We do not kill the drama, we do not really limit its appeal by failing to encourage the best in it; but we do thereby foster the weakest and poorest elements.

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The instinct to impersonate produces the actor; the desire to provide pleasure by impersonations produces...

The instinct to impersonate produces the actor; the desire to provide pleasure by impersonations produces...

In all the great periods of the drama perfect freedom of choice and subject, perfect...

In all the great periods of the drama perfect freedom of choice and subject, perfect...

In the best farce to-day we start with some absurd premise as to character or...

In the best farce to-day we start with some absurd premise as to character or...

When the drama attains a characterization which makes the play a revelation of human conduct...

When the drama attains a characterization which makes the play a revelation of human conduct...

Drama read to oneself is never drama at its best, and is not even drama...

Drama read to oneself is never drama at its best, and is not even drama...

Sensitive, responsive, eagerly welcomed everywhere, the drama, holding the mirror up to nature, by laughter...

Sensitive, responsive, eagerly welcomed everywhere, the drama, holding the mirror up to nature, by laughter...

Back through the ages of barbarism and civilization, in all tongues, we find this instinctive...

Back through the ages of barbarism and civilization, in all tongues, we find this instinctive...

Acted drama requires surrender of one's self, sympathetic absorption in the play as it develops.

Acted drama requires surrender of one's self, sympathetic absorption in the play as it develops.

There is no essential difference between the material of comedy and tragedy. All depends on...

There is no essential difference between the material of comedy and tragedy. All depends on...

But what is drama? Broadly speaking, it is whatever by imitative action rouses interest or...

But what is drama? Broadly speaking, it is whatever by imitative action rouses interest or...

Farce treats the improbable as probable, the impossible as possible.

Farce treats the improbable as probable, the impossible as possible.

Rare is the human being, immature or mature, who has never felt an impulse to...

Rare is the human being, immature or mature, who has never felt an impulse to...

No drama, however great, is entirely independent of the stage on which it is given.

No drama, however great, is entirely independent of the stage on which it is given.

Out of the past come the standards for judging the present; standards in turn to...

Out of the past come the standards for judging the present; standards in turn to...

In reading plays, however, it should always be remembered that any play, however great, loses...

In reading plays, however, it should always be remembered that any play, however great, loses...

The drama is a great revealer of life.

The drama is a great revealer of life.

What then is tragedy? In the Elizabethan period it was assumed that a play ending...

What then is tragedy? In the Elizabethan period it was assumed that a play ending...