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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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In Birmingham, Alabama, the Federal Theatre Project presented Clyde Limbaugh's three-act Negro drama 'Home in Glory' twice last week with an all-Negro WPA cast: once for a Negro audience and once for whites. The play depicts a rural Alabama Negro family amid folk songs and spirituals, inaugurating the local project.
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BIRMINGHAM--(ANP)--
"Home in Glory," a three act Negro drama written and directed by Clyde Limbaugh, Birmingham playwright, was presented twice last week at the Municipal auditorium by the Federal Theatre of Alabama, using an all-Negro cast of WPA actors. On one night it played to a Negro audience and on the concluding night it was given exclusively for whites.
The play portrays a story of a rural family of Alabama Negroes against a background of folk songs and spirituals. It marked inauguration of the Federal Theatre project here and is to be followed by performances of white units of the project.
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Birmingham, Alabama
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"Home in Glory," a three-act Negro drama written and directed by Clyde Limbaugh, was presented twice at the Municipal auditorium by the Federal Theatre of Alabama using an all-Negro cast of WPA actors. It played to a Negro audience one night and exclusively for whites the next. The play portrays a story of a rural family of Alabama Negroes against a background of folk songs and spirituals. It marked the inauguration of the Federal Theatre project there and is to be followed by performances of white units of the project.