The Playhouse and the Play: And Other Addresses Concerning the Theatre and Democracy in America |
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... issues of the drama are necessary first steps toward their wise solution . Much discussion and some knowledge of these issues have of late been publicly indulged in and acquired , with remarkably encouraging results ; and it is the aim ...
... issues of the drama are necessary first steps toward their wise solution . Much discussion and some knowledge of these issues have of late been publicly indulged in and acquired , with remarkably encouraging results ; and it is the aim ...
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... issues of the drama . How long , then , will the intelligent public continue to ignore those vital issues as they apply to the whole drama of our nation ? Certainly it cannot be intelli- gent and ignore them longer . For our drama is a ...
... issues of the drama . How long , then , will the intelligent public continue to ignore those vital issues as they apply to the whole drama of our nation ? Certainly it cannot be intelli- gent and ignore them longer . For our drama is a ...
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... issue of dramatic emanci- the issue whether pation the theatre's function in the community shall be that of art or business . ― For an effectual business needs no subsidy ; but an effectual art cannot live without it . Men of wealth ...
... issue of dramatic emanci- the issue whether pation the theatre's function in the community shall be that of art or business . ― For an effectual business needs no subsidy ; but an effectual art cannot live without it . Men of wealth ...
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