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... persons of rank . It would astonish anyone now who looked at the playbills of the day to see how many of the characters were titled . Managers thought that they attracted the public , and actors liked to portray them . But as the ...
... persons of rank . It would astonish anyone now who looked at the playbills of the day to see how many of the characters were titled . Managers thought that they attracted the public , and actors liked to portray them . But as the ...
Page 88
... persons , but on a group , and since the theme is their relations with one another and the environment , the author must take care to counteract the natural in- clination of the audience to concern themselves with one character or two ...
... persons , but on a group , and since the theme is their relations with one another and the environment , the author must take care to counteract the natural in- clination of the audience to concern themselves with one character or two ...
Page 151
... person when they had in mind someone quite different . Further , it is just chance whether the author chooses his models from persons with whom he is intimately connected or not . It is often enough for him to have caught a glimpse of ...
... person when they had in mind someone quite different . Further , it is just chance whether the author chooses his models from persons with whom he is intimately connected or not . It is often enough for him to have caught a glimpse of ...
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