THE DECLINE OF SHAKESPEARE.
' TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRESS. Sir, —Some months —parn&ps as much us a. year—ago, 1 lememfter. reading in your columns a lament upon the .denims: tn SJmtespLarean drama. ' At that time 'the absence 01 tJie gieat dramatist's plays from the repertoire of tourfiig companies was -much u*p;o]\.d, and there was some talk of lounchng a, Shakespearean Society, to supply this educational* want. I deeply regret, as must all true lovers of the theatre, that the interest then aroused was no more than one of those evanescent awakenings "wnich periodically come to this sleepy city. To this painful conclu- ' eion anyone who regularly frequents the theatre during Shakespearean seasons and notices the number of unoccupied seats, must be driven. How can the public hope for a continuance of this intellectual form of entertainment if .it offers so little inducement? In conclusion, I should like to thank the gifted Miss Waldorf, and her i company, wno are at present amongst us, for their able presentation of the true ' art, and to assure them that there is a small section of the community whose taste transcends the melodrama and the musichail.—Yours, etc., HAMLET.
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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 11098, 17 October 1901, Page 3
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