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... centuries ' standing . Ever since the Seventeenth Century the town of Oberam- mergau , in Germany , has held its traditional Passion Play to which people flock from all over the world . Originally 90 A Pageant of the Theatre.
... centuries ' standing . Ever since the Seventeenth Century the town of Oberam- mergau , in Germany , has held its traditional Passion Play to which people flock from all over the world . Originally 90 A Pageant of the Theatre.
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... Century drama . He began his career in the fa- miliar vein of the Restoration , then bowed for some time to the reform agitations and wrote several " compromise " plays which did not offend the reformers . He wound up his career with ...
... Century drama . He began his career in the fa- miliar vein of the Restoration , then bowed for some time to the reform agitations and wrote several " compromise " plays which did not offend the reformers . He wound up his career with ...
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... Century writers , was to be carried to sickeningly sweet ex- tremes . The first of the Eighteenth Century playwrights , profes- sional playwrights again , is kindly , soft - spoken Oliver Gold- smith . Goldsmith , like some of our ...
... Century writers , was to be carried to sickeningly sweet ex- tremes . The first of the Eighteenth Century playwrights , profes- sional playwrights again , is kindly , soft - spoken Oliver Gold- smith . Goldsmith , like some of our ...
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