Excerpt from A Handbook to the Stratford-Upon-Avon Festival, With Articles by F. R. Benson, Arthur Hutchinson, Reginald R. Buckley, Cecil J. Sharp: And Illustrations "The Shakespeare Revival," published two years ago, has familiarised many with the ideas inseparable from any national dramatic Festival. But in that book one necessarily opened up vistas of future development beyond the requirements of those who desire a Handbook rather than a Herald of the Future. For them an abridgment and revision are effected here. Also there are considerable additions, and Mr. Cecil J. Sharp contributes a chapter explaining the Vacation School of Folk Song and Dance, of which he became Director since the previous volume was issued. The present volume is intended at once to supplement and condense, not to supersede, the library edition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.