Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-06
DISTRICT ENTERED
IN PLAY CONTEST
Four Competitions Under
Drama League Auspices
Open to Residents Here.

Four national play-writing contests
to be conducted concurrently under
the auspices of the Drama League OF
America are announced with specific
cash awards and guaranteed pubIlca-
ton of the winning manuscripts as
prizes.
The individual contests are CLASH
fed as follows: COLLEGE, historical
subject-one act, open only to college
students. Little Theater, expert
mental--one act, open to any one.
3-Biblical. non-sectarian, any length
and open to any one. 4-AIi-Ameri-
can. fun length. any theme and open
to any one.
Mrs. Glenna Smith Tinnin of the
fine arts department Of the National
Cathedral School has been appointed
Judge OF the manuscripts submitted
by residents of the District of Colum-
bia and she will select one of each
class of play, excepting the Biblical
type, to be entered with the selections
of other state judges in the final con
test in Chicago. the headquarters of
the Drama League. The Biblical play
entries are TO be sent by the writer's
directly TO the Drama League in
Chicago.
Must Be In BY May l.
Plays submitted by residents of the
District must be delivered to Mrs.
Tinnin on or before May l and they
should be addressed in care of the
Graduate School Of Theater Arts,
Wardman Park Hotel.
Drama League announces that If
the national Judges decide they are
of sufficient merit the plays will be
produced. Under this provision the
Frrn L. -, No hNy
Brock Pemberton, the Biblical play by
the Pilgrim Players of Chicago. and
the one-act plays by the American
Academy of Oneact Plays, and so
per cent of the gross receipts and
share in the radio, picture. chautau-
qua and foreign rights will be given
the writer's.
Should the winning plays merit
only publication. the writer's of the
all-American play will receive $500
advance royalty. while the writers of
the biblical and the One-act plays
will be awarded $3.50 each. The
writers will receive also so per cent
of the gross receipts from the sale
of amateur rights and 10 per cent
from the sale of books.
The rules governing the contests
as announced by the league follow:
/. Plays must be original and
owned by the author and must not
previously have been produced or
published professionally.
2 The treatment may be in any
manner-burlesque farce, comedy,
drama, melodrama, tragedy or mys-
terry, but neither material nor treat
ment may be offensive to good taste.
Length of Plays Fixed.
8. One-act plays should require from
20 to 40 minutes to perform; full
length plays from to PA hours.
4. Each play should be typewriter
on one side of the sheet, with name
and address of author, together with
return postage. in separate sealed
envelope, attached. The author should
keep a copy.
5. Authors should send manuscripts
TO college. State center or national
headquarters as indicated, and with
out comment. The last day for hand
ing in manuscripts is May i.
6. Each college or center will formu
late its own rules for conducting it's
contest. The one best manuscript of
each college and the five best manu-
scripts Of each State center are to be
sent to the State judges (Mrs. Tinnin
In the DISTRICT not later than June l.
Z. The State Judges will select the
winning manuscript of each of the
three contests not later than July l.
Biblical play entrants will send their
manuscripts to the Drama League.
SO East Van Buren, street, Chicago"