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...order that the contestants in the Oliver Morosco Prize Competition who have not had their manuscripts returned to them may understand the delay, Mr. Morosco has made public his intention of producing some of the dramas, which, although not thought worthy of the first prize merit further consideration. Mr. Morosco has asked for a ten-day extension of time in which to re read the plays and communicate with the authors of those which he desires to produce, in the hope that his desire will culminate in contracts for the production of those plays...
Miss Rachel Barton Butler has been adjudged the winner of the Morosco Prize offered by Oliver Morosco, the theatrical producer, for the best play submitted by a member, past or present, of English 47 or 47a at Harvard or Radcliffe...
According to the terms of the competition, Miss Butler receives a prize of $500, her play is accepted for production, and in addition she will receive royalties while it is running. Mr. Morosco announces that the play is now in rehearsal and will open about January 1 at the Little Theatre in New York City. The cast will include Bessie Shannon, Amelia Bingham, Katherine Kalared, Robert Edeson, Ida Leon and George La Cuerre...
...Morosco will retain the other plays submitted in the competition for about 10 days more, because he is considering three or four in addition to "Mamma's Affair" for production...
...Morosco offers a prize of $500 for the prose dramatic composition of at least three acts adjudged by a committee of three to be the best suited for professional production. Plays submitted must be the absolute property of the author and not subject to any copyright or other claim by or in favor of a third person...