The Playhouse and the Play: And Other Addresses Concerning the Theatre and Democracy in America |
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Page 11
... 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 . Why , then ...
... 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 . Why , then ...
Page 20
... never . And true democracy is reasserting itself to - day as never before . The tendencies of art are idealistic ; but so are the tendencies of our renascent republic . In the arts as in the industries our people are coming to demand ...
... never . And true democracy is reasserting itself to - day as never before . The tendencies of art are idealistic ; but so are the tendencies of our renascent republic . In the arts as in the industries our people are coming to demand ...
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... never to pall , but increas- ing the appetite by custom , to dissatisfy one thenceforward with all less imaginative kinds of reading . Consulting the play's text as the score , so to speak , of the dramatist's symphony , the reader ...
... never to pall , but increas- ing the appetite by custom , to dissatisfy one thenceforward with all less imaginative kinds of reading . Consulting the play's text as the score , so to speak , of the dramatist's symphony , the reader ...
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