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The skene became a standard background . As the stories of the plays became more complicated and the actors increased in number it was felt that some place of prominence should be provided so that the actors might be seen and heard to ...
The skene became a standard background . As the stories of the plays became more complicated and the actors increased in number it was felt that some place of prominence should be provided so that the actors might be seen and heard to ...
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Such simple additions to the liturgy , or order of worship , were the beginning of the new birth of the drama . They were well liked and spread throughout Europe . Such miniature plays , which soon became more than pure pantomime ...
Such simple additions to the liturgy , or order of worship , were the beginning of the new birth of the drama . They were well liked and spread throughout Europe . Such miniature plays , which soon became more than pure pantomime ...
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His play , La Tosca , a romantic melodrama , became the basis of the vastly popular opera by Puccini . Sardou , and to some extent Scribe , became identified with the phrase " the well - made play , ” used disparagingly to suggest a ...
His play , La Tosca , a romantic melodrama , became the basis of the vastly popular opera by Puccini . Sardou , and to some extent Scribe , became identified with the phrase " the well - made play , ” used disparagingly to suggest a ...
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Contents
How Drama Was Born | 1 |
The Theatre of Greece | 6 |
Reconstruction of Theatre of Dionysus at Athens | 14 |
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