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... Roman audience were tremendous spectacle and violence . Uniquely Roman entertainment seldom amounted to much else . The spirit of the Rose Bowl Tournament on New Year's Day is quite like that of a Roman game day , insofar as it consists ...
... Roman audience were tremendous spectacle and violence . Uniquely Roman entertainment seldom amounted to much else . The spirit of the Rose Bowl Tournament on New Year's Day is quite like that of a Roman game day , insofar as it consists ...
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... Roman drama , in addition to owing all its inspiration to the Greeks , suffered from the Roman taste for bigness . To the average Roman citizen quantity was more impressive than quality . Parades and triumphal marches crept into stage ...
... Roman drama , in addition to owing all its inspiration to the Greeks , suffered from the Roman taste for bigness . To the average Roman citizen quantity was more impressive than quality . Parades and triumphal marches crept into stage ...
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... Roman writers sometimes speak of the curtain being down while the play was going on . From this , and from slots which can be seen in the ruins of some Roman theatres , it seems that the Roman curtain was pulled up from a roller to shut ...
... Roman writers sometimes speak of the curtain being down while the play was going on . From this , and from slots which can be seen in the ruins of some Roman theatres , it seems that the Roman curtain was pulled up from a roller to shut ...
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How Drama Was Born | 1 |
The Theatre of Greece | 6 |
Roman Spectacle | 33 |
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