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Drama
Lewisohn, Ludwig | January 31, 1920 issue

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Best plays continue to come from the Continent. One season they were by Hermann Bahr, another season by Lev Tolstoi and by Sem Benelli. This year people have seen Maxim Gorky, they are seeing Jacinto Benavente, people shall see Tolstoi again. The play "John Ferguson" was only an apparent exception. For it, too, though in the native tongue, presented life in a remote and unfamiliar guise. It may be that the theatre is still in a purely disciplinary stage of its development and that even the very small audiences of the better kind need a gradual introduction to modern dramaturgy through subject-matter that does not come home too closely to their business and bosoms.

See Also:

DRAMA; BAHR, Hermann, 1863-1934; OPERA -- Dramaturgy; TOLSTOY, Leo, graf, 1828-1910; GORKY, Maksim, 1868-1936; THEATER audiences
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