Abstract

Drama
Towse, J. Ranken | July 15, 1915 issue

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Symbolism, in the theatre, to be valuable or effective, must make its meaning clear to the spectator. So much may be stated dogmatically. In these three dramas of the well-known Russian writer, Leonid Andreyeff--"The Black Maskers," "The Life of Man," and "The Sabine Women"--which, on the surface, are romantic fantasies, the first two tragic and the third satirical, the deeper significance is so obscure that the translators, Clarence L. Meader and Fred Newton Scott, wisely deemed it expedient to preface them with an authoritative explanation.

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SYMBOLISM (Art movement); ART, Modern -- 19th century; BLACK Maskers, The (Theatrical production); LIFE of Man, The (Theatrical production); ANDREYEFF, Leonid; THEATER
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