RF Annual Report - 1935 - The Rockefeller Foundation

THE HUMANITIES 27!
1935, 410 teachers majored in drama. To meet
demands such as these the new theater and workshops
will afford adequate facilities for work in
every phase of dramatic production.
Western Reserve University
and
The Play House Foundation, Cleveland
The Foundation has appropriated $15,000 to
Western Reserve University for the use, during
the three-year period from July 1, 1935, to June
30,1938, of the Department of Drama and Theatre
of its Graduate School, and 338,000 to the
Play House Foundation of Cleveland for its
program in community drama, on condition
that an equal sum
is raised in cash from other
sources before June 15, 1936. The
grant to
Western Reserve University will enable Professor
Barclay S. Leathern to strengthen his staff
and to provide for further cooperation between'
the university department and the Cleveland
Play House, which is already giving Western Reserve
students direct contact with professional
methods through observation at rehearsals and
participation in some of its productions.
Within the university, Professor Leathern cooperates
with other departments in the production
of operas, masques, and plays, providing
practical application for the regular work of his
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