George Pierce
George Pierce
amtrak leave problem supposed
We were supposed to leave on the Amtrak Crescent to New Orleans, but we have a little problem down there.
cleaned maria needs santa trash
It needs to be cleaned up. We want it to look like the Santa Maria Cemetery. The trash needs to be cleaned up.
hide kids
It is not the end of the world. Don't try to hide it from the kids or the spouse.
accidents few quite slow
There are quite a few accidents at this intersection. We think it will slow down some of the kids.
attains conduct dramatic human pleases reach revelation
When the drama attains a characterization which makes the play a revelation of human conduct and a dialogue which characterizes yet pleases for itself, we reach dramatic literature.
broader next shaped standards turn
Out of the past come the standards for judging the present; standards in turn to be shaped by the practice of present-day dramatists into broader standards for the next generation.
acted requires
Acted drama requires surrender of one's self, sympathetic absorption in the play as it develops.
ages barbarism essence
Back through the ages of barbarism and civilization, in all tongues, we find this instinctive pleasure in the imitative action that is the very essence of all drama.
appeal best encourage foster limit poorest thereby weakest
We do not kill the drama, we do not really limit its appeal by failing to encourage the best in it; but we do thereby foster the weakest and poorest elements.
entirely great however stage
No drama, however great, is entirely independent of the stage on which it is given.