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Whereas the clergy at first had been the sole participants in the productions , the religious drama now began to slip into other hands . The saint plays became community undertakings , though still usually with the patronage and ...
Whereas the clergy at first had been the sole participants in the productions , the religious drama now began to slip into other hands . The saint plays became community undertakings , though still usually with the patronage and ...
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ISAAC Yes , father , but my heart begins to quake to see that sharp sword in your hand . Why do you bear the sword drawn so ? I wonder greatly at your looks . ABRAHAM Oh ! Father of Heaven , I am so full of woe , this child breaks my ...
ISAAC Yes , father , but my heart begins to quake to see that sharp sword in your hand . Why do you bear the sword drawn so ? I wonder greatly at your looks . ABRAHAM Oh ! Father of Heaven , I am so full of woe , this child breaks my ...
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A young man named Marlow , who is on his way with some reluctance to lay formal suit to the hand of Miss Hardcastle - it is an arranged match , the two have never met - is tricked into believing that her father's house is an inn .
A young man named Marlow , who is on his way with some reluctance to lay formal suit to the hand of Miss Hardcastle - it is an arranged match , the two have never met - is tricked into believing that her father's house is an inn .
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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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