The Playhouse and the Play: And Other Addresses Concerning the Theatre and Democracy in America |
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... present system , which creates theatrical demand ? Does the present system create theatrical demand ? Or does the public ? What is public demand ? 32 QUESTIONS BEFORE THE CURTAIN.
... present system , which creates theatrical demand ? Does the present system create theatrical demand ? Or does the public ? What is public demand ? 32 QUESTIONS BEFORE THE CURTAIN.
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... present poverty of the stage . With an increasing population and a growing interest in the stage , the playwrights should be plentiful and their brains should be fertile . - I attribute the present degeneration of the Eng- lish drama to ...
... present poverty of the stage . With an increasing population and a growing interest in the stage , the playwrights should be plentiful and their brains should be fertile . - I attribute the present degeneration of the Eng- lish drama to ...
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... present drama , but its regeneration . And in support of this inference , I would cite a com- parison - an American comparison tween the present period of our native drama and the New England period of our native literature in its ...
... present drama , but its regeneration . And in support of this inference , I would cite a com- parison - an American comparison tween the present period of our native drama and the New England period of our native literature in its ...
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