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The simple humanity of Everyman has not lost its force in many centuries , nor will it do so in all that may come , for Everyman still awaits his final ... In the sixteenth century a device called the Interlude was introduced .
The simple humanity of Everyman has not lost its force in many centuries , nor will it do so in all that may come , for Everyman still awaits his final ... In the sixteenth century a device called the Interlude was introduced .
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The story of The Cid ( from the Arabic “ el seyd , ” the lord ) was taken from a heroic legend of Spain in the eleventh century , which found an early form in the Poema del Cid of the twelfth century , and many works after it .
The story of The Cid ( from the Arabic “ el seyd , ” the lord ) was taken from a heroic legend of Spain in the eleventh century , which found an early form in the Poema del Cid of the twelfth century , and many works after it .
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The latter part of the nineteenth century in America presents a theatrical panorama getting hopelessly beyond our ability to keep up with its details . New playwrights began to bring our drama step by step closer to the present - day ...
The latter part of the nineteenth century in America presents a theatrical panorama getting hopelessly beyond our ability to keep up with its details . New playwrights began to bring our drama step by step closer to the present - day ...
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How Drama Was Born | 1 |
The Theatre of Greece | 6 |
Reconstruction of Theatre of Dionysus at Athens | 14 |
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