hˈɑːdʒᵻz ˈɑːɹɡjuːd ɪn wˈʌn ʌv hɪz bˈʊks ðˈæt "ðə θˈiəɾɚɹ æz ɐn ˌɪnstɪtˈuːʃən ɪz ðə pɹˈiːˈɛmɪnənt ɚɹˈeɪndʒmənt wˈɛɹbaɪ hjˈuːmən bˈiːɪŋz wˈɜːk ˈaʊt ðə mˈɑːdəlz ʌv ðɛɹ ˈoʊn kˈɑːndʌkt, ðɛɹ mɔːɹˈælᵻɾi ænd ˌæspɚɹˈeɪʃən, ðɛɹ aɪdˈiəz ʌv ɡˈʊd ænd ˈiːvəl, ænd ɪn dʒˈɛnɚɹəl ðoʊz fˈæntəsiz ɐbˌaʊt ðɛmsˈɛlvz ænd ðɛɹ fˈɛloʊz wˈɪtʃ, ɪf pɚsˈɪstᵻd ˈɪn, tˈɛnd tʊ ᵻvˈɛntʃuːəli bɪkˌʌm fˈækts ɪn ɹˈiːəl lˈaɪf.
Hodges argued in one of his books that "the theatre as an institution is the pre-eminent arrangement whereby human beings work out the models of their own conduct, their morality and aspiration, their ideas of good and evil, and in general those fantasies about themselves and their fellows which, if persisted in, tend to eventually become facts in real life.