BRITISH NATIONAL THEATRE
A Worthy Building Planned ERECTION IN KING'S JUBILEE YEAR (BRITISH OFFICIAL WIBELESS.) (Received January 30, 7.5 p.m.) RUGBY, January 29. A scheme to raise £500,000 to establish a national theatre during the King's jubilee year was mentioned by' Lord Lytton at a meeting of the Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre Committee which already has in hand funds amounting to £ 150,000. Lord Lytton said they hoped to create in the heart of London a worthy building embodying the results of the latest experience in theatre construction. It was a great undertaking and could be accomplished only by the most widespread and efficient organisation, requiring branches throughout the country and even in the Dominions. Although it gave to the world its greatest dramatic artists, England almost alone among civilised nations was without a national theatre, he said.
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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21386, 31 January 1935, Page 11
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