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... audience for applause in a manner which has perhaps been carried to its height before modern television studio audiences . Perhaps it seemed as offensive to some , then , as it does now . In the Asinaria , or Comedy of Asses , the ...
... audience for applause in a manner which has perhaps been carried to its height before modern television studio audiences . Perhaps it seemed as offensive to some , then , as it does now . In the Asinaria , or Comedy of Asses , the ...
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... audience is being rude . This kind of theatre does not require the steady attention we give to a Western play . You can look and listen when you feel like it , then turn away to talk and eat . It is all the same . The performance will ...
... audience is being rude . This kind of theatre does not require the steady attention we give to a Western play . You can look and listen when you feel like it , then turn away to talk and eat . It is all the same . The performance will ...
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... audience . When the comedy begins we find that the appeal lies not in the trappings but in the action . Before the responsive , happy crowd gathered about this crude stage , a rough - and - tumble comedy , scandalous and impertinent ...
... audience . When the comedy begins we find that the appeal lies not in the trappings but in the action . Before the responsive , happy crowd gathered about this crude stage , a rough - and - tumble comedy , scandalous and impertinent ...
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How Drama Was Born | 1 |
The Theatre of Greece | 6 |
Roman Spectacle | 33 |
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