Ross: Many governments have attempted to regulate strictly or even outlaw theater because of its subversive power. Such strategies have rarely succeeded, probably because people strongly desire theater for entertainment and dramatists always find subtle ways to criticize authorities who treat them harshly. Thus, since dramatists will not criticize governments of which public is to make dramatists and performers honored employees of the government.
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