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Courier Express 18 October 1927
burning of the theatre last year said Mr Flower "there were messages from far corners of the world showing the
ss appeal of Shakespeare, including the ruler of Turkey, the King of Egypt who sent a generous check, the Emir of
stan with a gift, the Gaekwahr of Baroda. These responses made me realise that it was worthwhile to bring
peare's messages to an even greater number of people then it reaches today".
d Tribune 14 December 1928
r object to bring Shakespeare down off his pedestal. To show that he is not a dull highbrow, but a man who wrote
eal people as he knew them. Not for the purpose of elevating or educating us, but to give us a good time. It is easy
anise Shakespeare in the town of my birth, for children today are reciting their lessons in the same school house at
d where Shakespeare studied 'his little Latin and less Greek' 350 years ago. We want to bring that same sense of
o America."
Intelligencer 26 November 1928
to see Shakespeare made part of the everyday life and conversation of the man in the street. Shakespeare was
a businees man if you please. He wrote with an eye on the box office, as must every dramatist, and his plays were
ten to educate anyone. They were written to be enjoyed by the common man".
olonist Victoria BC
years ago a very enlightened headmaster from a boys school in Leeds had brought down between 400 And 500
ho went into camp on Mr Flower's land, and had an opportunity of enjoying the performances of the Festival
ny. This example was followed by another north of England school, and the result was that two inspectors were
wn from London, who were so much impressed with what the youngsters were learning, and the way in which they
njoying themselves, that they decided a week in camp at Stratford should count just as much for the government
if the pupils were 'mugging up' algebra at school".
ver Sun 28 November 1928
ay that Shakespeare is rapidly becoming out of date. A few years ago they were obliged to clothe Hamlet in a
acket, drape him over a Chesterfield and place a cigarette between his fingers to make him acceptable to the New
ublic. They say that Shakespeare is almost archaic, that he needs modernising to live in this very changed age and
on. They are quite mistaken. Shakespeare needs no modernising. He will always be timely because he speaks of
hanging human heart. What he needs is a satisfactory interpretation".
ver Morning Star 22 November 1928
writing a letter to the Vancouver Morning Star: "If only Shakespeare could be alive today what a picture he could
the beauties of British Columbia, but I fear we "ne'er shall look upon his like again." The next best thing is to
ate the work which still remains alive today, full of thrill, full of laughter, full in parts, of tears. Vancouver has an
unity this week of seeing no less than seven of his masterpieces, played by some of England's finest actors."
ork Sun 8 December 1928
ald Flower makes a plea before the Book and Play Club: "Something less than the money taken in at the Tunney
ey fight in Chicago is being asked for the erection and endowment of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in
d-upon-Avon," said Archibald Flower the President of the Board of Governors of the Theatre, at a luncheon of the
nd Play Club at the Baltimore Hotel yesterday. "I wish I could've been there," He went on "And if Shakespeare had
ive, he wouldn't have missed it for anything in the world. I mentioned it in connection with the Memorial Fund
to indicate that, after all, we are not asking an unreasonable amount to perpetuate the life and works of the greatest
d dramatist who ever lived. The sum sought is $2,500,000 ".
