The Theatre: Drama in Uniform

"This is an urgent request. It is important that the National Theatre Conference have available without delay certain facts to submit to the national government. Please send to this office the names of those of your recent graduates who are qualified to direct plays and supervise dramatics in military training camps."

With this letter a month ago, the National Theatre Conference began to prepare to entertain the troops. A kind of holding company for the non-Broadway stage, the National Theatre Conference is supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, has its roots in every high school,...

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