The Theatre: Amateur Nights

In Manhattan's Waldorf Theatre all last week, every night was amateur night. Occasion: the eighth annual Little Theatre Tournament, held under the aegis of Producer David Belasco. After 20 one-act presentations had been performed by amateurs from Manhattan, Brooklyn, Chicago, St. Louis, Albany, Providence, Buffalo, Starkville (Miss.) and Goldsboro (N. C), the following survived for the final round:

Anatole France's The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife, presented by the Studio Theatre Players of Buffalo, had to do with a husband whose wife's affliction saddened him until she was restored to speech....

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