Nigel Playfair

“ In many respects it will be an aid to the cultivation of public taste for entertainment such as the theatre can give. In other respects I do not think it will influence the theatre either for good or for evil. Rut I do think that more good than evil will accrue to the theatre and to the theatrical profession, particularly as I believe that the developments of broadcasting will give a good deal of employment to our profession.
We can serve the public through broadcasting in a way that no other industry can, for we have behind us experience and knowledge of what constitutes, good entertainment. ”

“ As in other industries, the theatrical industry has a variety of interests constantly urging it to go in one direction or another ; but I think the experience of theatrical producers shows that however experimental certain of their efforts may be, ultimate success is awarded by the public to the producer when he has given them what they want. ”

“ I have not supported the attempt to resist broadcasting: It is simply a waste of time to indulge in political quarrels in the theatre make. and the rev of "Protection for the theatre" is futile when raised against the development of wireless telephony, which obviously has come to stay. ”

“ The history of mechanical invention, the story of the development of the uses of electricity, the early struggles of the motor industry and the growth of the cinema industry, all testify to this characteristic attitude of certain sections of society towards what is new. ”