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SHAKESPEARE IN DOCKLAND
After 300 years Shakespeare has at last
arrived in London's dockland, Sir Frank
Benson, the veteran aetor,~who has toured
the United States and Canada with a
bnakespearean repertory, has introduced
the Bard of Avon to an audience at the
Canning Town branch of the Dockland
Settlement.
A star company presented ''The 'Mer-
chant of Venice,' and many people who
liye not far from the site of the old Eliza
bethan Globe Theatre heard of Shake
speare for the first time in their lives.
There are many motion picture houses in
Canning Town but no theatres.
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