The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-23
Is Planned in England Notwith,
standing That War Has In.
terferred with Plans.

lIUNDON, April 22-There will be
widespread celebration OF the Shape
speare tercentenary. Notwithstanding
that war has interfered with the more
ambitious plans outlined by the COM
mittee two years ago.
April % equivalent to May 8 under
the new style calendar) will be the
central date in the celebration. On
that day 300 years ago the great
dramatist died at Stratford-on-Avon.
His exact birth date is more obscure,
but there Is some ground for believing
that he was also born on April 90,
although the date may have been any
where between April 90 and May 4,
of the year 1864.
The national terccntary committee,
under the patronage OF the king and
queen, has arranged for Shakespeare
services in practically all the churches
of the kingdom on April 30, with the
principal service in Westminster Abb
hey. On Monday, May /. a meeting
Will be held in the Mansion House,
with an address, 1t is hoped, by the
prime minister, and other speeches
by various notables celebrating the
national memory Of the poet.
Gala Performance.
On May 2, there will be gala per-
Torrance OF julius Caesar under royal
patronage at the 4Drury Lane theater,
with all the great English Shakespear-
can stars as actors.
May 3 will be celebrated in the
schools as Shakespeare day. On the
same day, Professor John W. Mackail
Of Oxford. will deliver the annual
Shakespeare lecture at the British
Academy, and national committee
will meet to arrange for permanent
memorial OF the occasion in behalf of
the school children of the nation. On
Friday. May s, pilgrimage takes
place to Standardization, where the
chief actors Of the day will give per-
Torrance of scenes from Shapespear-
can dramas at the Memorial theater.
In London, series of memorial
lectures will be given by Sidney Lee
at London University, beginning on
March IA, while similar course will
be given at Gresham College by Pro-
lessor Foster Watson.
500 To Unveil Memorial.
The London Shakespeare League
has arranged for the unwilling of a
memorial in Curtain road to mark
the site of Shakespeare's theater in
Shoreditch. Under the same auspices
there will be lectures on Shakespeare
and reading OF Hamlet by Ben Greet.
Mr.. Greet is also to be in charge of
the presentation Of twenty Shake
speare plays at popular prices in the
old Victoria hall. 'r
The British Empire Shakespeare
Society will strike commemorative
medallion likeness which will 60 to
all parts Of the world.
Several OF the London boroughs
will have celebrations Of their own.
Hampstead, for example, will have a
series Of lectures and readings, under
the craftsmanship Of the mayor.
The national committee is prepar-
Ing "A Book OF Homage" which will
contain tributes to the poet from var
ious corners OF the globe.
To Decorate Tomb.
At Stratford-on-Avon. there will DO
a fortnight Of shakespearean perform.
ances, and long series OF special
celebrations, including a procession
to Shakespeare's church and floral
decoration Of the tomb in. the chancel.
Oxford is to have a tercentenar
exhibition at Bodley library. opening
on April "a. Manchester has com
mittee OF its own which has arranged
an elaborate series Of lectures. re-
citals, performances Of songs, prize
competitions and exhibitions. A per-
manent memorial will be provided at
Manchester in the form Of Shake