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Edmund Fuller. Chapter 1 How Drama Was Born A ROARING FIRE blazes in the night . In the vast blackness primitive men and women huddle in a ring within the circle of light and warmth . They are grateful for this fire , one of the most ...
Edmund Fuller. Chapter 1 How Drama Was Born A ROARING FIRE blazes in the night . In the vast blackness primitive men and women huddle in a ring within the circle of light and warmth . They are grateful for this fire , one of the most ...
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... born of this as men re - enacted the legends and tra- ditions of their ancestors . This was the only way , for ages before writing was invented , that man communicated his heritage of knowledge and lore from generation to generation ...
... born of this as men re - enacted the legends and tra- ditions of their ancestors . This was the only way , for ages before writing was invented , that man communicated his heritage of knowledge and lore from generation to generation ...
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... born in Dublin , esthete , poseur , poet , novelist , and wit , wrote the sprightliest comedies of manners since Sheridan , in such still popular plays as The Importance of Being Earnest , Lady Windermere's Fan , An Ideal Husband , and ...
... born in Dublin , esthete , poseur , poet , novelist , and wit , wrote the sprightliest comedies of manners since Sheridan , in such still popular plays as The Importance of Being Earnest , Lady Windermere's Fan , An Ideal Husband , and ...
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How Drama Was Born | 1 |
The Theatre of Greece | 6 |
Roman Spectacle | 33 |
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