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... followed him , were not to be silenced . The theatre of classic revival in the French style was on its last legs . It was not long before Lessing had followed the serious Miss Sara Sampson with a charming and popular comedy , Minna von ...
... followed him , were not to be silenced . The theatre of classic revival in the French style was on its last legs . It was not long before Lessing had followed the serious Miss Sara Sampson with a charming and popular comedy , Minna von ...
Page 194
... followed , rather than shaped the trend . How well he knew the measure of the age is shown in his own critical writings . He put his finger on the weak spot of the drama , pointing out that re- finement had been gained at the cost of ...
... followed , rather than shaped the trend . How well he knew the measure of the age is shown in his own critical writings . He put his finger on the weak spot of the drama , pointing out that re- finement had been gained at the cost of ...
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... followed his still greater son , Edwin Booth , king of the American stage in his day , a tragic figure whose brilliant career was shadowed and whose life was stalked by the crime of his talented but irrational brother , the actor John ...
... followed his still greater son , Edwin Booth , king of the American stage in his day , a tragic figure whose brilliant career was shadowed and whose life was stalked by the crime of his talented but irrational brother , the actor John ...
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