Identifier: theatrethroughit00bela (find matches)
Title: The theatre through its stage door
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Belasco, David, 1853-1931 De Foe, Louis Vincent, 1869-1922
Subjects: Theater
Publisher: New York London : Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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David Belasco in the Workroom of His Studio in the Belasco Theatre, Before the Fireplace Which Contains Seventy-three Tiles Taken from the Alhambra at Granada, Spain
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u OJ-4->t/3 I 4->O S 0) M(3 <u 0) en £ 8 § « a m 3 Q 5<u a (UCJ waJ Chapter IITHE E VOL UTION OF A PL A Y TN a time like the present, when the stage* appeals so intimately to the interest of agreat majority of all classes of the public, thetendency is natural to regard its art lightly.The observation and experience of those of uswho are within the theatre lead to the con-clusion that nearly every one is not only aplaygoer, but, at one time or another, aspiresto write or even tries to write a play. These aspirants who attempt to express theirimpressions of life and character in action andthe spoken word are, of course, seldom qualifiedfor what is, I believe, the most difficult of alltasks in the domain of the arts. They do notrealize that, no matter how valuable or interest-ing the idea they seek to present may be, itcan be accomplished only with a thoroughtechnical knowledge, which is very hard to ac-quire, of so complicated and treacherous aninstrument of artistic expr

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