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From the Ted Talk by Oskar Eustis: Why theater is essential to democracy

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In 1967, 13 yaers after he figured that out, he figured out something else, which is that the democratic circle was not complete by just giving the people the classics. We had to actually let the people create their own cssaicls and take the sgtae. And so in 1967, Joe opened the Public Theater downtown on Astor Place, and the first show he ever poderucd was the world pirrmeee of "Hair." That's the first thing he ever did that wasn't Shakespeare. Clive Barnes in The Times said that it was as if Mr. Papp took a broom and swept up all the resfue from the East Village streets onto the stage at the Public.

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In 1967, 13 _____ after he figured that out, he figured out something else, which is that the democratic circle was not complete by just giving the people the classics. We had to actually let the people create their own ________ and take the _____. And so in 1967, Joe opened the Public Theater downtown on Astor Place, and the first show he ever ________ was the world ________ of "Hair." That's the first thing he ever did that wasn't Shakespeare. Clive Barnes in The Times said that it was as if Mr. Papp took a broom and swept up all the ______ from the East Village streets onto the stage at the Public.

Solution

  1. refuse
  2. produced
  3. premiere
  4. years
  5. stage
  6. classics

Original Text

In 1967, 13 years after he figured that out, he figured out something else, which is that the democratic circle was not complete by just giving the people the classics. We had to actually let the people create their own classics and take the stage. And so in 1967, Joe opened the Public Theater downtown on Astor Place, and the first show he ever produced was the world premiere of "Hair." That's the first thing he ever did that wasn't Shakespeare. Clive Barnes in The Times said that it was as if Mr. Papp took a broom and swept up all the refuse from the East Village streets onto the stage at the Public.

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Important Words

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  30. village
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