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... dramatist was the writer of com- edies , Titus Maccius Plautus , born in 254 B.c. As a young man he came to Rome from the province of Umbria . He worked about the theatre , supposedly as an actor , having full oppor- tunity to judge the ...
... dramatist was the writer of com- edies , Titus Maccius Plautus , born in 254 B.c. As a young man he came to Rome from the province of Umbria . He worked about the theatre , supposedly as an actor , having full oppor- tunity to judge the ...
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... dramatist , Jean Giraudoux , wrote a version which he called Amphitryon 38 because he claimed that it was the thirty - eighth adaptation of the story since its origins . Amphitryon 38 was adapted for the American stage by the dramatist ...
... dramatist , Jean Giraudoux , wrote a version which he called Amphitryon 38 because he claimed that it was the thirty - eighth adaptation of the story since its origins . Amphitryon 38 was adapted for the American stage by the dramatist ...
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... dramatist , Henrik Ibsen . Ibsen was born in a small Norwegian town , in 1828 , and in his youth became apprentice to a druggist . After some years at this un- congenial occupation he managed to attend the University of Christiania ...
... dramatist , Henrik Ibsen . Ibsen was born in a small Norwegian town , in 1828 , and in his youth became apprentice to a druggist . After some years at this un- congenial occupation he managed to attend the University of Christiania ...
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