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Forty - seven of his servants , employees , and counselors become outlaws , or Ronins , and pledge themselves to avenge him . The official knows of their oath and has himself heavily guarded at all times . For a year the Ronins go about ...
Forty - seven of his servants , employees , and counselors become outlaws , or Ronins , and pledge themselves to avenge him . The official knows of their oath and has himself heavily guarded at all times . For a year the Ronins go about ...
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He had become the most distinguished critic and theorist of the drama since Aristotle , a truly impressive distinction . In 1767 a progressive German National Theatre was founded in the city of Hamburg . Its life was brief , two years ...
He had become the most distinguished critic and theorist of the drama since Aristotle , a truly impressive distinction . In 1767 a progressive German National Theatre was founded in the city of Hamburg . Its life was brief , two years ...
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As production costs have risen staggeringly , the alternatives have become extreme - a play must be a smash hit or fail . There is no room for a modest success playing to houses less than full . One of the principal burdens of cost ...
As production costs have risen staggeringly , the alternatives have become extreme - a play must be a smash hit or fail . There is no room for a modest success playing to houses less than full . One of the principal burdens of cost ...
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Contents
How Drama Was Born | 1 |
The Theatre of Greece | 6 |
Reconstruction of Theatre of Dionysus at Athens | 14 |
Copyright | |
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