NATIONAL THEATRE
PROPOSAL FOR BRITAIN
WOULD DOMINIONS HELP?
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EUGBY, January 29.
A scheme to raise £500,000 to establish a National Theatre during the King's Jubilee year was mentioned by Lord Wytton at a meeting of the Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre Committee which already has in hand funds amounting to £150,000.
110 said that they- hoped to create in th© heart of London a worthy building, embodying the results of latest cxporiejnee in theatro construction.' It was a great undertaking and could only bo accomplished by the most widespread and efficient organisation, requiring branches throughout tho country and. even in tho Dominions.
Although it gave to the world its greatest dramatic artists, England was almost alone among civilised nations without a National Theatre.
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Evening Post, Issue 26, 31 January 1935, Page 13
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125NATIONAL THEATRE Evening Post, Issue 26, 31 January 1935, Page 13
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