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Page 113
... audience to concern themselves with one character or two more than with the rest . With the interest thus dispersed it is possible that the audience will not feel warmly about any of the persons of the play , and since the author must ...
... audience to concern themselves with one character or two more than with the rest . With the interest thus dispersed it is possible that the audience will not feel warmly about any of the persons of the play , and since the author must ...
Page 116
... 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 to laugh at in those harassing ...
... 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 to laugh at in those harassing ...
Page 123
... audience , and then , even though their average mentality is higher than the ordinary , they are subject to the reactions by which an audience is governed . They are swayed by emotion rather than by reasoning . They demand action rather ...
... audience , and then , even though their average mentality is higher than the ordinary , they are subject to the reactions by which an audience is governed . They are swayed by emotion rather than by reasoning . They demand action rather ...
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