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... actually a rebirth in the sense of the Italian culture which sprang up directly upon the ruins of Rome . This was really the time when England first realized her powers and potential splendors as a nation . As we mentioned in the last ...
... actually a rebirth in the sense of the Italian culture which sprang up directly upon the ruins of Rome . This was really the time when England first realized her powers and potential splendors as a nation . As we mentioned in the last ...
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... actually the nephew of the Sultan Saladin . Thus it is found that the supposedly divided groups of Christians , Moslems , and Jews are closely bound by ties of blood and gratitude . The play ends on a note of broad racial and religious ...
... actually the nephew of the Sultan Saladin . Thus it is found that the supposedly divided groups of Christians , Moslems , and Jews are closely bound by ties of blood and gratitude . The play ends on a note of broad racial and religious ...
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... Actually they are addenda , additional reflections on the ideas that had been the conception of the play , but not to read them is to miss an im- portant facet of his work . Shaw was almost ninety - five years old when he died in 1950 ...
... Actually they are addenda , additional reflections on the ideas that had been the conception of the play , but not to read them is to miss an im- portant facet of his work . Shaw was almost ninety - five years old when he died in 1950 ...
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How Drama Was Born | 1 |
The Theatre of Greece | 6 |
Roman Spectacle | 33 |
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