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Edmund Fuller. audience for applause in a manner which would probably be rather annoying to modern audiences . In the Asinaria , or Comedy of Asses , the Prologue begins : " Kindly give us your entire attention now , spectators : I heart ...
Edmund Fuller. audience for applause in a manner which would probably be rather annoying to modern audiences . In the Asinaria , or Comedy of Asses , the Prologue begins : " Kindly give us your entire attention now , spectators : I heart ...
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... audience that his body is being carried away by four bearers ! The Chinese audience loves acting . Acting is the greatest attraction of their stage . They know precisely what is to be expected of any actor in a particular ...
... audience that his body is being carried away by four bearers ! The Chinese audience loves acting . Acting is the greatest attraction of their stage . They know precisely what is to be expected of any actor in a particular ...
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... audience on either side . Farther back , within a sort of proscenium , was the inner stage , across which a curtain could be drawn in order that scenes or persons might be " discovered , " or put in prepara- tion while action progressed ...
... audience on either side . Farther back , within a sort of proscenium , was the inner stage , across which a curtain could be drawn in order that scenes or persons might be " discovered , " or put in prepara- tion while action progressed ...
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