The Playhouse and the Play: And Other Addresses Concerning the Theatre and Democracy in America |
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... traditions , the Anglo - Saxon ex- presses a Bohemian ideal ; the Continental , a social ideal ; the Greek , a civic ... tradition , and this heri- tage is chiefly responsible for the encouraging signs to - day of an important uplift in ...
... traditions , the Anglo - Saxon ex- presses a Bohemian ideal ; the Continental , a social ideal ; the Greek , a civic ... tradition , and this heri- tage is chiefly responsible for the encouraging signs to - day of an important uplift in ...
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... traditions in the theatre , and that experience is rendered available , with specific directness , to whomsoever shall ... tradition and to confer stability and dignity upon dramatic art , the scope of the New Theatre , being devoted to ...
... traditions in the theatre , and that experience is rendered available , with specific directness , to whomsoever shall ... tradition and to confer stability and dignity upon dramatic art , the scope of the New Theatre , being devoted to ...
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... tradition stands like a relique of the dark ages . Its meagre picturesqueness has long since ceased to be an excuse for its unwholesome survival . It must not only be repudiated , it must be pulled down , and give space to the lovelier ...
... tradition stands like a relique of the dark ages . Its meagre picturesqueness has long since ceased to be an excuse for its unwholesome survival . It must not only be repudiated , it must be pulled down , and give space to the lovelier ...
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