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... York and Chester cycles have been given splendid revivals in recent years . One of England's leading com- posers , Benjamin Britten , has composed a simple folk opera , Noye's Fludde , based on the Noah play in the Chester cycle , which ...
... York and Chester cycles have been given splendid revivals in recent years . One of England's leading com- posers , Benjamin Britten , has composed a simple folk opera , Noye's Fludde , based on the Noah play in the Chester cycle , which ...
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... York , sandwiched between these two mutually suspicious pious groups , was not an ideal place for a beginning . The Virginia venture came about because an English actor- manager , William Hallam , had undergone some severe financial ...
... York , sandwiched between these two mutually suspicious pious groups , was not an ideal place for a beginning . The Virginia venture came about because an English actor- manager , William Hallam , had undergone some severe financial ...
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... York , where they opened a theatre on Nassau Street in what is now the modern financial district . There were hostility and opposition to this move from neighboring New England which felt the devil's minions were encroaching on its ...
... York , where they opened a theatre on Nassau Street in what is now the modern financial district . There were hostility and opposition to this move from neighboring New England which felt the devil's minions were encroaching on its ...
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