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... France for that matter , in the first half of the seventeenth century . You may see a re - creation of the preparations just described , and also the beginning of an ac- tual performance , if you see or read the first scene of Edmond ...
... France for that matter , in the first half of the seventeenth century . You may see a re - creation of the preparations just described , and also the beginning of an ac- tual performance , if you see or read the first scene of Edmond ...
Page 141
... France , except the Bourgogne . The shape of the courts , with their boxes for spectators , was easily adaptable to theatrical purposes by the building of a shelflike stage across one end . In 1636 the Théâtre du Marais excited Paris ...
... France , except the Bourgogne . The shape of the courts , with their boxes for spectators , was easily adaptable to theatrical purposes by the building of a shelflike stage across one end . In 1636 the Théâtre du Marais excited Paris ...
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... 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 . Some of the ...
... 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 . Some of the ...
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