A NATIONAL THEATRE.
gpECIAL COMMITTEE'S
REPORT.
fItODUCTION OF BEST PLAYS.
(BBITISB ; OF7ICUL WIRELESS.)
j • (Beccivcd May 30th, 5.5 p.m.)
■' . , KUGBY, May 29. ! A National Society in London, under control of the Board of Governors appointed by the Prime Minister, Mr RamW MscDonald, and maintained by a '„ant of £IOO,OOO a year from the rejmna of the. Broadcasting Corporation, ■js recommended by a Special Committee, under the .chairmanship of Lord Lyt- £ and: which was set up by Govern- • io frame a scheme for the establishment and endowment of a national «ntret of dramatic art. The" says the Shakespeare ■ Memorial Committee could provide 'fiIOOjOOO, the amount required for a . theatre, which, after preliminary cxnendittUfV was' met, should be self-sup-porting.: Such a theatre would provide eontin&al opportunities of seeing the best pWja of all the ages worthily presented. , • •
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19942, 31 May 1930, Page 15
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135A NATIONAL THEATRE. Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19942, 31 May 1930, Page 15
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