Plays and Pageants of Democracy (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Plays and Pageants of Democracy (Classic Reprint) written by F. Ursula Payne and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Plays and Pageants of Democracy Dear Young Friends: The great World War is over, and again democracy is victorious over autocracy. We are anxious not only for a lasting peace, but also for a lasting victory. This can be assured only by keeping alive in the hearts of the people the great lessons which the war has taught; and undoubtedly one of the greatest of these lessons is the meaning and value of democracy. There are many ways in which this may be kept before our eyes; but perhaps no agency reaches so many people as does the drama. All through the war the drama, in all its branches, played a large and very important part in keeping before the public the ideals for which we were fighting; and in the difficult period just ahead the drama will still have an important part to play. By drama I mean not only Broadway and the "movies," but also pageantry and amateur drama, which arouse so keen an interest, because the people themselves take part. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.