Description | Correspondence and other records regarding the British Drama League in particular the activities of the Village Drama Section.
Subjects include: appointment of Mary Kelly as Honorary Director of Drama for Rural Extension; the activities of Barbara Watts and Village Drama Groups; arrangements for the 'Conference on the Teaching of Drama' to be held Dartington Hall; arrangements for a meeting between Mary Kelly and Leonard Elmhirst; the activities of F G Thomas; arrangements for Barbara Watts to watch a rehearsal of the Chekhov Theatre Studio; arrangements for the British Drama League Summer School to be held at Dartington Hall and opened by Leonard Elmhirst; and arrangements for the J Arthur Rank Organisation to shoot a film on the Drama School.
Correspondence include: Mary Kelly; Leonard Elmhirst; Kay Starr; A Nickels, Rural Extension Scheme; Christopher Martin; Barbara Watts; and J Frances Mackenzie, British Drama League.
Additional material includes: a final programme for a 'Conference on the Teaching of Drama'; weekly reports for Village Drama Groups (1936-1937); and a time table for the British Drama League Summer School at Dartington Hall (1949). |