Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-14
VIRGINIA ON SHAKESPEARE STAGE.
ny ELIZABETH HENRY Lyons

, to kawasha. the Indian God. who 70.
pies III praise OF tobacco:
'S!ienus. kawassru comes in majestic
was never such "A God AS he:
Hes come from fare countrie
10 make our nose a chimney
ha"as ha-The Wine takes the CON
,rary way
To get into the hood.
hut GOOD tobacco makes no stay
But seizeth where it should.
Hiicnus topics the barrel hut
Tobacco toppes The brainc,
Mo fnahes the vapours FIRE and SCOT.
mat man revivcs againe-.
IN 1903 Sir George Somers com.
mtn"lng The Sca-Ncnturc was mo,
WIN Il storm which drove his .bin rrnu,
OF the West Indies TO tho hi,her,n ~,
discovered bermuda Isles there Ia,
men remained ten months. ESCAPING -.
Virginia IN May. 1911" The news -
4 TINS adventure was carried TO Euglahd
ana created great public interest l.i,.
accounts wer" soon published. ami
shakespeare Incorporated many rim.
from them in The Tempest" which b.
ronnie Upon this shIpwrcck Sidne,
Lee ~ his 1916 edition of tho Lii.
OF Shakespeare. SAYS that Shake
pcarc's plot OF THE Tempest Was ,ur
sested by IT. Lee also SAYS: "Cal;buu
WAS Shahcspearc's ultimate concertior
of the tue aboriginal character
Caiiban's thr"a, TO make no more
dams tor fSh' exposed Prospcro TO Tho
same peril which writer's from Nirgtniu
tell "f the danger to tho colCny shuu!.
the lndia's fan 10 keep the nsh-dains
-, c"..i ,r,iv:.
We learn that. FOR several days b..
| fore the wreck. the sea Venture h.d
been driven about by the wiua
Neither sun nor stars appeared. and
no small tempest lay on them. and all
hon" that they should be saved was
taken away" As in The Tempest,
some in despair went below tho
patches. and finding some good and
icomfortabl" waters" draukc "unc -
another" and made themselves rcady
in the cabin Tor the mischancc OF tn,
hour" The admiral. thrccscorc years
OF age, remained undaun,cd in ia"
words OF Prospcro. he was:
Infused with fortiudc from
heaven"
Bravcly giving orders. he "~ai,cd
Gods VIII until he saw land ahcad
Those who had been drunk below. hur-
riod Up TO look for that they durs'
not believe: they made for the shore.
hut the ship struck ono OF the tortuous
passages and stood upright near tn"
mainland OF the Island Of Rermudas
Like the mariners of the Tempest"
they plunged in the fonmins brine ana
Quit the vessel:
"Prospero Flu, MAS not this ni=h
shore
Ariol-Closc by. my master
Prospcro.-iiut are they, Ariel SAFE
Aricl-No' hair persisted;
On their sustaining garments not
blcmish.
But ircsher than before"
The Tempest Was probably the la,
drama completed by Shakespeare. anu
authorities on the play place II az
having boon written in 1911. In 1919
il Was ono Of series Of PLAYS pc
formed at tho nuptiHI festivities 40
Princess Elizabeth. who, like Mirarda.
was an island princess, With the Elcr-
tor frcdcrick-thc PalsSravc.
That charming art critic and man ~
letters. it!shop O'Councll in an adj
dress before ;hc committee for the
Shakespeare Pageant, stated that Wiz
:siuia owed Il great debt To the memoir
Of tho poet for his making immortal
the story OF tho "eXcd "Bcrmothcs." ana
hc suggested that Virginia erect A mo
mortal to him definite work don"
by the pageant.