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... effects . Sometimes comic in- terludes were played between the Nohs , to break up the emotional strain of the ... effect rather than to tell a story or profoundly stir the ordinary emotions . One must be a connoisseur , a student ...
... effects . Sometimes comic in- terludes were played between the Nohs , to break up the emotional strain of the ... effect rather than to tell a story or profoundly stir the ordinary emotions . One must be a connoisseur , a student ...
Page 69
... effects of the Middle Ages . But there are yet more splendors . The Flood descends upon the World with such a vivid and convincing effect that many nearby spectators are drenched ! The Ark floats off with a motley cargo . Judas hangs ...
... effects of the Middle Ages . But there are yet more splendors . The Flood descends upon the World with such a vivid and convincing effect that many nearby spectators are drenched ! The Ark floats off with a motley cargo . Judas hangs ...
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... effect . He had three of these , which he liked to call his short pause , his long pause , and his grand pause . It is said that one night when he was applying the latter to its best effect , a stupid prompter repeatedly threw the line ...
... effect . He had three of these , which he liked to call his short pause , his long pause , and his grand pause . It is said that one night when he was applying the latter to its best effect , a stupid prompter repeatedly threw the line ...
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