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Chapter 12 Theatre Comes to America By the Old American Company . On Wednesday Evening , the 30th of November , will be performed , A COMEDY , of Shakespear's , CALLED , THE Merchant of Venice . Mr. HEN Mr. HA Mr. BIDD Shylock ...
Chapter 12 Theatre Comes to America By the Old American Company . On Wednesday Evening , the 30th of November , will be performed , A COMEDY , of Shakespear's , CALLED , THE Merchant of Venice . Mr. HEN Mr. HA Mr. BIDD Shylock ...
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The Contrast was actually the second play by a native American to be performed professionally . The first , a few years earlier , had been The Prince of Parthia by Thomas Godfrey , but it is not a work of lasting merit .
The Contrast was actually the second play by a native American to be performed professionally . The first , a few years earlier , had been The Prince of Parthia by Thomas Godfrey , but it is not a work of lasting merit .
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The latter part of the nineteenth century in America presents a theatrical panorama getting hopelessly beyond our ability ... New playwrights began to bring our drama step by step closer to the present - day standard in which American ...
The latter part of the nineteenth century in America presents a theatrical panorama getting hopelessly beyond our ability ... New playwrights began to bring our drama step by step closer to the present - day standard in which American ...
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How Drama Was Born | 1 |
The Theatre of Greece | 6 |
Reconstruction of Theatre of Dionysus at Athens | 14 |
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