Plays and the Church In England there is a revival of the drama in the church, according to Dame Sybil Thorndike, who gave a very interesting address to Anglo-Catholies in Christchurch. She said that the art by which site earned her living was cradled in tlie Church. Before the Reformation there was no church that did not have plays. Serious drama and the problem plays came from the Church ami wore performed for the henetit and uplift of the people. Churches in England were now being used fur the performanee of plays, with London as the kernel of the movement. At SI. Anne’s. Soho, the play ''Good Friday." which she was pleased to note was to be played at the Christchurch Cathedral next Easter, had been performed. She we very pleased at the growth of church plays.
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Waikato Times, Volume 113, Issue 18849, 20 January 1933, Page 11
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