| Description | Correspondence primarily regarding the formation, performances, finance, administration and relocation of the Travelling Repertory Theatre (TRT)
Subjects include: an application for registration under the Theatrical Employers Registration Act for the TRT; arrangements for TRT to work with the Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA); the future of TRT and its relation with Dartington; the rejection of an application for grant aid for TRT by CEMA; suggestions for speakers for the Sunday Evening Lectures; arrangements for performances in Plymouth by TRT in-connection with CEMA; financial assistance by the Dartington Hall Trust in the form of a number of grants and the use of the Barn Theatre free of charge; and the relocation of the Travelling Repertory Theatre to Birmingham with the assistance of CEMA.
Correspondents include: F A S Gwatkin, Christopher Martin; Basil Langton; Ivor Brown and Ian Kelway, CEMA; A P Cox; Arthur Gage, Swathmore Settlement; Leonard Clerk, Board of Education; Viscount Astor, Lord Mayor of Plymouth; Mr Cole, Entertainments Officer for Plymouth Corporation; Fred Seyd; Raymond O'Malley; Harry Pemberton, Birmingham Repertory Theatre; and William K Slater. |