The author of the new theatre will be a person who creates the words for the play, not in the solitude of the study but working with and among the cast. He must know what it means to stand on the stage and utter the words. If he is an actor as well as an author he will know what words he must write down, and what words are possible for the actor to say. The director and the actors must be able to tell him what they wish to do and the author must understand and give the words for their purpose. The theatre is a great power but it must find itself. We must know what it means to be a member of
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