| Description | This file covers the work of the Civic Theatres Committee. In particular, the file documents the efforts towards the establishment of Civic or Municipal theatres in the provinces or local authorities, to mirror the activity of the National Theatre at national level. Material in the file includes minutes of the Civic Theatres Committee and a report on the work of the Committee, in draft and published form. Although not direclty related to the Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre, his file indicates that the need for cultural institutions of the type of a National Theatre was not an isolated one and was expressed by other voices alongside the SMNT Committee. |