The Summing Up, Part 354, Volume 1The reminiscences of the author's lifetime; insight on life and art; education, discipline and training of a writer. |
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Page 128
... audience on them so that the delay in their appear- ance increases the expectation . No one followed this practice ... audience to concern themselves with one character or two more than with the rest . With the interest thus dispersed it ...
... audience on them so that the delay in their appear- ance increases the expectation . No one followed this practice ... audience to concern themselves with one character or two more than with the rest . With the interest thus dispersed it ...
Page 130
... audience , and , I suppose one must add now , the director . For the moment I will consider the audience . All the best dramatists have written with their eye on it and though they have more often spoken of it with contempt than with ...
... audience , and , I suppose one must add now , the director . For the moment I will consider the audience . All the best dramatists have written with their eye on it and though they have more often spoken of it with contempt than with ...
Page 131
... audiences affect plays ; a matinée audience and an evening audience may see quite different plays . We are told that the Norwegian public looks upon Ibsen's plays as comedies rich in laughter ; the English public has never seen anything ...
... audiences affect plays ; a matinée audience and an evening audience may see quite different plays . We are told that the Norwegian public looks upon Ibsen's plays as comedies rich in laughter ; the English public has never seen anything ...
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