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... beginning , for this entertainment does not have a clearly defined beginning such as we would expect . It is like a long loaf of bread and you can slice a piece out of it any- where . The show starts in the afternoon and rambles on ...
... beginning , for this entertainment does not have a clearly defined beginning such as we would expect . It is like a long loaf of bread and you can slice a piece out of it any- where . The show starts in the afternoon and rambles on ...
Page 105
... beginning of the decline of the Gelosi . Giovanni Battista Andreini , their son , became director of another famous company , the Fedeli . His was a typical minor Renaissance career . He led a wild , immoral life and created many bawdy ...
... beginning of the decline of the Gelosi . Giovanni Battista Andreini , their son , became director of another famous company , the Fedeli . His was a typical minor Renaissance career . He led a wild , immoral life and created many bawdy ...
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... beginning to stir in spite of the fierce opposition . Strictures of the law were evaded by cloaking all plays , of whatever topic , under the name of " lectures , " as they had been called " concerts " in England at the beginning of ...
... beginning to stir in spite of the fierce opposition . Strictures of the law were evaded by cloaking all plays , of whatever topic , under the name of " lectures , " as they had been called " concerts " in England at the beginning of ...
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How Drama Was Born | 1 |
The Theatre of Greece | 6 |
Roman Spectacle | 33 |
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