The Playhouse and the Play: And Other Addresses Concerning the Theatre and Democracy in America |
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... force , it has never been correlated with the other great forces of citizenship , of law , of industry , of statecraft , of patriotism . Never- theless the theatre , in its proper function , is peculiarly fitted for such association ...
... force , it has never been correlated with the other great forces of citizenship , of law , of industry , of statecraft , of patriotism . Never- theless the theatre , in its proper function , is peculiarly fitted for such association ...
Page 67
... forces of commercial demand and supply . Therefore , to annul that law , the forces of commercial demand and supply must be per- manently annulled in the playhouse . As a substitute for those forces , the forces of artistic competition ...
... forces of commercial demand and supply . Therefore , to annul that law , the forces of commercial demand and supply must be per- manently annulled in the playhouse . As a substitute for those forces , the forces of artistic competition ...
Page 201
... forces , greater than have ever opposed it before- forces arising not from within the theatre , but from outside it ; the forces of national regen- eration , the forces of renascent democracy . Therefore , if our theatrical situation is ...
... forces , greater than have ever opposed it before- forces arising not from within the theatre , but from outside it ; the forces of national regen- eration , the forces of renascent democracy . Therefore , if our theatrical situation is ...
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