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Page 103
... audience introduces certain limitations as well as offering creative possibilities . One of the most serious limitations is the risk of unthinking absorption into the imaginary action on the part of an audience . The question is really ...
... audience introduces certain limitations as well as offering creative possibilities . One of the most serious limitations is the risk of unthinking absorption into the imaginary action on the part of an audience . The question is really ...
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... audience ranged halfway around the playing area and looking down on the action , a great deal of intimacy between audience and action was fostered . The actors moved and spoke in the midst of the audience , as it were , and imaginative ...
... audience ranged halfway around the playing area and looking down on the action , a great deal of intimacy between audience and action was fostered . The actors moved and spoke in the midst of the audience , as it were , and imaginative ...
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... audience , exactly as happens in the traditional ritual drama of Africa , for example , and this places limitations on the use of sets and properties as well as forcing actors to face the audience in segments by turns as there is no ...
... audience , exactly as happens in the traditional ritual drama of Africa , for example , and this places limitations on the use of sets and properties as well as forcing actors to face the audience in segments by turns as there is no ...
Contents
The Nature of Literature and its Historical Tradition | 1 |
Narrative Fiction and the Printed Word | 39 |
Drama and the Theatre | 101 |
Copyright | |
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