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We do not go (to the theatre) like our ancestors to escape from the pressure of reality so much as to confirm our experience of it.
We do not go (to the theatre) like our ancestors to escape from the pressure of reality so much as to confirm our experience of it.
Approximate author period: c. 1804 AD · industrial
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- Charles Lamb
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- Approximate author period: c. 1804 AD · industrial
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