Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-04-04 | Page 9 | Organization of a Local Chapter of Drama League

0MHT1 OF A LOCAL CHAPTER OF DRAMA LEAGUE ! The first steps toward the orgarfi73-tion orgarfi73-tion of a local chapter of the Drama. 'League of America will he taken nex' Thursday night at tho I niversity club j T. Earl Pardoe has been appointed ! state representative of the league and will form branches of it in Salt Lake. I Ogden. Logan and Provo. Mr Pardoe Intends to make the Ogden Og-den chapter one of the best and largest In the west Ogden people have shown that they are Interested In the drama and are anxious to bring the great artists to this city. This I league has for one of Its main pur-P08 pur-P08 B the booking of the greatest artists ar-tists in the country in the cities where branches are located The league also endeavors to give first hand information informa-tion on every new play produced and from the foremost critics of the day. Following are the main objects of the league: To crowd out vicious plays by attending at-tending and commending good plas and building up audiences for them through study classes, reading circles and lectures; to aid in the restoration of the drama to its honorable place as the most intimate, most comprehensive, comprehen-sive, most democratic medium for the self expression of the people. You are invited to join the Drama League of America, which has been organized to obtain the benefits of cooperation co-operation among those who are in-terested in-terested in good drama and who desire de-sire to see more and belter plays in the theatre. The League will help you to select only the best plays, and will sae you money by enabling you to avoid experimenting ex-perimenting with unsatisfactory plays. It will inform you by mail of the performances per-formances most likely to please an intelligent in-telligent taste. The purpose of the League Is to create cre-ate a permanent taste for good drama and to obtain larger audiences for the best plays It endeavors to accomplish accom-plish this by securing actual theatre attendance on plays bulletined by the League and by the study and reading of plays outside the theatre. 1. League bulletins, which are Issued Is-sued on all new plays judged worthy of support, describing the play and urging attendance. . One yearly subscription to The Drama League Monthly, containing drama study courses, reading lists, library li-brary lists; also helpful material un-der un-der the playgoing and news from centers cen-ters sections. 3. Advice in regard to drama study. 1. Attendance at and participation in all league meetings, notably tho annual convention. 5. Advice from specialists on selecting se-lecting plays for amateurs. 6 Recommendations as to readers and lecturers on the drama. 7. Benefits of the junior department depart-ment for work with children. 8. Advice and help in forming a center in your own town. 9. Supporting members will receive free in addition to tho monthly, the Drama Quarterly, a de luxe magazine containing a complete play in each number. Every one will be Invited to attend the meeting next Thursday night at the University club, which club has sponsored the movement, when the movement for the organization of the chapter will be gotten under way. . rr