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Page 105
... less than eight of his plays — not all of them comedies - have roots to some degree in the commedia dell ' arte and in the earlier Roman drama through this channel . The Comedy of Errors , Romeo and Juliet , Othello , All's Well That ...
... less than eight of his plays — not all of them comedies - have roots to some degree in the commedia dell ' arte and in the earlier Roman drama through this channel . The Comedy of Errors , Romeo and Juliet , Othello , All's Well That ...
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... less power than mighty Lucifer himself , the Prince of Hell . His appearance is as a dragon so horrible that Faustus cannot endure to behold him . By his magic spell he com- mands Mephistophilis to go and return in the appearance of a ...
... less power than mighty Lucifer himself , the Prince of Hell . His appearance is as a dragon so horrible that Faustus cannot endure to behold him . By his magic spell he com- mands Mephistophilis to go and return in the appearance of a ...
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... less than full . One of the principal burdens of cost - though not the only one— is the demands of the theatrical unions , not only in salary levels but also in arbitrary requirements and specialization of labor which make necessary the ...
... less than full . One of the principal burdens of cost - though not the only one— is the demands of the theatrical unions , not only in salary levels but also in arbitrary requirements and specialization of labor which make necessary the ...
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How Drama Was Born | 1 |
The Theatre of Greece | 6 |
Roman Spectacle | 33 |
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