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Globe Theater Found

Archaeologists from the Museum of London said Friday they have located part of William Shakespeare's Globe Theater.

The museum's team, which has been working on the site since July, said it is now certain that the remains unearthed under a parking lot near London were part of the Globe, the most famous Elizabethan theater.

"Over the last few days it became clear that we had found the gallery walls of the theater," said Harvey Sheldon, senior archaeologist at the Museum of London, in a telephone interview Friday.

The Globe, a circular theater where Shakespeare staged many of his plays, was pulled down in 1644. And for centuries, literary and dramatic scholars have based their assumptions on the original staging of Shakespeare's plays on old sketches.

But now, researchers hope, Shakespeare fans will know more about the original stage.

"This is of great academic importance," said Sheldon. "The importance of the foundations of the Globe is that it gives information about how plays were staged and produced."

Only a small portion of the theater has been uncovered so far, Sheldon said. Museum archaeologists will now perform a complete site evaluation before continuing with the digging, he added.

The Museum and the owners of the site, Hanson Development, are asking the British government to declare the ruins a site of national importance.

According to Sheldon, most of the theater lies under 19th century buildings, while the area excavated so far was under a parking lot.

"Since the buildings were not for industry, that is, since we expect there was no deep tunneling or drilling under these buildings, we are fairly confident that the Globe foundations will be well preserved," he said.

Business School Alums Reunite

More than 1000 Business School alumni and their guests returned to Harvard this weekend for reunion activities, although officials said that the number of people in attendance was down slightly from past years.

Seniors helped coordinate discussions, parties, and "academic sessions" for members of the Classes of '49, '54, '59 and '64, according to Patricia M. Keane '90, one of the reunion assistants.

Most alumni said they enjoyed having the opportunity to talk with their classmates again.

"I've come to all the reunions for my class," said John W. Hanley of the Class of 1959, who added "If you enjoy talking to strangers at a bar, you'll enjoy a reunion."

But some alumni said they did not return to Harvard simply to get reacquainted with old friends and reminisce about old times.

As Charlie M. Smith, a member of the Class of '59 pat it, "I had to take early retirement from IBM, and this isn't a bad place to look for a job."

Adams Resident 'Doing Okay'

Alexander M. Ross '90, an Adams House resident who fell from his balcony early Saturday morning, was in satisfactory condition yesterday at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, a hospital spokesperson said.

Ross, who was receiving visitors, said in a phone interview that he was "doing okay."

"One wrist is pretty severely shattered, the other mildly fractured. There might be a problem with one of my knees," Ross said. "There's a mild fracture to my skull--mild damage to the membrane. My wrist almost certainly will require surgery."

Ross said he fell from his third floor balcony. "I was on my porch, getting a breath of fresh air, sitting on the railing when I lost my balance," he said, adding that he did not know how long he lay on the sidewalk before he was discovered.

Ross was initially discovered by Sarah F. Colt '92, China F. Forbes '92, Alexandra Mayers '92 and Elizabeth S. Colt '87, who alerted the Adams House security officer and an ambulance, Mayers said.

"It was hard to tell how bad he was hurt. He was sort of sitting up against the wall in a pool of coagulated blood," said Robert E. de Neufville '92, who came upon the scene shortly after the other students.

At the time of the accident, Ross was wearing the jacket of his room-mate, Joshua B. Goldstine '90. The Harvard Police on the scene found a slip of paper in the jacket pocket which had Goldstine's name on it and incorrectly identified Ross as Goldstine, said David J. Buttaro '90, another roommate. "Later...they found his wallet," Buttaro said.

Ross said he would be in the hospital one or two weeks.

He refused to comment on whether or not the accident was alcohol-related.