Show WHAT FROHMAN THINKS OF LEAGUES When his his' opinion was recently sought ought concerning the value of or drama leagues to the lie public nail and to the theatre the the- atre atro Charles Frohman declared him labia himI himself I sell self of tho the belief that tho timo place to as as' leagues for tho the drama is is in in the tho theatre not outside Summing up his lais belief Mr lr Frohman said The fhe drama leagues aio ue really as old as time tho theatre They must have first conic como comento into nto ex existence sten e when the tho first play pIa ever acted created the thc first firt t comment over OYer heard icard And the time theatre thus bO became a asocial a. a social ocial factor shaping peoples people's lives by shaping e their t thoughts Ever since then hen the processes of tho tIme theatre havu been icon simply two action On on one side bide of time tho ho footlights reaction on the other The actors arc are tho tIme cause the tho audience the tho he effect But Hut as the benefits of re to- higmon can only bo lie had in the time church I Ithe the he benefits of the drama can con only ho I lad had iu in the theatre It is drama in jag inin ng in the theatre not out that beno bene fits the t theatre Ilea t re and amid theatregoers Drama leagues ea ues are arp a long Ions ble stride forward for fot the time good of or UI the th theatre Th They Thoy y arou arouse aroue o discussion about the thc theatre Their formation assume responsibility for the thc theatre on OM the time part of its members But n as as' you can cam annc nc never r bo be a real communicant of the tho faith you t unless with sympathy belief and l discrimination you qu supplement supple supple- ment went your doctrines by devotion at the tito temples so EO too the only p place aeo to I drama lea league lIe for tor the tiac good of the tIme theatre theatre theatre the the- atre is is in in the theatre |