Of 12 national theatre groups which performed at the recent Paris Festival of Dramatic Arts, the Habimah troupe of Israel drew the second largest audience, A.M. Julien, director of the festival, announced today. He noted that the Sarah Bernhardt Theatre had asked the Habimah to stay on for a four-week repertory, but that the Israeli troupe had previous commitments and could not remain in Paris.
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