Shakespeare’s 400th Anniversary

Series

Series Name: Carrousel Britanico

Issue

Issue No.

Date Released

Nov 1964

Length of issue (in feet)

808

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

COI synopsis: Representatives of countries all over the world came to Stratford on Avon to celebrate the four-hundredth anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare, England’s greatest poet. Those in the procession, who carried wreaths to lay at Shakespeare’s tomb, included people from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Equador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Salvador, Uruguay and Venezuela.

Keywords

Celebrations and festivals; Writers

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 44 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1168/9

Credits:

Production Co.: British Pathe Ltd.
Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Producer: Frances Cockburn
Producer: Rosanne Brownrigg

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