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... career was triumph upon triumph . By the king's favor he inherited Richelieu's beautiful little theatre in what was now called the Palais Royal . In time his company supplanted the Hôtel de Bourgogne as the King's Troupe . Richelieu's ...
... career was triumph upon triumph . By the king's favor he inherited Richelieu's beautiful little theatre in what was now called the Palais Royal . In time his company supplanted the Hôtel de Bourgogne as the King's Troupe . Richelieu's ...
Page 168
... career ] ; and what is most wonderful of all that can be said on the subject , every one of them have I seen acted or heard of their being so from those that have seen them ; and though there have been many that have attempted the same ...
... career ] ; and what is most wonderful of all that can be said on the subject , every one of them have I seen acted or heard of their being so from those that have seen them ; and though there have been many that have attempted the same ...
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... career , for all his efforts to adapt him- self to it . He had a habit of writing in his spare time and it soon developed that this interfered with his duties . He was ordered curtly to cease his literary activities . When he failed to ...
... career , for all his efforts to adapt him- self to it . He had a habit of writing in his spare time and it soon developed that this interfered with his duties . He was ordered curtly to cease his literary activities . When he failed to ...
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How Drama Was Born | 1 |
The Theatre of Greece | 6 |
Roman Spectacle | 33 |
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