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... taste is very seldom pleased there ; and the remaining greater percentage of regular theatre - goers stays away whenever its taste is not pleased . But that taste of 61 THE PLAYHOUSE AND THE PLAY.
... taste is very seldom pleased there ; and the remaining greater percentage of regular theatre - goers stays away whenever its taste is not pleased . But that taste of 61 THE PLAYHOUSE AND THE PLAY.
Page 108
... taste , and since bad taste in factu is more dependable than good taste in posse , the policy of Vaudeville be- comes the progressive cultivation in the public of average or bad taste , and the gradual pa- ralysis of the people's ...
... taste , and since bad taste in factu is more dependable than good taste in posse , the policy of Vaudeville be- comes the progressive cultivation in the public of average or bad taste , and the gradual pa- ralysis of the people's ...
Page 206
... taste within a given few weeks , or months , or sea- sons , a theatre supported only by subscrip- tion is thereby prevented from leading public taste ; yet to enable it to lead public taste is presumably the very object of the ...
... taste within a given few weeks , or months , or sea- sons , a theatre supported only by subscrip- tion is thereby prevented from leading public taste ; yet to enable it to lead public taste is presumably the very object of the ...
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