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This is the Hôtel de Bourgogne , the first , and for many years the best , theatre in Paris , or in all of France for that matter , in the first half of the seventeenth century . You may see a re - creation of the preparations just ...
This is the Hôtel de Bourgogne , the first , and for many years the best , theatre in Paris , or in all of France for that matter , in the first half of the seventeenth century . You may see a re - creation of the preparations just ...
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The theatre in which Corneille launched his career was a converted indoor tennis court , as were many of the early theatres of France , except the Bourgogne . The shape of the courts , with their boxes for spectators , was easily ...
The theatre in which Corneille launched his career was a converted indoor tennis court , as were many of the early theatres of France , except the Bourgogne . The shape of the courts , with their boxes for spectators , was easily ...
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In France Émile Zola wrote realistic novels and dramas . He probed into pockets of suffering , oppression , and brutality in such novels as Thérèse Raquin , L'Assommoir ( The Bludgeon ) , and Le Débâcle , and several plays .
In France Émile Zola wrote realistic novels and dramas . He probed into pockets of suffering , oppression , and brutality in such novels as Thérèse Raquin , L'Assommoir ( The Bludgeon ) , and Le Débâcle , and several plays .
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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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