TY - JOUR AB - ON April 23rd this year, when all countries in the world will be celebrating the Quater‐centenary of Shakespeare's birthday, the Shakespeare Memorial Library in Birmingham will have attained a majority of one hundred years. Although founded in 1864 the scope of the library was first envisaged by George Dawson, President of the local Shakespeare club in a letter to Aris's Birmingham Gazette of 1861. VL - 65 IS - 8 SN - 0307-4803 DO - 10.1108/eb009486 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb009486 PY - 1964 Y1 - 1964/01/01 TI - The Library World Volume 65 Issue 8 T2 - New Library World PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 253 EP - 284 Y2 - 2024/05/10 ER -