Title	Shakespeare Day 1964
Date	May 16 1964
Description	Shakespeare Day was a day-long celebration of the Quadricentennial Year of Shakespeare's birth and
Notes	This day's events began with a morning performance of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing at the Shakespeare Festival Theatre in Stratford. Guests then travelled to the campus for a lunch (held under a tent on the lawn outside the Playhouse, aka the Pepsico Theatre), and then a full processional leading to a convocation on the lawn behind Bellarmine Hall. Dame Judith Anderson, Professor George Bagshawe Harrison, Mr. Elliot Norton, Mr. Joseph Verner Reed, and Miss Margaret Webster, all received honorary degrees for their contributions to the field of Shakespearean performance and scholarship. A troupe of players from the Stratford Festival Theatre performed several scenes from Shakespeare's plays, G.B. Harrison gave an address called "The Universality of Shakespeare" and there was a panel discussion "Changing Styles of Presenting Shakespeare" moderated by Elliot Norton which included the five degree recipients with the addition of Douglas Seale.
Type of Resource	Film
Running time	00:11:41
Original Format	16mm film; color; without sound.
Digital Specifications	Transferred from 16mm color film to a digital file by DuArt NYC.
Date Digital	2015
Source	Fairfield University Archives and Special Collections
Copyright Information	This resource is provided here for educational and/or non-commercial purposes only.
Identifier	FILM-ShakespeareDay1964