Flags of the nations unfurled . Ambassadors and representatives of all Nations and other distinguished visitors attended the Shakespeare birthday celebrations at Stratford on Avon . The ceremony of unfurling the National Flags was watched by large crowds and afterwards there was a procession from Shakespeare 's birthplace to lay wreaths and flowers on the Poet 's tomb . Sheikh Hafis Wahba the Arabian Minister in his Eastern robes in the procession . 23 April 1934