The Playhouse and the Play: And Other Addresses Concerning the Theatre and Democracy in America |
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... theatre , in its proper function , is peculiarly fitted for such association . Why , then , have the nations hitherto failed so to organize the theatre as to utilize it prop- erly as a national force ? Historically , they have not ...
... theatre , in its proper function , is peculiarly fitted for such association . Why , then , have the nations hitherto failed so to organize the theatre as to utilize it prop- erly as a national force ? Historically , they have not ...
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... theatre , and labor under its disadvantages . The most poignant of these disadvantages and the one which has been most disastrous in its results both upon the theatre's own self- respect and upon the character of Anglo - Saxon ...
... theatre , and labor under its disadvantages . The most poignant of these disadvantages and the one which has been most disastrous in its results both upon the theatre's own self- respect and upon the character of Anglo - Saxon ...
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... Theatre " is one of these auspicious signs . In that volume - a work of impressive industry and altruism — is epitomized the age - long experience of the best Continental traditions in the theatre , and that experience is rendered ...
... Theatre " is one of these auspicious signs . In that volume - a work of impressive industry and altruism — is epitomized the age - long experience of the best Continental traditions in the theatre , and that experience is rendered ...
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