Village Drama Society

Its purpose was to promote the production of plays in villages, develop the arts in country areas, encourage playwrighting and offer the opportunity for historical and literary study.

[9][10][11] A second summer school in 1927, also directed by Gwen Lally, was held at the New Earswick model garden village near York and productions of classical, Shakesperian and modern plays were mounted.

[16] The League carried on the work begun by Mary Kelly who had done much to preserve dialect in Britain and ensure flourishing rural drama.

[17] The Society was run as a voluntary organisation, paid no salaries or rents in its first six years of operation and received money from donations and a grant from the Carnegie Trust for costuming.

[3][23] Local dramatists were encouraged to write plays with the purpose of promoting the many characters, traditions, speech and dialects of Britain.