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Outdoor Productions: During the summer months, concerts given at Ravinia Park in Highland Park, a s urb of Chicago. Ravinia is an outdoor pavi used for productions of various kinds. Tl are a number of theaters that present the j ductions of traveling companies. Also, the Go man Memorial Theatre of the Art Institute gi several fine productions each year.
He was educated at the Royal Naval School, New Cross, but soon became an actor. As a producer, he began his outdoor productions of Shakespeare in 1886. He revived the 15th century morality play Everyman, toured the United States with it in 1902, and raised new interest in pre-Shakespearean drama. He became noted as head of the Ben Greet touring companies and of a theatrical school. His companies presented Shakespeare's plays to over a million school children. He was knightd in 1929 for his services to drama and education. Greet died in London on May 17, 1936.
There are many names associated with the making of silverware in America, among them being John Coney of Boston (1655-1722), Cornelius Kierstead of New York (1674-1753), and Paul Revere of Boston (1735-1818). The productions of Revere were all characterized by astute craftsmanship and refinement of design, although, as a result of Longfellow's poem, he has received perhaps more credit than was his due, since the work of many other silversmiths was quite the equal of his. The high prices at which his productions are sold frequently reflect a superior sentimental value rather than one of design or workmanship. |
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