17 APRIL 1926, Page 13

I am asked to state that the Shakespeare Birthday Festival

at Stratford-on-Avon opened on Monday night and will continue until Saturday evening, May 15th. Owing to the destruction by fire-of the-Memorial Theatre, the plays are being performed in the local cinema, rapidly converted for the purpose. The Birthday play is Coriolanus on Friday, April 23rd, at 8 o'clock. Amongst the other plays to be performed are King Henry IV, Part II., and the Merry Wives of Windsor. Mr. Bridges Adams will produce the whole series.

E. S. A.