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and returned to the stage in community theater productions performed by his students, often in plays he wrote. In the late 1920s
Stedman founded the Marshall Stedman School of Drama and Elocution in
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Marshall Stedman's New Book of Readings and Monologues, 1931
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The Missionary to Zulu Land: A Farce Comedy on One Act, 1929
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Samanthy's Suitors: A Character Sketch for a Lady, 1928
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Speakin' Day: A Comedy of School Days in One Act, 1931
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