Excerpt from A National Theatre: Scheme Estimates Turning now to Section I of our Scheme, I believe that the prin ciple stated in the first two paragraphs will be found approximately right, no less in America than in England. A City Theatre ought to have a thoroughly dignified and adequate building assigned to it, free of rent and taxes; but, after the first few years of its working, it ought not, if efficiently managed, to require any further subsidy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.