Belasco.

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  • Source:
    New Republic. 9/16/16, Vol. 8 Issue 98, p155-156. 2p.
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    • Subject Terms:
      BELASCO, David, 1853-1931; DRAMA; PERFORMING arts; THEATER; THEATRICAL producers & directors; ARTS
    • Abstract:
      Profiles David Belasco, who has made a popular success of his profession as producer of plays. Belasco's article on himself in the "Saturday Evening Post"; Belasco's claim that he has always endeavored to be first in the field with plays that are out of the stage's conventional groove, and that at the same time appeal to the public's constantly changing taste; Demonstration of Belasco's attitude toward the public which essentially the attitude of a faker, the patent-medicine man.