THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPEL, SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1950.
THE COURTYARD is paved with 4,600 tiny bricks cut to Henle out of eraser rubber, held to the base by a special glue.
In the original Playhouse, 600 could be crowded into this inner yard, standing. The first row jammed against the stage.
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WORKING with a flno brush, artist Irwin Smith paints a tapestry design on the curtain which he carved out of wood.
Smith's greatest difficulty was to change his usual style and to paint with the technique of a Seventeenth Century artist.
REBUILDING THE GLOBE
After Twenty Years of Research on Shakespearo's Theatro A College President Brings It to Life in
Porfect Replica
Na little room ir Hofstra College,
New York, spectral guren in
miniature of King Lear, Falstaff, Lady Macbeth, Hamlet and others are treading the boards again. As soon as the window curiainn are drawn, according to some of the nio re Imaginative atudents, the better known characters of William Shakespeare's works come out of the past and re-live their dramatic and comic roles,
Whether or not they do we leave to those who believe in whimsy, lep- rechauns, and fairy tales. However, the Bard of Avora's favourite sub- jects certainly have a perfect setting for such ghostly goings-on. For, after 20 years of research and labour, Dr John C. Adamı, the pre-
aldout, has completed an amazing replica of Shakespeare's Globe Play- house.
Apart from two ancient steel en. gravings, there were no pictures, paintings or drawings left of the theatre after it burned down in 1618; Before Dr Adams began his project, he searched through thousands of Elizabethan documents, letters, maps, contraets and plays.
Built on n detailed scale of ono to 24, the model represents an 84-foot wide, octagonal building with eight gallery sections on three levels.
Four years ago, Dr Adams en- listed the aid of Irwin Smith, a noted artist, who has reproduced all the curtains, signs and stage furniture.
HANCING over the door is this sign show. ing Atlas holding a globe on his shoulders,
PEEKING THROUGH the open back of the model theatre, Smith gazee ncross the outer stage, used in Playhouse when
outdoor scenes were dramatised. The ceiling was known as "the Heavens" and had the signs of the zodlac painted on it."
• HOFSTRA'S PRESIDENT, Dr Jolin C. Adams, points to a
minute sound effects cannon as a student lopkes on. It was
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during a performance of Henry VIII, in 1613, that a cannon set fire to the thatched roof and demolished the building.
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