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Southern Oregon New« Review, Ashland, Ore., Thur«., Aug. 19, 1948
Week With
Oregon Shakespearean Festival
PLAYS ARE PRESENTED IN
THE ONLY CIVIC ELIZABETHAN
THEATRE IN THE WORLD ‘
A s h la n d , und also O regon, la y
c la im to b u v ln g th e u n iq u e d is-
U n c tio n o f being the hom e o f the
o n ly C iv ic E liz a b e th a n th e a tre In
tiie w o rld today. F ou nd e d in 1935
the O reg on Shakespearean F e s ti
v a l associatio n a n n u a lly sponsors
a re p e rto ire
o f Shakespearean
p la ys on an a u th e n tic E liz a b e
th a n stage. These p la ys are p re
sented
as S hakespeare
m ig h t
have staged them , in A sh la n d 's
b e a u tifu l L ith la P ark.
M a n y to u ris ts , and m a n y d ra
ma love rs, fro m a ll p a rts o f the
c o u n try com e to A s h la n d d u rin g
the fe s tiv a l season to e n jo y the
p erform an ces. T he
m eth od
of
p re s e n ta tio n , w h ic h is done in
tlie ra p id , fast scene ch a n g in g
m eth od used d u rin g the tim e o f
K le h a rd B u rb a n k Is in te re s tin g ,
and p ro v id e s a fast s to ry te llin g
tem po.
I he c a stin g in clu d e s n o n -p ro
fessionals and stu d e n ts o f the
d ra m a fro m a ll o v e r th e coast
w ho fin d the tw o m on ths o t m
te nsive
tra in in g
u n d e r Angus
B o w m e r, d ire c to r o f th e F e s tiv a l
In v a lu a b le .
A m o n g those
h en
th is
y e a r are
A lle n
F le tc h e r
M e n lo P a rk , C a lifo rn ia , J F ra n k
hn
Heed, S h e rid a n ,
W y o m in g
M iss M argo L u n g re e n . K la m a th
F alls, O reg on ; Miss T ru b e e W et
terau,
G ra n ts
Pass,
O re g o n ,
R ich a rd G rah am , Los A ngeles;
James Sandoe. B o u ld e r, C o lo rs '
Jo hn G. H um e, S acram ento,
C a lifo rn ia ; K a th ry n flu m e , B in s
dale, Illin o is , S uzanne L a M a ire ,
A sh la n d , O regon; and D ouglas A
R ussell, Santa Rosa, C a lifo rn ia .
COLLEGE DRAMA COACH AND
COMMUNITY’S CITIZENS CREATE
STRONG FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION
G u id in g lig h t o f the O regon 'pearean F e s tiv a l association.
Shakespearean F e s tiv a l associa
In a d d itio n to B o w m e r, th e
tio n is A n g u s L . B o w m e r, w ho is people w ho have m ade th is pos
s e rv in g his e ig h th y e a r as d ire c t s ib le in c lu d e the p re s id e n t o f the
o r o f th e F e s tiv a l. B o w m e r is F e s tiv a l
association, R ob e rt E.
p r im a r ily in te re s te d in present Dodge, the v ic e -p re s id e n t, M rs.
in g
S hakespeare as a m od ern Jo h n D a y ; the se cre ta ry, H a rry
m eans o f e n te rta in m e n t and he A .
S k e rry J r.; and
tre a su re r,
has fo u n d in
A s h la n d and in M a rs h a ll E. W oodell.
O regon a g ro u p o f people w ho
O th e r c itiz e n s o f A s h la n d , p a r
have been w illin g to _a ssist h im tic u la r ly
D r. E lm o Stevenson,
A v ie w fro m L lt h ia P a rk o f the Shakespearean F e s tiv a l P la yho use in b rin g in g Shakespeare to the p re s id e n t o f S o u th e rn O regon
college, have assisted w ith the
a tte n tio n o f th e g en eral p u b lic .
w he re each y e a r s tu d e n ts o f th e p re m ie r E n g lis h -d ra m a tis t p r e s e n t
sta g in g and p re s e n ta tio n o f the
In n e a rly e v e ry w e s te rn c o m
shows. .
a fe s tiv a l fe a tu rin g fo u r o f S hakespeare's plays. The p la y s are d ir e c t m u n ity the c ity s u p p o rts a b a ll
A n d , too, e v e ry A s h la n d c i t i
ed by A n g u s B o w m o r, p ro fe s s o r o f E n glish a t S o u th e rn O regon p a rk a rodeo g ro u n d , A s h la n d is zen w h o has become a m e m b e r
u nu sua l in th a t i t s u p p o rts a fin e o f the F e s tiv a l association has
college.
rodeo, a good b a ll team , and is aid ed in the p ro d u c tio n o f the
th e hom e o f the O reg on Shakas- plays.
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Program August 20 to August 26
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THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
OTHELLO
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ADMISSION: $1.80
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20
SATURDAY, AUGUST 21
MONDAY, AUGUST 23
TUESDAY, AUGUST 24
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20
CERTAIN AT 8:40 p.m.
We, the following merchants, are proud to sponsor this weekly program and
sincerely wish all participants of the Festival a successful opening
S. C. Jones & Sons
“Billings Agency”
Weitzel’s
DEPARTMENT STOKE
Dependable Insurance Dealers
Corner Main and Oak
“We Have a Corner on Lithia Park’
Memory Lane Studio
Wardrobe Cleaners
Quality Cleaning and Pressing
Our window display contains the history
of the Chautauqua building. See the past
in the present
Fortmiller’s
Ashland’s Department Store
I
On the Plaza
North Main Hardware Co.
McNair Bros. Drugs
YOUR REX ALL STORE
Stationery - School Supplies
On the Plaza
The Rogue Shop
Ashland’s Exclusive Men’s Store
Where Superior Quality is Common
Across the street from the Hotel Ashland