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Page 64
... kind of tradition generally lasts only as long as the specific society or class that developed it . The noh existed for six hundred years , almost unchanged in all that time , until Japan felt the influence of the West . Once again we ...
... kind of tradition generally lasts only as long as the specific society or class that developed it . The noh existed for six hundred years , almost unchanged in all that time , until Japan felt the influence of the West . Once again we ...
Page 105
... kind of commonplace book . It was a storehouse of lines , phrases , speeches for all occasions , humorous or tragic ( the commedia did present melodramas ) . It was a handbook , a dramatic dictionary , to help him elaborate a situation ...
... kind of commonplace book . It was a storehouse of lines , phrases , speeches for all occasions , humorous or tragic ( the commedia did present melodramas ) . It was a handbook , a dramatic dictionary , to help him elaborate a situation ...
Page 193
... kind of such a noble Lord So humanly to gossip with the Devil ! When Mephistopheles makes his bargain with the aged Faust it is not for the simple twenty - four years of Marlowe's play . Mephistopheles is to serve Faust until :. FAUST ...
... kind of such a noble Lord So humanly to gossip with the Devil ! When Mephistopheles makes his bargain with the aged Faust it is not for the simple twenty - four years of Marlowe's play . Mephistopheles is to serve Faust until :. FAUST ...
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How Drama Was Born | 1 |
The Theatre of Greece | 6 |
Roman Spectacle | 33 |
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