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An Analysis Of Stage Door

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The recent production of stage door by the Clements theatre is about a group of actresses in New York who live under one roof. Many of these players are broke only making enough money to pay their rent and for some basic food. Later in the play one of the actresses kills herself as she has no one to go back to and is in dept. this shocks all the actresses. A year passes and some of the actresses get opportunity to go to Hollywood but ultimately most stay for the love of theater claiming the stage to be the “illegitimate son of the stage” The best part of stage door is defiantly the acting. However one character stands out among the lot this character is terry. Among the chaos that is having 16 actresses under one roof terry sticks to her

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