DAY, M.C. AND TREWIN, J.C. — The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre.

London: J,M.Dent & Sons, Ltd, 1932. 1st edition. History of theatre in Shakespeare's birthplace, Stratford-Upon-Avon, and the eventual building of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in1932. Pp.xxiv/269, black & white photo frontispiece + 32 further illustrations - many from portraits, sketches, playbiils, prints, etc, owner's name to front free endpaper, black mark to base of closed pages. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine, creasing and wear to top and tail of spine. G+.** The new Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opened in 1932 on a site adjacent to the original theatre (opened 19 April 1879), which had been destroyed by fire on 6 March 1926. The architect was Elisabeth Scott, so the theatre became the first important work erected in Britain from the designs of a woman architect. It was renamed the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in 1961, following the establishment of the Royal Shakespeare Company the previous year.