The Playhouse and the Play: And Other Addresses Concerning the Theatre and Democracy in America |
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... seek adequate answers for themselves . The present book seeks to help clear the ground for the upbuilding — not in one city only but in all our greater American communities — of a per- manently endowed theatrical institution , dedi ...
... seek adequate answers for themselves . The present book seeks to help clear the ground for the upbuilding — not in one city only but in all our greater American communities — of a per- manently endowed theatrical institution , dedi ...
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... seek op- portunity for embodying their aspirations effi- ciently ? By what standards of the theatre shall they set their actual work , not simply for indi- vidual livelihood but for public service ? How shall they focus their efforts ...
... seek op- portunity for embodying their aspirations effi- ciently ? By what standards of the theatre shall they set their actual work , not simply for indi- vidual livelihood but for public service ? How shall they focus their efforts ...
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... seeking an old instrument for freshly vital ends ; it is seeking the drama to render ar- ticulate the American people . In so doing , however , it is only revealing its perennial nature . More than once on our soil that instinct has ...
... seeking an old instrument for freshly vital ends ; it is seeking the drama to render ar- ticulate the American people . In so doing , however , it is only revealing its perennial nature . More than once on our soil that instinct has ...
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