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He even undertook French adaptations of Shakespeare in which he tried vainly to break that giant to fit the narrow frame of French style , much like the mythical Procrustes who chopped off or stretched out all guests to fit his bed ...
He even undertook French adaptations of Shakespeare in which he tried vainly to break that giant to fit the narrow frame of French style , much like the mythical Procrustes who chopped off or stretched out all guests to fit his bed ...
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After Beaumarchais comes a long period of relative decline in the French theatre , in the sense that no new , distinguished drama was created for some time . French acting and production techniques flourished , but it will not be until ...
After Beaumarchais comes a long period of relative decline in the French theatre , in the sense that no new , distinguished drama was created for some time . French acting and production techniques flourished , but it will not be until ...
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The French theatre struck a vein of romanticism that led to a remarkably large number of its successful plays being transmuted into some of the most popular tragic grand operas . The two Alexandre Dumases , father and son , known to the ...
The French theatre struck a vein of romanticism that led to a remarkably large number of its successful plays being transmuted into some of the most popular tragic grand operas . The two Alexandre Dumases , father and son , known to the ...
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Contents
How Drama Was Born | 1 |
The Theatre of Greece | 6 |
Reconstruction of Theatre of Dionysus at Athens | 14 |
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