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... religious matters closer to the people , that they should soon begin to be written in the various local dialects of the common peo- ple . Their purpose might be summed up as religious educa- tion , their playwrights were priests . A new ...
... religious matters closer to the people , that they should soon begin to be written in the various local dialects of the common peo- ple . Their purpose might be summed up as religious educa- tion , their playwrights were priests . A new ...
Page 77
... religious plays had long since become matters of tradition , with differ- ent versions in different localities . The religious dramas are commonly spoken of as miracle , or mystery plays . Actually the two terms are practically the same ...
... religious plays had long since become matters of tradition , with differ- ent versions in different localities . The religious dramas are commonly spoken of as miracle , or mystery plays . Actually the two terms are practically the same ...
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... religious stage carried over into the later non - religious theatre and distressed many discrimi- nating men . It is in criticism of the style of acting common to the mystery plays that Shakespeare , in Hamlet's speech to the Players ...
... religious stage carried over into the later non - religious theatre and distressed many discrimi- nating men . It is in criticism of the style of acting common to the mystery plays that Shakespeare , in Hamlet's speech to the Players ...
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