Brief reference has already been made to the Amateur Dramatic Club's selection of the first play' the coming season, The decision to make the price of booked seats uniform throughout the house Will warmly welcomed. It accords with the conditions at present prevailing and it actually "meets trequently expressed demands for a broader basis of support to be offered for the Club's" productions. The success of the Club evenings when this uniform rate was imposed has, doubt, Influenced the Committes Jand it is to be hoped that the result will justify the decision. The public Jin Shanghai realize the services which the amateurs render in these days when the cinema has made it practically impossible to induce profession companies to bring stage-plays to the local theatres. The Lyceum, Theatre therefore can fill a" most useful role in Shanghai's cultural life and the senior organization, with nearly a century of experience behind it, is eminently well equip-
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