Theater and Politics.2

"The most useful poetry, socially, would be the one which could cut across all the present stratifications of public taste--stratifications which are perhaps a sign of social disintegration. The ideal medium for poetry, to my mind, and the most direct means of social 'usefulness' for poetry, is the theatre. ... [A poet] would like to convey the pleasures of poetry, not only to a larger audience, but to larger groups of people collectively; and the theatre is the best place in which to do it."

--Eliot, "The Use of Poetry and the Use of Criticism"