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It is with the drama as with plastic art and many other things: the plain / man feels that he has a right to put in his word, but he is rather afraid / that the art is beyond him, and he is frightened by technicalities.
After all, these things are made for the plain man; his applause, in the / long run and duly tested by time, is the main reward of the dramatist as / of the painter or the sculptor. But if he is sensible he knows that his / immediate judgment will be crude. However, here goes.