Shakespearean Festival Section —Aahland Southern Oregon Ne wa Review
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
Ashland Theatre
From Page 3
mg the California trip in full cos­
tum e,
com plete with street
clothes athentic to Shakespeare's
day.
The following year, 1940, saw
the Festival present its last ser­
ies of production» before it ab an ­
doned activity during the w ar
years.
Ironically symbolic of the old
Globe theater which was destroy­
ed by fire, A shland’s Shakespear­
ean th eater was also hit by fire
ALLEN FLETCHER
»
Director of "Othello'* and "Tam­
ing of tho Shrew". He plays
roles in later shows also.
during 1940. This resulted not
only in the loss of the stage, but
also of the elaborate costumes
und props buijt up during the
six years of productions.
In the Spring of 1947, the Fes­
tival Association, defunct for six
years was revived and teorgan-
izeed. An active Ashland C ham ­
ber of Commerce turned a h elp ­
ing hand toward rebuilding the
theater.
And Angus Bow m er
once more called his players to­
gether and started rehearsals.
The theatre itself is unique. It
is the only civic owned E lizabeth­
an th eatre in the world. In fact,
only three other Elizabethan th e ­
atres of any kind are standing to-
Page—7
Thursday. August 4. 1949
day and of these, only one is
used for productions. This one
was converted from a tannery in
M adderm arket, Norwich, Eng­
land.
The rem aining two stand only
as curiosities for sightseers. One
is in the Folger Memorial library
in W ashington, D. C., while the
other is a building th a t was once
part of the San Diego E xposition.
Stage Is A uthentic
When Bowmer found there was
sufficient interest in Southern
Oregon to consider reviving the
festival, he w ent into tedious re ­
search before designing the A sh­
land theatre.
As a result, it embodies most of
the featurees of the Globe and
Fortune theatres th at were built
in England during Shakespeare’s
life. The Ashland theatre has a
fore stage, a m iddle stage and a
back stage, w ith several stage
balconies on either side.
This m uch will serve for the
festival this year. Then w ork will
be continued until a large horse­
shoe shaped balcony for the au ­
dience is completed in true Eliza­
bethan style. Surrounding tth e
balconies will be an elaborate
Shakespearean garden, w ith a
maze of hedges and as m any
flowers and shrubs symbolic of
Shakespeare’s day as is possible
to secure.
1HE5E CRAhTbMEN SERVE OREGON
O
By pooling their abilities, machinist Robert L.
fiobhs (left), his brother, welder Richard G.
Robbs (center), and draftsman Arnold G.
Koftz built the large Hobbs Machine Works
H Lebanon. This thoroughly equipped shop
jelj» Oregon grow by serving the South
htntiam lumbering-farming region. Since a
aodcst beginning in 1945, the plant has
Mailt or repaired about every type of ma-
hinery—even manufacturing as many as
<) units a day of an exceptionally versatile
mail tractor originated in Eugene. Serv-
ces of the First National Bank of Lcb-
aion, affiliate of the First National Bank
if Portland, have helped the firm grow
K> meet its area's needs.
< 3 TURNING SWAMPS IN TO PASTURE!
Dairy farmers in the Nestucca V a lle y -
working together—have added 4425 acre<
to their pastures in eight years. Their Soutk
Tillamook County Soil Conservation D i»
trict buys and operates necessary equipment.
It clears, ditches (see photo), dikes and seedl
the swamp-like bottom lands. Each farmef
pays for work done on his land. N ow tht
coastal valley has a total of 12,000 acres o<
pasture lands, with more being added. H e n
graze Jerseys and Guernseys whose milk become?
the famed Tillamook cheeses. Financial assis»
ance from the First National at Tillamook helped
the project get started and continues active in the
reclamation work being carried on today.
DOUGLAS RUSSELL
A member ot the Festival fac­
ulty. Russell is in charge of
costuming.
B U IL D IN G O R E G O N T O G E T H E R
Hard-working Oregon individuals, fam ilj
groups, business associates and farmers— b j
bettering themselves— help build our state
Many and varied are their endeavors— 04
SHORT’S
shown by the examples here— but their com
bined efforts produce the products, service
and jobs on which Oregon prosperity is based
By providing constructive banking service
to energetic people in all walks o f life, w<
help build Oregon— family by family, farm
EAST SIDE PHARMACY
Walqreen Agency
Phone: 4811
Ashland, Oregon
Pet Foods and Farm Supplies
Phoenix Feed & Seed
H ig h w a y 99, Phoenix
Paint - Fertilisera
Weed K illers
M ill Wood
Fuel Oil
Gunter Fuel Co.
2 jj 4th St.
by farm, business by business. Let us show
you how our helpful service can benefit jroe,
MAKE CLEANING CHEMICALS. Starting in a small way in
1937, Roy E. Paulsen (right) and Frank E. Roles began mak­
ing chemicals for the industrial and sanitary field. The
Paulsen & Roles Laboratories, of Portland, now has grown
into a sizeable business employing 18 persons. Their own
brands of cleaner and wax are among their greatest volume
Items. They carry other products, including several addi­
tional brands of their own; are jobbers of related equip-
paent, and specialize in solving difficult sanitation problems.
In banking, Paulsen and Roles rely on First National’s help­
ful, friendly services at the Hollywood-Rose G ty Branch.
*£frs
BUILD OREGON TOGETHER*
ASHLAND BRANCH
FIRST NATIO NAL
BANK
OF POaTLAMB
Phone
M ember Federo! D eposit In