Excerpt from A Tribute to the Genius of William Shakespeare In honour of Shakespeare this performance has been arranged and this book ispresented by Actors, Painters and Musicians who have united in paying such tribute as liesin their power to the Master-Intellect of the ages. To all artists the memory of the Great Englishman is as dear as to those who recall with gratitude his patriotic love of his native land - This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea. But actors have a special claim to pay their homage to one who was himself an actor and a playwright - whose works, apart from their contribution to philosophic thought and their "wood-notes wild" of divinest poetry, were written primarily for the stage and can best be appreciated when seen on the boards. For all his countrymen alike the deathless art of Shakespeare - especially at a time like this, so unpropitious to the higher levels of imaginative creation - is at once a vindication and a pledge that Art itself is immortal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Issues for 1912-16, 1919- accompanied by an appendix: The Dramatic books and plays (in English) (title varies slightly) This bibliography was incorporated into the main list in 1917-18.

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Vols. for 1971- include annual reports and statistical summaries.