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... Elizabethan period , for all its many mediocrities . It held the stage well past the Elizabethan pe- Vandamm Maurice Evans in Hamlet riod proper and Samuel Pepys 116 A Pageant of the Theatre.
... Elizabethan period , for all its many mediocrities . It held the stage well past the Elizabethan pe- Vandamm Maurice Evans in Hamlet riod proper and Samuel Pepys 116 A Pageant of the Theatre.
Page 121
... Elizabethan theatre was a theatre of repertory . Plays were not produced for a long run , then allowed to disappear , as is largely the practice today . They were alternated , turn- ing up from year to year in proportion to their ...
... Elizabethan theatre was a theatre of repertory . Plays were not produced for a long run , then allowed to disappear , as is largely the practice today . They were alternated , turn- ing up from year to year in proportion to their ...
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... Elizabethan drama . According to the rules , all the action of a tragedy , or tragi- comedy ( The Cid was a tragi ... Elizabethans with their blood - and- thunder ! ) . The chief characters had to be either noble or divine . To cap ...
... Elizabethan drama . According to the rules , all the action of a tragedy , or tragi- comedy ( The Cid was a tragi ... Elizabethans with their blood - and- thunder ! ) . The chief characters had to be either noble or divine . To cap ...
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