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Page 69
... Actually this crucifixion was a strenuous ordeal from which the actor might faint , under the strain of the ingenious metal brackets which held him to the Cross . A tremendous cast takes part in the performance . A great deal of money ...
... Actually this crucifixion was a strenuous ordeal from which the actor might faint , under the strain of the ingenious metal brackets which held him to the Cross . A tremendous cast takes part in the performance . A great deal of money ...
Page 115
... actually a rebirth in the sense of the Italian culture which sprang up upon the ruins of Rome , for actually this was the time when England first realized her powers and splendors as a nation . It had required , as we mentioned in the ...
... actually a rebirth in the sense of the Italian culture which sprang up upon the ruins of Rome , for actually this was the time when England first realized her powers and splendors as a nation . It had required , as we mentioned in the ...
Page 246
... actually made little or no impression on our stage . The new life that was to come into the theatre in the latter part of the nineteenth century came , instead , from the far - reaching social and eco- nomic conditions growing out of ...
... actually made little or no impression on our stage . The new life that was to come into the theatre in the latter part of the nineteenth century came , instead , from the far - reaching social and eco- nomic conditions growing out of ...
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