MOROSCO AGAIN OFFERS PRIZE

Encouraged by the success of the first Morosco Prize Competition in 1919, Mr. Oliver Morosco, the New York theatrical manager has again offered a prize of $500 for the best play written in 1920 by a past or present member of Professor George Pierce Baker's courses in play-writing at Radcliffe and Harvard.

The competition will close on October 1, 1920, and will be limited to prose plays of at least three acts. The Committee of Judges will be Mr. Morosco, or a representative named by him; Mr. Walter Prichard Eaton, '00, the well-known dramatic critic and author; and Professor Baker, or his representative.

Not only will the winner receive a cash prize of $500 immediately after the decision is reached by the Committee of Judges, probably within two or three months of the closing of the competition, but a contract will also be made with the author on a sliding scale of 5 per cent, 7 1-2 per cent, and 10 per cent, and Mr. Morosco will guarantee production of the play within six months of its acceptance. It is possible that other plays submitted in the competition will also be accepted for production, and the minimum royalty for such other plays will be 5 per cent.

The winner of the prize in 1919, the first year in which it was offered by Mr. Morosco, was Miss. Rachel Barton Butler. Her play, entitled "Mamma's Affair," was awarded the prize on December 12, 1919, over more than forty other plays, three of which were also accepted for production. The judges of this competition were Mr. Morosco, Professor Baker, and Mr. Winthrop Ames '95. "Mamma's Affair" was produced in Providence on January 5, in Washington on January 12, and at the Little Theatre in New York City on January 19. On February 9 it was transferred to a larger theatre, the Fulton, where it is now successfully running.