The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16
Drama League Lecture Season Will Open
 Tuesday
BY JOSEPHINE NIXON HENLEY

The Birmingham Drama League center, which gave it's annual lunch : con recently at the Southern club with such brilliant success, has made an almost unprecedented increase in its membership within the past year.
 Under the management df Mrs. C., NJ Williamson, who. is noted for her efficiency. the membership drive for the league is rapidly nearing the thousand mark, which has been set as it's goal.
 The Drama League lecture season will be opened Tuesday afternoon at o'clock at the Jefferson theatre by MT Donald Robertson, who will give an address on Dramatic Art As Ap- piled to Pageantry"
 Donald Robertson is one of the most important figures upon the American stage. He stands for the development of an American theatre which will express the nature. aims and emotions of the people along lines of dignified artistry and lit erary excellence.
 Born in Scotland. he came when a boy to this country. and was edu- cated in some of its schools.
 He began his professional career in the company of Kate Claxton, play ing Pierre in "The Two Orphans" when that play had it's greatest vogue.
 After playing with many of tho best companies, he went to London where for years his ability was rec ognized as that of an artist of the first rank. Upon returning to Amer ica he threw himself into the move ment that was striving to lift the theatre into something better than a mere money making machine. He .tf he N cellence and revived plays by Col doni, Goethe, Voltaire, Browning, put on Milton's conus and produced many new plays.
 He played at the Art Institute in Chicago for a season. formed The Donald Robertson Players" and acted long seasons in New York and Chi cago.
 His principal aim is to arouse civic consciousness to the importance of education along dramatic lines.
 MT. Robertson will produce the great Birmingham semi centennial pageant which will take place during the celebration of Birminghams fif- tieth anniversary next week. Mrs. John R. Hornady. president of the Drama league, as chairman Of the cast committee, with her associates have been exceedingly interested in
  sistant, MT. William Owen, who has been in the city for the past week. and has been busily engaged in re- hearsing the main cast of the pa geant Following is the personnel of the leading characters: Miss Leola shannon, Mrs. s. l.. Ledbetter, Mrs. Morris Bush, Miss Olivio ONeal, Mrs. Percy Brewer, Mrs Ralph Barrow, Miss Dorothy Wood, Mrs. Mary Gill len, Mrs. John D. McNeel. Mrs. Alex Montgomery, Mrs. E. w. Barrett, Miss Mary Harsh, Miss Selina Perry, Mrs. \ Kenneth Charlton, Mrs. Berta Ham mond, Miss Alice Harsh, Miss Anita \ Eustis, Mrs. Donald Wood. Mrs. Ed Archibald, Miss Leila Mae Smith, Miss Virginia Hassinger, Mrs. F. B. Simmons, Miss Alberta Norwood, Miss Eileen Lambkin, Miss Gertrude Holmes, Mrs. w. I. Grubb, Mrs. R. c. ,Woodson, Mrs. H. B. Whiteside. MT. John c. Henley, MT. Mercer Barnett, MT. A. M Bruce, MT. c. N. Wiley, Governor Emmet ONeal, Mir. William Brantley MT. George Bailes, MT. H. G. Mann, MT. Bryson Aird, MT. Mack Wright, MT. William Moore, Mr. Beatty Tanner, MT. Key Foster, Mir.