THE PURPOSE AND AIM OF DRAMA
OF ALL THE ARTS, the drama is the closest to the people. No other art depends so much on the human element. The fullest enjoyment of a play comes from seeing it acted by a group of actors performing for another group, the audience. Every performance of a play is therefore different from every other performance, inasmuch as the actors never quite repeat themselves, and the audience are continually changing. A single individual may, in solitude, rad a play with pleasure and profit, and many plays are perhaps best enjoyed in this way; but the communal feeling between audience and actors is unquestionably one of the main reasons why the drama has always been popular.