THEATRE SITE
Deeds For Shakespeare Memorial Handed Over
(British Official Wireless.)
Rugby, April 22,
On the eve of Shakespeare’s birthday 500 guests, including the American Ambassador, Mr. J. P. Kennedy, were present at a ceremony on the site of the Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre at South Kensington when the deeds of the site were handed by Sir Robert Vansittart to Mr. G. Bernard Shaw as chairman of the National Theatre Council Committee.
The custom of Shakespearean times was observed. Sir Robert Vansittart gave a twig and a sod of earth which, in the days of Shakespeare, were known as the “livery of Seisin.” The practice dates from the days wh en there was no formal deeds and the presentation of a twig and a sod of earth were symbolic of the sale and purchase of land. The site cost £75,000, and the committee is' launching an appeal for £lOO,OOO, to be applied, ■ with, tlie balance of £75,000 in hand after the purchase of the site, to the building and equipping of the theatre. Sir Edwin Lutyens has been appointed the architect.
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Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 178, 26 April 1938, Page 11
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