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... play- house and the play . As we find it , the nature of the playhouse is twofold . It is- A house in which to produce plays ; A house in which to sell the product . Thus , on the one hand , it is the complex in- strument of a special ...
... play- house and the play . As we find it , the nature of the playhouse is twofold . It is- A house in which to produce plays ; A house in which to sell the product . Thus , on the one hand , it is the complex in- strument of a special ...
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... play - the message of the dramatist himself , as thinker and artist . First , then , we will consider how , as the in- strument for the production of plays , the play- house determines the technique of the play ; secondly , how , as the ...
... play - the message of the dramatist himself , as thinker and artist . First , then , we will consider how , as the in- strument for the production of plays , the play- house determines the technique of the play ; secondly , how , as the ...
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... play ; that is , a play likely to be produced . Now , of course , a truly practical play may include the province of the so - called practical play , and fulfil both these demands ; that is to say , a play which is adapted by its own ...
... play ; that is , a play likely to be produced . Now , of course , a truly practical play may include the province of the so - called practical play , and fulfil both these demands ; that is to say , a play which is adapted by its own ...
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