Theatre: Stratford-on-Avon 1958 season opens

Theatre: Stratford-on-Avon 1958 season opens; ENGLAND: Stratford-upon-Avon: GV Street - flags flying. MS Ditto. SCU Stratford Memorial Theatre with flags flying. SCU Programme billboard pan down. Lynne Reid Banks by theatre door SOF: Stratford-on-Avon is 2nd only to London as a tourists attraction - the season has just opened, the town is full and the houses are full. What brings tourists here? GV River PAN to 3-shot Lynne, D. Tutin and Richard Johnson: SOF Johnson: Actors come to Stratford because Stratford is a tight community - they are all actors together - nothing else to do - they have to work and can immerse themselves much more than in London - there are no other distractions - you can't get away here Dorothy Tutin SOF - I agree but not with question that one feels one is far away from theatres, for to an actor, where ever he is acting the theatre is for him Schoolboy: Thinks Shakespeare is a very good author and poet - looks forward to coming to theatre - likes it for itself, not because it means missing classes. Small girl: (Do you know anything about 12th Night?) Teacher read it to us- yes looking forward to seeing it. 2 Americans, Woman SOF: Yes are Americans, staying nearby at Greenham Common, came to Stratford to see Shakespeare's home and Hathaway's cottage and the play - our first Shakespeare play. Man SOF: Thinks Stratford is a beautiful little village - we are here because it's Stratford primarily, but Shakespeare is widely known in world - studied him. as children - enjoying him as adults, so he has a special interest for us. GV Looking across river towards Memorial Theatre LV Park with Statues. Angle View Shakespeare statue. CU "Falstaff" pan up statue. Pan down "Prince Hal" statue River towards Memorial Theatre Broadcast at 6.09pm