The Playhouse and the Play: And Other Addresses Concerning the Theatre and Democracy in America |
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... has the dramatic instinct with the religious ? Considering the very wide public advertise- ment of theatrical personalities , what accounts for the very limited public knowledge of the art of 36 QUESTIONS BEFORE THE CURTAIN.
... has the dramatic instinct with the religious ? Considering the very wide public advertise- ment of theatrical personalities , what accounts for the very limited public knowledge of the art of 36 QUESTIONS BEFORE THE CURTAIN.
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... , in its first aspect as a complex instru- ment of art , upon the play . We come now to a far more important limiting influence upon our drama , and one ―― - - far less understood as being such ; 48 THE PLAYHOUSE AND THE PLAY.
... , in its first aspect as a complex instru- ment of art , upon the play . We come now to a far more important limiting influence upon our drama , and one ―― - - far less understood as being such ; 48 THE PLAYHOUSE AND THE PLAY.
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... ment of his public , the dramatist himself will be held inevitably to higher and higher stand- ards of execution ; for there in his text he may not hide a poverty of ideas behind the riches of theatrical production , nor sterility of ...
... ment of his public , the dramatist himself will be held inevitably to higher and higher stand- ards of execution ; for there in his text he may not hide a poverty of ideas behind the riches of theatrical production , nor sterility of ...
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