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... stories from childhood and could understand the playwright when he used only such parts as seemed to him to be important . In the same way , any one of us , attending a Passion Play , is thoroughly familiar with the full meaning of the ...
... stories from childhood and could understand the playwright when he used only such parts as seemed to him to be important . In the same way , any one of us , attending a Passion Play , is thoroughly familiar with the full meaning of the ...
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... story . Here the Romans managed to pick up the thread where the Greeks had dropped it . Roman comedy began with ... stories through movement , were called pantomimi , which is the source of our word pantomime . Troupes of ...
... story . Here the Romans managed to pick up the thread where the Greeks had dropped it . Roman comedy began with ... stories through movement , were called pantomimi , which is the source of our word pantomime . Troupes of ...
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... stories of the plays themselves might just as well have been laid in Graustark or any other imaginary kingdom . William Gillette's time - worn melodrama , Secret Service , is a good example . It is the well - known formula story ...
... stories of the plays themselves might just as well have been laid in Graustark or any other imaginary kingdom . William Gillette's time - worn melodrama , Secret Service , is a good example . It is the well - known formula story ...
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The Theatres of China Japan | 43 |
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