STRATFORD SIR,—On a visit to, Stratford-on-Avon recently it was astonishing,
and yet a pleasure, to find the theatre completely full although it was an ordinary weekday, when Twelfth Night was splendidly per- formed and therefore thoroughly appreciated. I think, however, it is a pity the charge for admis- sion to Shakespeare's house has been raised to two shillings per head in view of the fact that so many Africans and such colonial visitors—students and teachers—from the distant parts of the world were present in Stratford, stimulated no doubt by •their studies at home. Shakespeare is the finest culture export we have and we should therefore imitate our merchants, who pay a high price for advertisements which call attention to the quality of the goods they wish to sell.
Shakespeare should be commended in that spirit and regarded as an investment which brings in a high dividend in the form of respect for the nation that produced him.—Yours faithfully,
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