Title 36, Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-102
§21902 Purposes
Title 36 › Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations › Part B — Organizations › CHAPTER 219 — THE AMERICAN NATIONAL THEATER AND ACADEMY › § 21902
Summary
Creates a corporation to present top-quality plays; build public interest in drama as both stage art and literature; promote the best plays and actors nationwide at low cost; support drama study in schools and colleges; and run a theater school in the National Academy.
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Title 36, §21902
Patriotic and National Observances, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The purposes of the corporation include—
(1)the presentation of theatrical productions of the highest type;
(2)the stimulation of public interest in the drama as an art belonging both to the theater and to literature and to be enjoyed both on the stage and in the study;
(3)the advancement of interest in the drama throughout the United States by furthering the production of the best plays, interpreted by the best actors at a minimum cost;
(4)the further development of the study of drama of the present and past in our universities, colleges, schools, and elsewhere; and
(5)the sponsoring, encouraging, and developing of the art and technique of the theater through a school within the National Academy.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 2190236:3302 (last sentence).July 5, 1935, ch. 373, § 2 (last sentence), 49 Stat. 458. Before clause (1), the word “include” is substituted for “shall embrace” for consistency in the revised title. In clause (3), the words “of America” are omitted as unnecessary.
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36 U.S.C. § 21902
Title 36, Patriotic and National Observances
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102