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... mystery is not a murder thriller to be solved by some medieval private eye . It is not even one single play . It will be a series ,. Performance of a mystery play at Coventry , England . The Bettmann Archive. 74 Miracles And Mysteries.
... mystery is not a murder thriller to be solved by some medieval private eye . It is not even one single play . It will be a series ,. Performance of a mystery play at Coventry , England . The Bettmann Archive. 74 Miracles And Mysteries.
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... Mystery at 6s . a day to each , 45 £ . 18s . The stage manager's script contained , in addition to the financial record , lengthy and explicit stage directions . Note : Cain should kill Abel directly over the secret [ passage ] where ...
... Mystery at 6s . a day to each , 45 £ . 18s . The stage manager's script contained , in addition to the financial record , lengthy and explicit stage directions . Note : Cain should kill Abel directly over the secret [ passage ] where ...
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... mystery plays . The acting was broad and filled with bombast to delight the hearts of the simple audiences ( the ... mysteries played . The style of acting popular in them carried over into the later nonreligious theatre and distressed ...
... mystery plays . The acting was broad and filled with bombast to delight the hearts of the simple audiences ( the ... mysteries played . The style of acting popular in them carried over into the later nonreligious theatre and distressed ...
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