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A play written to be read in the study is a form of the novel in dialogue in which the author for some reason of his own ( obscure to most of us ) has eschewed the ordinary advantages of narrative . A play that does not appeal to an ...
A play written to be read in the study is a form of the novel in dialogue in which the author for some reason of his own ( obscure to most of us ) has eschewed the ordinary advantages of narrative . A play that does not appeal to an ...
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sider , the play appeals to the audience as a unity , the current that passes infectiously from one person to another is essential to the dramatist ; he wants to excite a contagion ; he must take people out of themselves so that they ...
sider , the play appeals to the audience as a unity , the current that passes infectiously from one person to another is essential to the dramatist ; he wants to excite a contagion ; he must take people out of themselves so that they ...
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He decides when to go quick and when to go slow ; when to emphasize , when to slur ; when to play up and when to play down . He deals with the sets and sees that they are suitable and practicable to the action ; he chooses the clothes ...
He decides when to go quick and when to go slow ; when to emphasize , when to slur ; when to play up and when to play down . He deals with the sets and sees that they are suitable and practicable to the action ; he chooses the clothes ...
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Publisher | Literary Guild of America, 1938 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 3 Feb 2011 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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