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... Shakespeare , who stands as the greatest playwright in the English , and any other , language , was born in April 1564 , at Stratford - on - Avon . The Shakespeares and his mother's family , the Ardens , were old and honest names on the ...
... Shakespeare , who stands as the greatest playwright in the English , and any other , language , was born in April 1564 , at Stratford - on - Avon . The Shakespeares and his mother's family , the Ardens , were old and honest names on the ...
Page 131
... Shakespeare caught the height of self - destroying yet wildly splendid passion in his Cleopatra . Hamlet is a work ... Shakespeare's audiences Hamlet was one of their chief de- lights , a revenge play like Kyd's Spanish Tragedy , bathing ...
... Shakespeare caught the height of self - destroying yet wildly splendid passion in his Cleopatra . Hamlet is a work ... Shakespeare's audiences Hamlet was one of their chief de- lights , a revenge play like Kyd's Spanish Tragedy , bathing ...
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... Shakespeare , yet in whatever media he is cast , it is the stage with the living presence of the actor that is his supreme domain . The principal commercial theatres of New York and London see a pro- cession of productions . Regular ...
... Shakespeare , yet in whatever media he is cast , it is the stage with the living presence of the actor that is his supreme domain . The principal commercial theatres of New York and London see a pro- cession of productions . Regular ...
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How Drama Was Born | 1 |
The Theatre of Greece | 6 |
Roman Spectacle | 33 |
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