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are affected by recent declines in theatre attendance. No longer the only outlet for serious drama or entertaining comedies, theatrical productions must use ticket sales as a source of income, which has caused many of them to reduce the number of new works being produced. For example,
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produced only six plays in the 2002–03 seasons, compared with thirty-one in 1973–74. Playwrights commonly encounter difficulties in getting their shows produced and often cannot earn a living through their plays alone, leading them to take up other jobs to supplement their incomes.
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were based were widely known, plot had to do with the arrangement and selection of existing material. Character was determined by choice and by action. Tragedy is
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of plays (though the individual works were not necessarily connected by story or theme), which usually consisted of three tragedies and one satyr play.
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