To Our Readers

; Begimiirig with 'the December, ' 1972~ : issue, Modern 'Drama will be sponsoreo 'by th~fGraduate Centre for 'Study of Dram'a at the University ':ofTorontd:Cotttributidns 'should now be sent to Professor' Frede 'riek ':Marker,Graduaie 'Ceritre for Study"of 'Drama, University of Toronto~ ' Ta'ronioS,~an.~Aa.Subscdp#ons 'a~d requests 'fbi-hack issues should be addressed to A.'M.Hakkert, Publishers, 554Spadina Crescent,'Toronto' 17g; 'Canada.- , Sin~e:'its first appeCJ.rapce' fi£teen,years ~go Mo4ern ,Drama has been . . . . owned, published, and circulated by the present editor and his wife, Virginia Edward,~. In that ti~~)1.1odern DrQ,'rf14 has become an imp()rtant internati~nal sch()lady journal. But ~he' sense of achievement we felt from watching Modern Drama grow; and the excitement we shared in corresponding with cO~tributQrs, readers, and friends from all over the world have steadilydjmlnished as the journal, in its growth, became more and more burdensome-and even unmanageable. Modern Drama is too large for us now, and we are glad to see the University of Toront9 ,assume responsibility for its publication. My ,wife, who has been almost solely responsible Jor the circulation·and business of M odern Dra1'l'Ul- and who has' drudged "all these years in the bleakest of anonymit'y, will not have: to die in the 'traces. For the first time in fifteen years we will have 'a 'sumriIer off. We ~hall look, first, for some greeh pastures to lie down in. Later, maybe, we shall kick up out heels. The readers ofMOd~'t:n Drama-:--WiUiam 'Armstrong of,London University , Ruby Cohn ofthe University of California at Davis, and. Walter Meserve of Indiapa University-will continue their services to the journalwheQModer% Draina moves to Toronto. 13111 Armstrong, Ruby Cohn, a~d Walter Meserve haye been working editors of Modern Drama since its beginning, and~heir wil!ingness.to serve for 19ve is responsible for ~hai:e,'Ver reput~t~9itModernDrama has .as a scholarly journal. I thank them.. I should like,. also, to.thank our printer, Mr. Heath Meriwether of the Standard Printing Company, Hannibal, Missouri, for the excellent job he has performed for us for many years. Modern Drq,m(f is fortunate to find a haven at Toronto. Frederick Marker wilL he managing editor and he-will be assisted by ;a distinguished board. The present editor will remain with Modern Drama in an advisory role. A. C. EDWARDS III ...