The Playhouse and the Play: And Other Addresses Concerning the Theatre and Democracy in America |
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... true causes of the fact . The true causes for the unique promise and the encour- aging achievement of the drama to - day arise not from any conducive qualifications of the existing theatrical system as a private specu- lative business ...
... true causes of the fact . The true causes for the unique promise and the encour- aging achievement of the drama to - day arise not from any conducive qualifications of the existing theatrical system as a private specu- lative business ...
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... true democracy never . And true democracy is reasserting itself to - day as never before . The tendencies of art are idealistic ; but so are the tendencies of our renascent republic . In the arts as in the industries our people are ...
... true democracy never . And true democracy is reasserting itself to - day as never before . The tendencies of art are idealistic ; but so are the tendencies of our renascent republic . In the arts as in the industries our people are ...
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... true democracy is vitally concerned with beauty , and true art is vitally concerned with citizenship . When each is true to itself 190 ART AND DEMOCRACY.
... true democracy is vitally concerned with beauty , and true art is vitally concerned with citizenship . When each is true to itself 190 ART AND DEMOCRACY.
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