespeareana,
and Music for Almost Month.

Philadelphia Is to commemorate the
Shakespeare tercentenary in fitting fash.
ion. Officials of the city. officers and pro.
fessors of the University of Pennsylvania
and Of other nearby colleges, leaders in
the dramatic, literary musical and edu-
cational life of Philadelphia have brought
together varied program Of exhibition,
festival, lectures and dramatic perform
ances which will il almost a month.
The most notable single item in the list
OF the Shakespeare Tercentenary Commit
tee is undoubtedly the festival set down
for Friday afternoon. May ~, at the Acad-
emy OF Music. in which. Sir Herbert Tree,
the noted English actor; Alfred Noyes the
poet; David Bspham, the singer; Mrs, Otis
Skinner Prof. Felix schelling and an
orchestra of so and chorus of zoo will
take part.
The season OF commemoration will be
opened, however. by the exhibition at the
Academy of the Fine Arts Of large col
lection of Shakespeareana, beginning April
30 and closing May 10.
Immediately following, on May IL, the
Philomathean Society of the University of
Pennsylvania will present "The Comedy of
Errors for weeks run The piece will
not only be given in the Elijah than man.
ner but in an exact reproduction of the
famous Globe Theatre. where Shakespeare
himself acted, now under process of con-
structlon in the Botanical Gardens.
Meanwhile and during the course of the
commemoration, various societies. schools
churches and clubs will give lectures, re-
citals and dramatic performances in honor
Of the poet.
A permanent memorial is the final OBJ
tect in view.
The work of the Shakespeare Tercente-
nary Committee has grown from a meeting
called by Henry La Barre jayne same
weeks ago, to which representatives of so
educational literary dramatic and mus
icsl associations responded. The General
Committee then organized consists of
Prof. Felix II. Schelling chairman; Dr. IL.
p. Oberholtzer secretary Prof Norris Jas
trow, corresponding secretary j. Howard
Reber, treasurer; ii. La Barre Jayne, Eli
X Price, Mrs. w. Yorke Stevenson, Mrs,
Otis Skinner, Prof. Francis b. Gummere,
III. H Furness, Jr., Superintendent of Pub.
lie Schools Or. j. p. CARRIER, the Rev. DR..
ID. NJ. Steele. Mrs. II. s. p. Nichols. John
Ashhurst, Mgr. II. T. Henry and James f.
Cooke. subcommittee have been formed
to deal with ShalIespearean performances,
the Shakespearean Exhibition, the Shakes.
peare Permanent Memorial, colleges
and universities, public and private
schools. churches and Sunday schools,
Aclubs and societies, and music. To the dis
inguished names on these various COM
,nittees have been added those of some
rs of the city's leading citizens, who
headed by Mayor Smith, form the Honor.
airy Committee of the celebration.
The Shakespeare Tercentenary Com.
mittee has divided its work into seven
welldefned campaigns:
The Schools-Exerclses consisting of
lFeadings and recitations and short ad-
dresses in the public high schols and in
the schools of primary and secondary
grade. organized under the direction Of
Dr. John p. CARRIER, superintendent of
public education. with the assistance of a
committee Representative Of the chief
schools OF the city,
The Churches - Commemoration of
Shakespeare and Shakespeare's message
in churches and Sunday schools of this
city, organized under the direction of the
committee of which the Rev Dr. ID. NJ.
Steele is chairman, consisting of repre-
sentatives of the various religious bodies
OF the city.
Exhlbition-A collection OF Shakes
peareana to be opened on Saturday eve
ming. April 20, at $3.50 o'clock, at the Acad-
emy OF tho Fine Arts and to be continued
for two weeks. Admission free. The eX-
hibition is being prepared under the direc-
tion OF a special committee OF which
John Ashhurst is chairman, with DIR. A.
8. w. Rosenbach as secretary and in
charge of gathering material for the eN-
hibition. In many ways ii will be unique,
as II will present not only large collec-
tion of early editions and rare books deal
ing with Shakespeare's plays, but large
mass OF material relative to their perform
ance in Philadelphia By the distinguished
actors who have appeared at the city's
theatres. Special attention will also be
given in the exhibition to illustrating the
Shakespeare traditions in Philadelphia The
exhibition will be limited TO material to
be obtained in Philadelphia through libra
ries and other private collections. Among
the features of the collection will be a
model of the Globe Theatre carried out
accurately even to the smallest detail and
another OF the Fortune Theatre built
after the plans of the Globe. when the
latter was burned The Academy Of the
Fine Arts has been generously placed at
the disposal Of the committee by the di-
rectors and the exhibition viii BE free to
the public At the opening nf the exhibit
tion. April 49, chorus Of 100 from the
Matinee Musical Club will sing under the |
leadership OF Mrs. +. W. Abbott.
The universitles-Among college and
university celebrations there now being |
given at the University of Pennsylvania |
series Of eight lectures on Shakespeare. |
These lectures have been open to the pub |
lie and given every Wednesday afternoon |