GLASTONBURY ARTHURIAN FESTIVAL. [To ran Roma or Ms "sracr,..s."]
Sin,—I send you herewith an authoritative statement with regard to the Summer Festival at Glastonbury in order that the publics generally may know that the scheme for a National Festival Playhouse is so far advanced, and that the ceremony of the laying of the foundation-stone will take place this summer.— (Hon. Organising Secretary).
7 Wiginore Street, Cavendish Square, W.
"Sir Edward Eiger will lay the foundation-stone of the Glaston- bury Festival Playhouse this summer. It has been found impos- sible to erect a suitable building in time for the production of The Birth of Arthur this year ; but Professor Adahead, the architect, has already produced come very fine designs, and though the auditorium of the theatre is likely to be of a temporary nature until more funds are available, it is intended to prepare a stage to form an integral part of the permanent building. In order to sustain the interest which has already been aroused in the estab- lishment of a British Bayreuth, Mr. Rutland Boughton is making arrangements for musical performances in connexion with the laying of the foundation-stone. About the same time will appear a volume by Mr. Reginald Buckley containing the cycle of Arthurian dramas for the production of which the theatre is, in the first place, specially designed."
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