Dramatic Technique by George Pierce BakerArt & Life, Vol. 11, No. 4 (Oct., 1919)Published by:Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20543098 .

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ome to find place in every library which pretends a representation in the field of drama literature. In Dramatic Tech nique Professor Baker has divided his themes into ten, parts, each one carrying the reader through such phases as, Tech nique in Drama, the Drama as an Inde pendent Art, the Essentials of Drama, From Subject to Plot. Clearing the

Way-Story-Clearness Through Wise Selection, Proportioning the Materials Number and Length of Acts. Under the caption Arranging Material the sixth chapter deals with Clearness, Emphasis,

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