The Playhouse and the Play: And Other Addresses Concerning the Theatre and Democracy in America |
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... ideal ; the Continental , a social ideal ; the Greek , a civic ideal . What bearing , then , to - day have these three distinctive traditions of the theatre upon the destiny of the drama in America ? With regard to all art , America ...
... ideal ; the Continental , a social ideal ; the Greek , a civic ideal . What bearing , then , to - day have these three distinctive traditions of the theatre upon the destiny of the drama in America ? With regard to all art , America ...
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... ideal is found , I believe , with nearest approximation , — in the ideal of the Greek tradition of the theatre : an ideal which tends to reconcile the traditions of art and democracy . - " " — The space of this preface does not permit ...
... ideal is found , I believe , with nearest approximation , — in the ideal of the Greek tradition of the theatre : an ideal which tends to reconcile the traditions of art and democracy . - " " — The space of this preface does not permit ...
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... ideal - an ideal correspondent to the essential genius and the native opportunity of our American nation and its dramaturgy . That third ideal is the Drama of Democracy - the drama as a fine art for the many . A momentous ideal ; a ...
... ideal - an ideal correspondent to the essential genius and the native opportunity of our American nation and its dramaturgy . That third ideal is the Drama of Democracy - the drama as a fine art for the many . A momentous ideal ; a ...
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