The Splintered Stage: The Decline of the American TheaterA critical appraisal of postwar drama from O'Neill to Albee, indicating that our contemporary playwrights have an extremely narrow view of life. |
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Page 59
... night or sometime the next day , run Claudius through with his sword . That is precisely what Laertes would have done , and it is doubtless what the Ghost , not to mention the audience at the Globe , ex- pected of Hamlet . Why , then ...
... night or sometime the next day , run Claudius through with his sword . That is precisely what Laertes would have done , and it is doubtless what the Ghost , not to mention the audience at the Globe , ex- pected of Hamlet . Why , then ...
Page 137
... night in a dif- ferent vehicle . The box sets made such a practice un- feasible . Not only were they more expensive , but the time required to build and install them was such as to make a single performance impractical . The result was ...
... night in a dif- ferent vehicle . The box sets made such a practice un- feasible . Not only were they more expensive , but the time required to build and install them was such as to make a single performance impractical . The result was ...
Page 138
... night after night . The extended run required an entirely different crowd for every performance . Consequently , if the pro- duction was not strong enough to draw such vast numbers , everybody involved suffered a financial loss . This ...
... night after night . The extended run required an entirely different crowd for every performance . Consequently , if the pro- duction was not strong enough to draw such vast numbers , everybody involved suffered a financial loss . This ...
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