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Drama League of America

an organization founded in 1910 at Evanston, Ill. The purpose of the League is to encourage the production of highclass drama by educating the public and by pledging the support of its members to plays approved by the organization.

This latter takes the form of assuring the author support for the first ten days of the showing. The idea being that of giving the play a good introduction to the public. In addition to these steps the League issues a bulletin which it sends to all of its members, listing the good plays which are playing in their city and giving some idea of their general nature. The poor plays are not attacked, they are just ignored. The organization has had a rapid development and now has members in most of the cities in the United States.