SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL
THE PROPOSED THEATRE. ' LONDON. October 24. An enthusiastic meet ing "arranged by the Shakespeare Memorial Committee was hold at the Mansion House. Jt was decided to appeal for £500.000 for the purpose of founding a national theatre, of which £100,000 is to bs devoted to the purchi.=r of a. site, £150,000 to the building, an-d £250,000 for the endowment. The Executive Committee includes ih-3 Earl of Plymouth, the Earl of Lvtton, Viscount Esher, the Hon. Mrs Alfred Lyttelton. Sir John Hare, Mrs C!raTivil!e Ba, k:-ir, Mr A. W. Pine-ro, Mr Forbee-Rob-rt--on, Mr H. B. Tree, and Mr Bernard Shaw. They advocate the establishment of a National Shakespeare Theatre, at a '■cst of £500,000, and are unanimously of opinion that the proposal is a pract'cablo '.'io. The objects of the theatre, as co:i«<"\cd by them, are: — To keep the plays of Shakespeare in its "-■■Ti-tory. ''j revive whatever else is vital in EngH>=h i- --.ical drama. 'Co prevent r&eent plav= of great merit from :iing into the oblivion to which the present 1 T;trical system is apt to consign them '"."o produ.ee new plays to further the •'" c'.opment of the modern drama. ' To produce translations of representative .-crks of foreign drama, ancient and modern " To stimulate the art of acting through t!-e ~"r>ed opportunities which it will effer to ■-^c* members of its company. To accomplish those purposes, .-ays a ro'xjrt which was presented to tho co'mmitto" in March, the theatre must be organised ivpon a true repertory system, not fewer :hnr 25 plays in each year, whil" in all c- »S-> mounting of each mu.-fc be offi- «•-- -1 beautiful. To fr-se tha dirc-ctorat ■ from all temptation to sacrifice its artist v policy to the making of large and iinin->-diato profits, the committe? suqs^Fts a liberal endowment, the sum eta ted under
this head in its reporting being £250,001. With £100.000 for the purchase of a site, £100,000 for builddng, a.nd £50,000 for stageand equipment, the half-million pounds they think necessary is reached.
SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL
Otago Witness, Issue 2902, 27 October 1909, Page 26
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