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... seems to stop . It is an apparently endless suc- cession of short plays . One set of actors comes on - stage as soon as another has left . Even if we could understand the language it would be difficult , at first , for us to follow the ...
... seems to stop . It is an apparently endless suc- cession of short plays . One set of actors comes on - stage as soon as another has left . Even if we could understand the language it would be difficult , at first , for us to follow the ...
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... seems to be no question but that Shakespeare achieved immediate success as the most popular playwright of his time . Richard Burbage , the outstanding actor of the period , created most of the great Shakespearean male rôles , such as ...
... seems to be no question but that Shakespeare achieved immediate success as the most popular playwright of his time . Richard Burbage , the outstanding actor of the period , created most of the great Shakespearean male rôles , such as ...
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... seems to crop up , wherever we turn , as a digger - up of unusual and worth - while plays . DWARFS , DRAGONS ... seem with- out melody . But this is a mistake , for indeed they contain some of the mightiest , noblest music ever written ...
... seems to crop up , wherever we turn , as a digger - up of unusual and worth - while plays . DWARFS , DRAGONS ... seem with- out melody . But this is a mistake , for indeed they contain some of the mightiest , noblest music ever written ...
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