Melbourne Shakespeare Society
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The Melbourne Shakespeare Society was founded in Melbourne, Australia, in 1884[1] at the suggestion of Edward Ellis Morris who was president from 1884 to 1888.[2] Other original members included: William Ievers, James Smith,[3] James Edward Neild (president in 1890).[4]
Past presidents of the society include:[3]
- Edward Ellis Morris 1884–1888
- James Edward Neild 1890
- John Purves Wilson 1901-1903
- Alfred Hart
- Arthur Way
- Edward Sugden 1908[5]
- Morris Mondle Phillips
- Philip David Phillips
- Archibald Thomas Strong 1913
- Edward Sugden 1914–1915
- Ernest Henry Clark Oliphant 1919–1921
- William Alexander Osborne
- Edward Stevens