. Review of reviews and world's work. n example of what can be done with hun-dreds of village halls, unused portions ofschool-houses, and garrets and basements ofcountry homes and country churches. The object of the Little Country Theatermovement is to produce such plays and com-Mujnity programs as can be easily staged injust such places, or, in fact, in any placewhere people assemble for social principal function is to stimulate an inter-est for good, clean drama and original enter-tainment among the people living in the opencountry and villages, in order to help themfind them
. Review of reviews and world's work. n example of what can be done with hun-dreds of village halls, unused portions ofschool-houses, and garrets and basements ofcountry homes and country churches. The object of the Little Country Theatermovement is to produce such plays and com-Mujnity programs as can be easily staged injust such places, or, in fact, in any placewhere people assemble for social principal function is to stimulate an inter-est for good, clean drama and original enter-tainment among the people living in the opencountry and villages, in order to help themfind themselves and beconje better satisfiedwith the (ommunity in wlncli tlie\ live. Inother words, its real purpose is to use tin-drama, and all that goes with the drama, asa MKiolrigical force in liettmg people to-gether anti actpiaintrd with each other, sothat the> may Hnd out the hidden life fjirce*r*f nature itself. Inntead of making the dramaa lu\iir\ for flir i lasscH, its aun is l<» make it .^10 THE AMERICAN REllFJf OI REIIElfS. A SCENE FROM A RUSSIAN HONEYMOON an instrument for the enlightenment and en-joyment of the masses. The work of The Little Country Theaterhas more than justified its existence. It hasproduced scores of plays and comnnmity pro-grams. The people who have participated inthem seem to have caught the spirit. Onegroup of young people from various sectionsof the State represented five dififerent na-tionalities—Scotch, Irish, English, Norwe-gian, and Swedish—successfully stagingThe Fatal Message, a one-act comedy byJohn Kendrick Bangs. In order to depictRussian life, one of the dramatic clubs in theinstitution gave A Russian cast of characters from the countr\presented Cherry Tree Farm, an Eng-lish comedy, in a most acceptable , a play by Bjornstern Hjornson,was presented by the Edwin Booth Dra-matic Club and was undoubtedly one of thebest plays ever staged in The Little CountryTheater. An orchestra played Norwegianmusi
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