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As we mentioned before , these puppets were not little hand dolls or marionettes on sticks or strings , but were life - size figures in beautiful costumes . Several puppeteers might work a single figure , one supporting it ...
As we mentioned before , these puppets were not little hand dolls or marionettes on sticks or strings , but were life - size figures in beautiful costumes . Several puppeteers might work a single figure , one supporting it ...
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Two figures are important as reflecting the taste in tragedy in the Restoration drama . We have noted already that a French ... The most influential English literary figure of the Restoration era — a professional — was John Dryden .
Two figures are important as reflecting the taste in tragedy in the Restoration drama . We have noted already that a French ... The most influential English literary figure of the Restoration era — a professional — was John Dryden .
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... that in conducting rehearsals for it , Strauss shouted to the orchestra : “ Louder ! louder ! I can still hear the singers . ” Though there were many other able English playwrights in various modes , the towering figure , not just ...
... that in conducting rehearsals for it , Strauss shouted to the orchestra : “ Louder ! louder ! I can still hear the singers . ” Though there were many other able English playwrights in various modes , the towering figure , not just ...
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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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