Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-04-22
SHAKESPEARE To
Be H0NORED BY
ALL ENGtSAMEN
Tercentennay Of Death Of
Bard Of Avon to Be Gener-
ally Observed Throughout
Country in Spite Of War;

London, April 12.-There will be
widespread celebration of the Snakes
peare tercentenary, NOTWITHSTANDING
the war has interfered with the more
ambitious plans outlined 10y the COM
mittee two years ago
April 20 equivalent to May under
the new style calendar) Will be the
central date in the celebration. ON
that day 500 years ago the great dra-
matist died at Stratford- Avon. His
exact birth date Is more obscure, but
there is some ground for believing
that he was born on April %, al
though the date may have been any
where between April % and May 4,
of the year 1864.
The national tercentary committee.
under the patronage of the king ana
queen, has arranged for Shakespeare
services in practically all the churches
of the kingdom on April 80. with the
principal service in Westminster ADJ
tov. On Monday May /, a meeting
will be held in the Mansion house.
with an address, it is hoped, by the
prime minister, and other speeches
by various notables celebrating the
national memory Of the poet.
On May there will be gala per-
Torrance of julius Caesar under roy
al patronage at the Drury Lane thea-
ter, with an the great English Shakes
pearean stars as actors
Nav will be celebrated in the
schools as Shakespeare day. ON the
same day, Prof John w. Mackail, OF
Oxford, will deliver the annual
Shakespeare lecture at the British
academy. and a national committee
will meet TO arrange for permanent
memorial Of the occasion in behalf OF
the school children OF the nation. ON
Friday, the 5th, a pilgrimage taxes
place in Stratford- Avon, where the
chief actors of the day will give a
performance of scenes from Shakes
pearean dramas at the Memorial thea
ter.
In London a series of memorial lee
lures will be given by Sidney Lee az
London university, beginning May
IA, while a similar course will be CIV
en- at Gresham college by Prof Fos-
ter Watson.
The London Shakespeare league has
arranged for the unwilling of a me-
mortal in Curtain road to mark the
site Of Shakespeare theater IN
Shoreditch. Under the same auspices
there will be lectures on Sha kespeare
and a reading of Hamlet 10y Ben
Greet. Mr.. Greet Is also to be in
charge Of the presentation of twenty
Shakespeare plays at popular prices
In the old Victoria hail.
The British Empire Shakespeare So
ciety will strike commemorative
medallion likeness which will go 10
all parts of the world.
Several OF the London boroughs
viii. have celebrations of their own.
Hampstead, for example, will have a
series OF lectures and readings, UNI
der the Craftsmanship of the mayor.
The national committee is prepar-
ing "A Book Of Homage which VIII
contain tributes to the poet from va
rous corners of the globe.
AT Stratford- on-Ayon, there will be
q fortnight of Shakespearean per-
formances, and a long series OF spe-
cial celebrations, including a process
sion to Shakespeare's church and a
floral decoration of the tomb in the
chancel
oxford is to have Q tercentenary ex-
hibition at Bodleys library, opening
on April "a. Manchester has a COM
mittee of its own which has arranged
an elaborate series of lectures, recit-
ais, performances of songs, prize
competitions and exhibitions. per-
manent memorial will be provided at
Manchester in the form Of a Shakes
peare garden, laid out on lines par
allel to that at ratford-on-Avon.
There will be Jess important tercen-
tenary performances and observafices
in practically every city of Importance
in Great Britain and Ireland. The
feature at Dublin will be gala per-
Torrance of Henry V,
The little group Of enthusiasts who
maintain that Bacon really wrote
most of the works attributed to
Shakespeare. are reported to be pre-
pairing a ceremony of derision,'
of which, however. no details have
hoofn announced