The Playhouse and the Play: And Other Addresses Concerning the Theatre and Democracy in America |
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... endowment . To - day in America , however , the case is different ; now the Law of Dramatic Deterioration is able to oper- ate consistently , and practically unimpeded . Neither artistic self - sacrifice , nor endowment , prevents the ...
... endowment . To - day in America , however , the case is different ; now the Law of Dramatic Deterioration is able to oper- ate consistently , and practically unimpeded . Neither artistic self - sacrifice , nor endowment , prevents the ...
Page 206
... endowment there is an impassable chasm of principle . The former is a makeshift , the latter a solution . Subsidy of art by subscription does not recog- nize the right of art to perpetual freedom from commercial competition ; endowment ...
... endowment there is an impassable chasm of principle . The former is a makeshift , the latter a solution . Subsidy of art by subscription does not recog- nize the right of art to perpetual freedom from commercial competition ; endowment ...
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... endowment of theatres — the idea of which , in this country , is usually con- sidered as an impracticable dream — is to - day a proved actuality in several of the countries of Europe . In Germany especially , theatrical endowment , so ...
... endowment of theatres — the idea of which , in this country , is usually con- sidered as an impracticable dream — is to - day a proved actuality in several of the countries of Europe . In Germany especially , theatrical endowment , so ...
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