Tempest rooted in Bermuda shipwreck of Jamestown voyage
A Lawton group staged a The Tempest cutting at McMahon Auditorium celebrating Shakespeare’s 413th birthday and the Lawton club’s 75th anniversary. The article links the Bermuda wreck of 1609 to Shakespeare’s research for the play and notes figures such as Ariel, Pocahontas wife John Rolfe and colonial leaders.
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M Shakespeare
Bermuda Triangle
Jamestown
Bermudas
Lawton
McMahon Auditorium
Shakespeare
Lawton Club
Mediterranean
Bermuda
Ariel
Americas
America
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
John Rolfe
Virginia
Pocahontas
Rolfe
England
Gravesend
Bermuda Hundred
George Yeardley
Parsons to Receive Distinguished Citizen Award in Lawton
Dr. O L Parsons M D will be honored by the Lawton Boy Scouts at a Distinguished Citizen’s Dinner June 11 at the Hotel Lawtonian. Mayor Wayne Gilley announced the roast style event with Rev. George Warren Campbell as emcee. Parsons, active in scouting 58 years and now vice president of the Black Beaver Council, is expected to attract about 500 attendees with reservations through the mayor’s office or Scout Service Center.
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O.L. Parsons
Lawton Boy Scouts
Lawtonian
Wayne Gilley
Parsons
George Warren Campbell
Black Beaver Council
Scout Service Center
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