The Playhouse and the Play: And Other Addresses Concerning the Theatre and Democracy in America |
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... institution , dedi- cated solely to dramatic art as a civic agency in the democracy : a civic theatre for the people . Another volume , which the author proposes to publish later , will seek to outline the struc- tural features , the ...
... institution , dedi- cated solely to dramatic art as a civic agency in the democracy : a civic theatre for the people . Another volume , which the author proposes to publish later , will seek to outline the struc- tural features , the ...
Page 82
... institution would probably have educated the so - called intelligent public to be satisfied with it . In any event , the public could hardly expect that institution itself to reform itself out of existence . No ; reform would have to ...
... institution would probably have educated the so - called intelligent public to be satisfied with it . In any event , the public could hardly expect that institution itself to reform itself out of existence . No ; reform would have to ...
Page 180
... institution adapted to interpret and stimulate such expression . In America , the unprecedented promise of our people , the nature of our human re- sources comprising the world's inheritance , give sound conviction for believing in the ...
... institution adapted to interpret and stimulate such expression . In America , the unprecedented promise of our people , the nature of our human re- sources comprising the world's inheritance , give sound conviction for believing in the ...
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