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The creation of the world is enacted before our eyes with effects of thunder and lightning . There are seas of real water in which live fish swim . The Garden of Eden abounds with spring flowers . Trees are heavy with fruit , both real ...
The creation of the world is enacted before our eyes with effects of thunder and lightning . There are seas of real water in which live fish swim . The Garden of Eden abounds with spring flowers . Trees are heavy with fruit , both real ...
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By turns it will be comical and terrifying , swift moving and filled with wonderful effects . As we learn from a writer of the period who saw just such a performance of the play , indeed a man may behold shag - haired devils run roaring ...
By turns it will be comical and terrifying , swift moving and filled with wonderful effects . As we learn from a writer of the period who saw just such a performance of the play , indeed a man may behold shag - haired devils run roaring ...
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His splendid performance and the striking effect of his costume created a great stir and were said to have kept King George II awake all night by their dramatic force . The performance called forth from Alexander Pope the admiring ...
His splendid performance and the striking effect of his costume created a great stir and were said to have kept King George II awake all night by their dramatic force . The performance called forth from Alexander Pope the admiring ...
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Contents
How Drama Was Born | 1 |
The Theatre of Greece | 6 |
Reconstruction of Theatre of Dionysus at Athens | 14 |
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