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... developed , step by step , precisely in keeping with the growing needs of the drama . First seats were placed in the amphitheatres . Then these grew into stadiums , many tiers in height , sloping toward a paved dancing - circle with an ...
... developed , step by step , precisely in keeping with the growing needs of the drama . First seats were placed in the amphitheatres . Then these grew into stadiums , many tiers in height , sloping toward a paved dancing - circle with an ...
Page 169
... developed in the fourteenth cen- tury , was the expression of the growing burgher , or citizen , class of the Renaissance . The burghers were the merchants , tradesmen , and skilled artisans who were becoming increas- ingly The Theatre ...
... developed in the fourteenth cen- tury , was the expression of the growing burgher , or citizen , class of the Renaissance . The burghers were the merchants , tradesmen , and skilled artisans who were becoming increas- ingly The Theatre ...
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... developed a lively interest in the drama . He wrote a play , The Modest Soldier , which was accepted but never produced for it lacked a part suitable to the manager's wife . Dunlap took his cue from this experience and forever ...
... developed a lively interest in the drama . He wrote a play , The Modest Soldier , which was accepted but never produced for it lacked a part suitable to the manager's wife . Dunlap took his cue from this experience and forever ...
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