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Excerpt from On the Art of the Theatre What should be said as Preface? Should one ask for forgiveness from those one unwittingly offends? Should one admit that words are all nonsense, and that theories, even after one has practised that about which one theorizes, are really of little account? Or should one stand on the threshold and receive one's guests and hope that they will enjoy themselves? I think I shall do the latter. Well, in this case, my guests are made up of a thousand invited friends and those half-dozen one did not invite and never would invite, because of their very evil or foolish intentions towards our art. For instance, I willingly throw open the doors of this book to my very dear friends the artists, whether they be painters, sculptors, musicians, poets or architects. These, of course, will stand aside for a moment to allow first of all the beautiful ladies to pass. Then there are the scholars. Well, as I have only schooled myself in one particular branch of knowledge, I feel very shy about meeting such guests. Coming after them is that group of kindly people, men and women, who, without knowing much about art, are fond of it and encourage its growth. These, I am happy to believe, will feel at home here. Then there are other surprises, those engineers, those directors of journals, those managers of stores, those sea captains, men who startle one by suddenly putting in an appearance and expressing a sincere and hearty desire to join in the festivities. Last of all, there is what is known as the theatrical profession. How many of these will accept my invitation? A rare few, perhaps, but certainly the best. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Prose: non-fiction Literary essays

• Full title: On the Art of the Theatre (Classic Reprint)
• Author: Edward Gordon Craig
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 382
• EAN: 9781330131015
• ISBN: 9781330131015
• ID: 09471444
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Weight: 511 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 16. June 2015

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