Tablet catalog
Words to two actors, spoken on 1913-04-02
OOL 06 80263 Phelps: ABU 3072
ABU 3072•‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words to two actors, spoken on 1913-04-02
50 words
Question:
[an actor asked about theatre and its influence upon the public.]
Translation:
Provisional translation
The plays should endeavor to elevate the ideals of humanity and not degrade them. The theatre is like unto a school and the playwrights must ever think how to educate his audience
DAS. Diary notebooks and letters of Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, Dec. 1912 – Jun. 1915. English and Persian diary notebooks and letters held in the U.S. National Bahá’í Archives. Often quoted in other sources such as SW. Catalog entries are indexed by date and include only the English notebooks and letters. Letters from 1 Jul 1913 through 19 Oct. 1914 found here: https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914
DAS.1913-04-02
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