“Just as we go to press arrangements have been concluded under which we shall immediately publish some sets of Slides illustrating some of the more important plays of Shakespeare as they have recently been presented by the most famous of our modern actors and managers. Thus, Sir Forbes Robertson is seen in his most recent impersonation of Hamlet, Sir H. Beerbohm Tree in Henry VIII., Mr. Martin Harvey in Richard III., etc.
And in each case a large number of the scenes is portrayed, so that the best parts of each play can be read and adequately illustrated before an audience.
Lantern Slide illustration of these plays has never been attempted before on such a scale or as performed by actors of such calibre, and we would point out the excellent opportunity it gives for teachers to place the real thing before their classes instead of mere drawings, for all these Slides are made at considerable cost from direct negatives specially taken with the consent of the actors, and naturally the most striking scenes were selected for reproduction.
Further details of this set will be found on page 883.”
“These pictures are strictly copyright. (See also page 586).
Just as we go to press we have been able to conclude an arrangement which gives us the exclusive right of publishing Lantern Slides of some of the Plays of Shakespeare as they are staged to-day.
Exact details are not yet available, but the following list is probably not far from accurate, and before long we shall hope to print an actual list of the Slides available, which will, we hope, number some 300 in all.
It will be noted that there is a large number of Slides of some of the Plays; probably they will prove sufficient to illustrate a complete, or nearly complete, reading of the Play, in which case an excellent school method is to apportion the various parts to the best readers, while the remainder look on and listen. The scholars will get a much better idea of the Play then than by merely reading or hearing it read, and the connection between the pictures and the words ensures the Play being remembered.
When a Play is about to be acted by a school it would probably be a good plan to shew them the Slides beforehand, that they may see how it was staged and acted by the great actors.”
Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 1 November 2014
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