The Playhouse and the Play: And Other Addresses Concerning the Theatre and Democracy in America |
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... objects and national opportunities of the drama , as these freshly unfold themselves to the thoughtful observer of our democracy . Some of these radical objects are already being pursued with zeal by an enterprise of auspicious promise ...
... objects and national opportunities of the drama , as these freshly unfold themselves to the thoughtful observer of our democracy . Some of these radical objects are already being pursued with zeal by an enterprise of auspicious promise ...
Page 176
... object of dramaturgy , conceiving that object to be interpretation instead of expres- sion . Because a play , unlike a novel or essay , must , by its nature , be interpreted in order to fulfil its function , they conceive its function ...
... object of dramaturgy , conceiving that object to be interpretation instead of expres- sion . Because a play , unlike a novel or essay , must , by its nature , be interpreted in order to fulfil its function , they conceive its function ...
Page 197
... object of a civic campaign . It would seem superfluous to add that until the object of theatrical productions ceases to be " a gamble , " the drama cannot 197 SOME COMMENTS.
... object of a civic campaign . It would seem superfluous to add that until the object of theatrical productions ceases to be " a gamble , " the drama cannot 197 SOME COMMENTS.
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