SHAKESPEARE IN BURMESE
TENDENCY TO MAKE TRAGEDY A FARJCE.
DBurmiclse natice actors, learning of the destruction <of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stra|tford-upon-Avon, have sent a contribution towards the fund which is heing raised to rebuild the theatre. Every year a performance in Burmese is givlsn hy tihe society in aid of charity of one of iSh'akespeare's plays. "ll|t is not nedsfssairily a very close trartslation," says the vHce-president, in a letter accompanying the donation to the funic!'!, "and there is a tendency to turn tragedy into ,f arete. But the acttors, who are mainly llawiyers and cleirks oif the courts, wi|th. a professional or two far leading iparts, enjoy themselves thorolujghly and amuse thlei audience." A campaign in aid of the fund i s 'being organised in America and Japan. The total sum r/dquiredl for rebuilding and endowing the theatre is £250,00.0. . Latest con|t,rihutibms bring the amount already in hand to £25,013.
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Waipa Post, Volume 32, Issue 1926, 26 October 1926, Page 3
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153SHAKESPEARE IN BURMESE Waipa Post, Volume 32, Issue 1926, 26 October 1926, Page 3
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