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... characters ! It looks like something from the Mardi Gras , or a New Year's Day parade in Chinatown . As the characters are not at all realistic in costume and make - up we can't expect to recognize them , in the ordinary sense , as ...
... characters ! It looks like something from the Mardi Gras , or a New Year's Day parade in Chinatown . As the characters are not at all realistic in costume and make - up we can't expect to recognize them , in the ordinary sense , as ...
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... characters , all of whom would have their distinguishing marks . Divine characters , such as the gods who frequented the Greek stage , would have gilded faces . The dead person might sometimes have worn a black veil , which would have ...
... characters , all of whom would have their distinguishing marks . Divine characters , such as the gods who frequented the Greek stage , would have gilded faces . The dead person might sometimes have worn a black veil , which would have ...
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... characters : " Nothing is too ridiculous for those whom bigotry has brutalized . " The play was first put on at the ... character of ' Mary ' outshone Mrs. Wood in ' Isabella . ' " John Howard Payne was a writer , composer , and ...
... characters : " Nothing is too ridiculous for those whom bigotry has brutalized . " The play was first put on at the ... character of ' Mary ' outshone Mrs. Wood in ' Isabella . ' " John Howard Payne was a writer , composer , and ...
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