Abstract

Drama
M. C. D. | June 22, 1918 issue

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The article focuses on the one-act play, that has been the stepchild of the American Theatre. In a country where the short-story has flourished as perhaps the most characteristic form of expression of the direct, naive, humorous, hurrying American spirit, the corresponding dramatic form has languished while it thrived in England and France. But when the era of little theatres began a few years ago, the little play, too, became a permanent accession to our dramatic life. The late lamented Princess Theatre, inaugurated as a theatre of thrills in imitation of the Grand Guignol at Paris, first taught a sophisticated public the pleasure that may be found in passing from horrors that harrow the emotions to jeux d'esprit that stimulate the intellect.

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ONE-act plays; THEATER -- United States; CENTERS for the performing arts; ACTING; DRAMA; UNITED States
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