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The year 1593 was a tense one in English politics . Elizabeth was watchfully suspicious of conspirators . Heresy in religious doctrine was a charge conveniently used to cloak a variety of suspicions and many persons were imprisoned or ...
The year 1593 was a tense one in English politics . Elizabeth was watchfully suspicious of conspirators . Heresy in religious doctrine was a charge conveniently used to cloak a variety of suspicions and many persons were imprisoned or ...
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The English calmly , but surely a little tensely , awaited it on what Shakespeare called This fortress built by Nature for herself This precious stone set in the silver sea , Which serves it in the office of a wall , Or as a moat ...
The English calmly , but surely a little tensely , awaited it on what Shakespeare called This fortress built by Nature for herself This precious stone set in the silver sea , Which serves it in the office of a wall , Or as a moat ...
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The father's sheer bulk of output was amazing and he is remembered best in English for the series of romantic novels beginning with The Three Musketeers . His plays , which included Henry III , Charles VII , and Antony , followed close ...
The father's sheer bulk of output was amazing and he is remembered best in English for the series of romantic novels beginning with The Three Musketeers . His plays , which included Henry III , Charles VII , and Antony , followed close ...
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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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