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“ There is a mighty Being who rules these things . Now He is kind to us . ... It is a great thing which we have witnessed in this weird , terrifying , pre - historic setting . We have seen the birth of the theatre .
“ There is a mighty Being who rules these things . Now He is kind to us . ... It is a great thing which we have witnessed in this weird , terrifying , pre - historic setting . We have seen the birth of the theatre .
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That such a thing could be puzzling seems strange to those of us who are accustomed to men pretending to be other than themselves . But to the primitive mind it was a thing of magic . Accustomed as we are to the practice of “ acting ...
That such a thing could be puzzling seems strange to those of us who are accustomed to men pretending to be other than themselves . But to the primitive mind it was a thing of magic . Accustomed as we are to the practice of “ acting ...
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This lets us know , now that we have the key to the whole thing , that this is someone who has died and has returned to make an appearance . This might be the ghost of Hamlet's father , whom we most certainly would not see in our home ...
This lets us know , now that we have the key to the whole thing , that this is someone who has died and has returned to make an appearance . This might be the ghost of Hamlet's father , whom we most certainly would not see in our home ...
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