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It is very unlikely that the dramatist who is lucky enough to have been born with the faculty of putting things so that they carry across the footlights will also be an original thinker . He would not be a dramatist if his mind did not ...
It is very unlikely that the dramatist who is lucky enough to have been born with the faculty of putting things so that they carry across the footlights will also be an original thinker . He would not be a dramatist if his mind did not ...
Page 139
... though all very well in its way , was not really quite so important as the dramatists pretended , for after all there ... getting on with one's job and all sorts of other things , it was a welcome relief to come upon a dramatist for ...
... though all very well in its way , was not really quite so important as the dramatists pretended , for after all there ... getting on with one's job and all sorts of other things , it was a welcome relief to come upon a dramatist for ...
Page 141
In that artificial medium life is not presented in a word - for - word translation , but in a free rendering , and thus the dramatist has ample scope for the effects of which his art is capable . For the drama is make - believe .
In that artificial medium life is not presented in a word - for - word translation , but in a free rendering , and thus the dramatist has ample scope for the effects of which his art is capable . For the drama is make - believe .
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| Title | THE SUMMING UP |
| Author | W. SOMER MAUGHAI |
| Published | 1938 |
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