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Date 1912-12-21, sorted by date, descending

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1912 21 or 22 Dec
191-		 'Abdu'l-Bahá witnessed His first dramatic performance. It was a mystery Christmas play entitled Eager Heart written by Miss Alice Buckton and performed at the Church House, Westminster before an audience of 1,200. [SoW Vol III no 19 2March1913 p 7, CH154, AB34]
  • He is reported to have said, perhaps on another occasion, "The stage will be the pulpit of the future". [Quoted by Loulie Mathews in The Magazine of the Children of the Kingdom, Vol 4, No. 3 (June 1923, p69]
  • Star of the West, Vol. 19 no. 11 Feb1929, p.341 quotes 'Abdu'l-Bahá as saying: "drama is of the utmost importance. It has been a great educational power in the past; it will be so again,". [BW1994-1995p255]
  • For a short biography of the life of Alice Buckton see The Early Years of the British Bahá'í Community (1898-1911) p97-103.
    		•  * Arts and crafts; - Drama; - Plays; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Alice Buckton; Eager Heart (play); London, England; Loulie A. Mathews; United Kingdom; Westminster, England First time `Abdu'l-Bahá attends a theatre performance
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