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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... produce not just two or three books , but a great body of work . Of course it will be uneven , because so many fortunate circumstances must go together to pro- duce a masterpiece ; but a masterpiece is more likely to come ... produced [ 97 ]
... produce not just two or three books , but a great body of work . Of course it will be uneven , because so many fortunate circumstances must go together to pro- duce a masterpiece ; but a masterpiece is more likely to come ... produced [ 97 ]
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... produce plays that people may go to who disdain the commercial 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 commercial 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 ...
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... producing an elaborate school of performers , suc- cumbed 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 , suc- cumbed 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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