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... began to look about more confidently , to venture afield from small places , to try new ways of doing practical things , to invent new things to do , to express themselves with a renewed and growing confidence in humanity . Streams of ...
... began to look about more confidently , to venture afield from small places , to try new ways of doing practical things , to invent new things to do , to express themselves with a renewed and growing confidence in humanity . Streams of ...
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... began to shift away from Mediterranean states to the Atlantic seaboard of Europe . The currents of new thought and science began to flow strongly in France and Eng- land . In 1517 the Protestant Reformation , led by the German priest ...
... began to shift away from Mediterranean states to the Atlantic seaboard of Europe . The currents of new thought and science began to flow strongly in France and Eng- land . In 1517 the Protestant Reformation , led by the German priest ...
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... began in the streets and was later taken indoors , called even into the court theatres that needed its gusty life . The commedia began to flourish around 1560. Earlier we called it a descendant of the Roman comedies , especially of the ...
... began in the streets and was later taken indoors , called even into the court theatres that needed its gusty life . The commedia began to flourish around 1560. Earlier we called it a descendant of the Roman comedies , especially of the ...
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How Drama Was Born | 1 |
The Theatre of Greece | 6 |
Roman Spectacle | 33 |
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