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... French dramatists , writing in the serious vein , to enable them to cast off such nonsensical rules . They wrote for too limited an audience , in the main , and the standards of taste under Louis the Thirteenth , Fourteenth , and ...
... French dramatists , writing in the serious vein , to enable them to cast off such nonsensical rules . They wrote for too limited an audience , in the main , and the standards of taste under Louis the Thirteenth , Fourteenth , and ...
Page 137
... French temperament , threw in an added love interest between Hippolytus and a captive princess . Like all of ... French stage and many French actresses have made triumphs as his talkative heroines . In spite of their home popularity ...
... French temperament , threw in an added love interest between Hippolytus and a captive princess . Like all of ... French stage and many French actresses have made triumphs as his talkative heroines . In spite of their home popularity ...
Page 193
... French standard . Fortunately , English common sense was too strong , even among the court set , to allow the French influence to get any real foothold . The plays of the rugged Elizabethans continued to hold the stage . Shakespeare was ...
... French standard . Fortunately , English common sense was too strong , even among the court set , to allow the French influence to get any real foothold . The plays of the rugged Elizabethans continued to hold the stage . Shakespeare was ...
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