The Playhouse and the Play: And Other Addresses Concerning the Theatre and Democracy in America |
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... organized with Mr. Samuel Clemens ( " Mark Twain " ) as president of its Board of Directors , is utilizing the elemental power of dramatic impulse in young people for the refinement of their imaginations and the up- building of ...
... organized with Mr. Samuel Clemens ( " Mark Twain " ) as president of its Board of Directors , is utilizing the elemental power of dramatic impulse in young people for the refinement of their imaginations and the up- building of ...
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... organized desire , we are ( thirdly ) the heirs - not from overseas , but from within us — of a new spirit of democracy ; and this heritage , from the resurrecting vernal forces of mankind , is im- buing our republic with the promise of ...
... organized desire , we are ( thirdly ) the heirs - not from overseas , but from within us — of a new spirit of democracy ; and this heritage , from the resurrecting vernal forces of mankind , is im- buing our republic with the promise of ...
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... organized business system provides for them , ignorant or uncaring of the consequences to our civic life . Let us remember that theatre - goers in America are numbered by the millions and tens of millions , when we ask ourselves : What ...
... organized business system provides for them , ignorant or uncaring of the consequences to our civic life . Let us remember that theatre - goers in America are numbered by the millions and tens of millions , when we ask ourselves : What ...
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