ich the philosophy of life might be translated into a philosophy of the theatre. Also, there were to be no stars in this theatre, not for the negative purpose of avoiding distinction, but because all distinction was to be personified in the production as a whole. Word got around that The Group Theatre was meeting and that it was a "revolt" against The Theatre Guild and Clurman was questioned. When he explained the situation to Miss Helburn, the confrontation ended as it turned out, the Guild agreed that The Group Theatre could rehearse The House of Connelly, and have one thousand dollars. Another contributor was Maxwell Anderson, who gave The Group Theatre one thousand five hundred dollars, more later, and Edna Ferber, who contributed five hundred dolla
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