Abstract

Drama
M. C. D. | May 18, 1918 issue

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Playwrights, quick to catch the striking external aspects of the complicated American civilization and clever at presenting them in effective dramatic form, have not yet learned to look beneath the surface of shifting life and let the spirit, that is the U.S. enter into their own; and drama is therefore as immediately responsive to public opinion, as superficial, and as ephemeral as daily newspapers. American playwrights too often are mere reporters. Sensational social aspects, highly colored plots, conventionalized characters are used to produce the thrilling melodramas or the brisk farces that are thus far characteristic contribution to the drama.

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DRAMA; DRAMATISTS, American; AMERICAN drama; PLOTS (Drama, novel, etc.); MELODRAMA; UNITED States
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