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In the early 1930s, James Bridie, as one of the board members, attempted to push Scottish National Players to professionalise. Although remaining supportive, he resigned after the board chose to retain its amateur status. Soon after this decision, the company began to lose direction and was
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in 1927. On the other hand it was instrumental in touring drama around local communities throughout Scotland. The company also provided drama for BBC Radio in Scotland in the 1920s.
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c.1920 by figures such as playwright John Brandane, was a non-professional touring theatre company which had the aim to pioneer the establishment of a
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around twenty years earlier. The company was founded using left-over funds from the short-lived
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The Scottish National Players performed early plays by
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"BBC Radio in Scotland, 1923-1939: devolution, regionalism and centralisation"
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10.3366/nor.1995.0006
"Andrew P. Wilson and the Early Irish and Scottish National Theatres, 1911–1950 (review)"
"We're still in a Time O'Strife"
"The Scottish National Players: In the Nature of an Experiment 1913-1934"
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