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For the original American play, performed in New York, which shall best represent in marked fashion the educational value and power of the stage, preferably dealing with American life, Five hundred dollars ($500).

Diary of Anne Frank , by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich

The Jury

John Mason Brown

Oscar J. Campbell

Winners in Drama

1956 Prize Winners

Lauren K. Soth

For the editorial inviting a farm delegation from the Soviet Union to visit Iowa, which led directly to the Russian farm visit to the U.S..