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|F I had to answer the question "Should we have a live theatre?" I would say promptly "Yes!" But for a more detailed and less impromptu analysis of the issues involved, a discussion by experts is not only welcome but necessary. The members of the discus-sion-group which deal with this topic in 4ZB Citizens’ Forum were ‘well-in-formed on the subject, and brimful of a National Theatre. The vision described by these idealists showed a future long hoped for by many of us-a flourishing theatre company of our own, playing to packed audiences in town and country alike. But when they came to what sort of theatre we want, whether we should ‘import overseas actors, whether the Government would have to provide a subsidy and to what extent, whether John Citizen would object if he were taxed for it, whether the company would begin by playing to town or country, the members of the discussion-group, being in various stages of disagreement, provided a, lively controversy.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 480, 3 September 1948, Page 12
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167A National Theatre New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 480, 3 September 1948, Page 12
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