"Quality" drama rarely engages in one-night stands. The Theatre Guild (Manhattan), however, has decided to try. This winter it will send a company of actors well-known to play-goers—George Gaul, Florence Eldridge, Molly Pearson, Lawrence Cecil, Erskine Sanford, Frederic March, Hortense Alden, Dorothy Fletcher—into small towns where hitherto it was thought only the cinema could penetrate with profit.
The repertory will consist of the four most successful plays in recent Guild production: Arms and the Man, The Guardsman, Mr. Pirn Passes By, The Silver Cord.
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