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SCAGG.769.065
7-14 Aug 1769: (12/564)
London, May 15. We hear the new edifice in Stratford,
intended to be called Shakespeare's Hall, will be decorated
in the most elegant manner before the Jubilee in September
next, and that the corporation have prevailed on Mr. Garrick
to sit for his picture, which they will put up at the end of
the large room, and that Mr. Garrick will present the town
with a picture of Shakespeare for the other end. Great
preparations are making for the oratorio in the church, the
dedication of the room to the immortal memory of
Shakespeare, in which Mr. Garrick himself will appear, and
for the grand fireworks upon the river. And we hear the
entertainments in general at the Jubilee will be the most
elegant and magnificent ever exhibited in this country.
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