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... characters ! It looks like a scene of the Mardi Gras or a Chinese New Year's Day parade . Costumes and make - up are ... character has long strips of paper hanging from his right car . Now that we have the key to the whole thing we know ...
... characters ! It looks like a scene of the Mardi Gras or a Chinese New Year's Day parade . Costumes and make - up are ... character has long strips of paper hanging from his right car . Now that we have the key to the whole thing we know ...
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... character . Like many of these amateur plays , it drew caricatures which the audience could recognize readily . The title identifies the play as a satire on man- ners and the character of Sir Fopling Flutter is supposed ENGLAND'S MERRY ...
... character . Like many of these amateur plays , it drew caricatures which the audience could recognize readily . The title identifies the play as a satire on man- ners and the character of Sir Fopling Flutter is supposed ENGLAND'S MERRY ...
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... characters set upon any stage . Among these , with the mingled threads of their loves , fears , ambitions , and ... characters welcome it as the only thing which can galvanize them into aware- ness , shake them out of lethargy . Captain ...
... characters set upon any stage . Among these , with the mingled threads of their loves , fears , ambitions , and ... characters welcome it as the only thing which can galvanize them into aware- ness , shake them out of lethargy . Captain ...
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How Drama Was Born | 1 |
The Theatre of Greece | 6 |
Roman Spectacle | 33 |
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