Word: vemacular
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...that repeated Shakespeare or other European imports were very popular. Yet, says Berlin, these were only "escapist, money-making entertainment," yet to be considered art. Making that leap to original art was the accomplishment of O'Neill and his amateur theater group, the Provincetown Players. Also credited with bringing vemacular to the American stage, he set many of his plays in backgrounds that demanded specific U.S. regional dialects. His ease with language, his imaginative use of sound, light and gesture, his bold experimentation with expressionism and realism and his personal, emotional appeal made American theater a serious endeavor...
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