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Philadelphia Little Theatre founder seeds American drama surge
Beulah F. Jay, launching the Little Theatre of Philadelphia on Delancey Street, spends over $100,000 to showcase original American plays and ideas. She aims to foster new American dramatists, while balancing Ibsen and Strindberg with fresh authors, and plans next season with works by Wentworth and a women’s drama. The venture seeks to prove that a small, artistically exacting house can sustain itself and broaden Philadelphia’s theatrical palate.
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