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STAGING OF i SHAKESPEARE ! BIG PROBLEM iBARKER IS LECTURERWould Put Dramatics in a New Department Bordering on Athletics^TF I WERE running this Univer-I sity, I would put the study of Shakespeare into a Department | of Physical Expression, make it a part of every normal course of study, and couple it not with literature, but with athletics.” So spoke H. Granville Barker, Esq., the noted English actor and producer of Shakespeare, in his lecture, “The Staging ot Shakespeare,” last night. Chancellor Jordan introduced the speaker as his cousin, saying that they are both descendants from the Granville's of Devonshire, England.Must Act Shakespeare.The only way to study Shakespeare is l y acting it. according to Mr. Barker. who says: “More nonsense has been written about Shakespeare than any other man in any age.” The great fault with the modern interpretation of Shakespeare is its realistic stage-etting. which tends to distract attention from the poetry itself, and by requiring elaborate scenery necessitates 1 the removal or withdrawal of some of(Continued on page two)
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Stanford Daily
Stanford, California, US
Wed, Mar 07, 1917
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