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Stage affairs in America today, by Allen Davenport.

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[172] p.; 20 cm.

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At head of title: A series of fifteen pamphlets issued weekly on Tuesdays from January 15 to April 23, inclusive.

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No.1. The playwright, the vital importance of his commission (January 15, 1907) -- no.2. The business manager, his true mission (January 22, 1907) -- no.3. The actor, the quality of his importance (January 29, 1907) -- no.4. The stage manager, his decaying power (February 5, 1907) -- no.5. The theatre orchestra, its enforced protrusive obedience (February 12, 1907) -- no.6. The dramatic critic, the rightful censor, but not merely by the courtesy of the theatre (February 19, 1907) -- no.7 The vaudeville system, the morally illegal abuse of its true meant significance (February 26, 1907) -- no.8. The prevailing stock system, its practices a detriment to art aim (March 5, 1907) -- no.9. The star system, its manifest condition generally irrelevant to the consequences of its true meaning (March 12, 1907).
No.10. The repertoire system, many compensations for its marked decadence (March 19, 1907) -- no.11. The one play combination system, its advantages for art accomplishment, if wisely pursued (March 26, 1907) -- no.12. The dramatic school, its futile results (April 2, 1907) -- no.13. Acting, its tangibility as an art to be studied (April 9, 1907) -- no.14. Shakespeare, the future highest value of his plays to the stage (April 16, 1907) -- no.15. The new theatre, a suggestion regarding the permanent exaltedness of the stage (April 23, 1907).

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