The Curtain Theatre was founded by an amateur group led by Grace Ballantine in 1933 with the aim of encouraging Scottish playwrights by giving them an opportunity to see their plays in performance. It operated from a former drawing room of a Victorian terraced house at 15 Woodside Terrace, Glasgow, Scotland. Initial funds were raised from public subscription but it was later funded as a club. Playwrights performed by the Curtain included Robert McLellan (1907-1985), Robins Millar (1889-1969), Norman Bruce and Paul Vincent Carroll (1900-1968). Many of the future leading actors in Scottish Theatre worked for the Curtain including Molly Urquhart (1906-1977) and Duncan Macrae (1905-1967). The Theatre closed in 1940 . McLellan's historical play 'Jamie the Saxt' was premiered by the company in the mid 1930's, with Macrae in the leading role.