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Page 102
... Theatre . During the next two or three years I finished several curtain- raisers and sent them to various managers . One or two were never returned and since I had no copies were lost ; the others I got discouraged over and put away or ...
... Theatre . During the next two or three years I finished several curtain- raisers and sent them to various managers . One or two were never returned and since I had no copies were lost ; the others I got discouraged over and put away or ...
Page 121
... theatre is that if they are acceptable , they are accepted and so kill the play that helped to diffuse them . For nothing is so tire- some in the theatre as to be forced to listen to the exposition of ideas that you are willing to take ...
... theatre is that if they are acceptable , they are accepted and so kill the play that helped to diffuse them . For nothing is so tire- some in the theatre as to be forced to listen to the exposition of ideas that you are willing to take ...
Page 123
... theatre a character who says , I have a headache , performs an action as much as one who falls off a steeple . ) When the plays these authors write fail , they claim it is because audiences have not the sense to appreciate them . I do ...
... theatre a character who says , I have a headache , performs an action as much as one who falls off a steeple . ) When the plays these authors write fail , they claim it is because audiences have not the sense to appreciate them . I do ...
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