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... figures in beautiful costumes . Several puppeteers might work a single figure , one supporting it , one steering it about the stage , with separate ones moving arms , legs , and head . Like the Property Man , the puppeteers were clothed ...
... figures in beautiful costumes . Several puppeteers might work a single figure , one supporting it , one steering it about the stage , with separate ones moving arms , legs , and head . Like the Property Man , the puppeteers were clothed ...
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... figures are important as reflecting the taste in tragedy in the Restoration drama . We have noted already that a French ... figure of the Restoration era — a professional - was John Dryden . The theatre was only one of his interests ...
... figures are important as reflecting the taste in tragedy in the Restoration drama . We have noted already that a French ... figure of the Restoration era — a professional - was John Dryden . The theatre was only one of his interests ...
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... figure , not just for the British but for the world stage , was George Bernard Shaw , who came to be known widely simply as G.B.S. His career was so versatile and so long that he is a principal figure , if not the one , in the theatre ...
... figure , not just for the British but for the world stage , was George Bernard Shaw , who came to be known widely simply as G.B.S. His career was so versatile and so long that he is a principal figure , if not the one , in the theatre ...
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