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Page 135
... produce plays that people may go to who disdain the com- mercial theatre . They languish . The intelligentsia cannot ... produced by these societies . They are trying to do something for which the drama is unsuited ; once they have got a ...
... produce plays that people may go to who disdain the com- mercial theatre . They languish . The intelligentsia cannot ... produced by these societies . They are trying to do something for which the drama is unsuited ; once they have got a ...
Page 143
... producing an elaborate school of performers , succumbed when musical instruments were invented that produced more beautifully the peculiar effects it sought ; and there is no reason why prose drama should not suffer the same fate . It ...
... producing an elaborate school of performers , succumbed when musical instruments were invented that produced more beautifully the peculiar effects it sought ; and there is no reason why prose drama should not suffer the same fate . It ...
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... produced chiefly by amateurs is thin in comparison with that of the countries in which a number of men , with ... produces the best of which he is capable . Since writing is a healthy occupation , he will probably go on living long after ...
... produced chiefly by amateurs is thin in comparison with that of the countries in which a number of men , with ... produces the best of which he is capable . Since writing is a healthy occupation , he will probably go on living long after ...
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