 Freddie Howe, head of HarperCollins, proposed the CLF sponsor a collection of three plays and submitted it to Mr. W. R. Cumming, Secretary of the CLF, along with the manuscripts.The amount required for guarantee varies from about £80 to £100 for small works up to £500 or more for very large works, while Thelma thought of a guarantee from £200 to £300.Howe was doubtful about publishing the plays since the amount of publishing and preadvertising costs had been far heavier than his expectation.