title: Melbourne Shakespeare Society
text: # Melbourne Shakespeare Society
  
  The Melbourne Shakespeare Society was founded in Melbourne, Australia, in 1884 at the suggestion of Edward Ellis Morris who was president from 1884 to 1888. Other original members included: William Ievers, James Smith, James Edward Neild (president in 1890).
  
  Past presidents of the society include:
  
  * Edward Ellis Morris 1884–1888
  * James Edward Neild 1890
  * John Purves Wilson 1901-1903
  * Alfred Hart
  * Arthur Way
  * Edward Sugden 1908
  * 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
  