The Playhouse and the Play: And Other Addresses Concerning the Theatre and Democracy in America |
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... civic status of his art . ― According to Continental traditions , on the other hand , the theatre - being concerned with an art has held a position of strong influence and high regard in society , but of less influence in the state ...
... civic status of his art . ― According to Continental traditions , on the other hand , the theatre - being concerned with an art has held a position of strong influence and high regard in society , but of less influence in the state ...
Page 127
... civic force is rarely imagined or considered . Plays and players , as wares of the theatre , are wonderfully advertised ; but the theatre itself , as perhaps the mightiest potentiality for civic enlightenment and education in America ...
... civic force is rarely imagined or considered . Plays and players , as wares of the theatre , are wonderfully advertised ; but the theatre itself , as perhaps the mightiest potentiality for civic enlightenment and education in America ...
Page 137
... civic half split and raged in many factions . But at last in America , in the twentieth century , when the church itself had become moribund , split by many sects and schisms , and essentially unadapted to express the unity and variety ...
... civic half split and raged in many factions . But at last in America , in the twentieth century , when the church itself had become moribund , split by many sects and schisms , and essentially unadapted to express the unity and variety ...
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