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... natural advantages of steps and building fronts were put to use . Where this could not be done , platforms , booths ... nature being what it is , in time elements crept into the religious drama which the Church did not like but at which ...
... natural advantages of steps and building fronts were put to use . Where this could not be done , platforms , booths ... nature being what it is , in time elements crept into the religious drama which the Church did not like but at which ...
Page 117
... Nature's eye , rise , rise again and make Perpetual day ; or let this hour be but A year , a month , a week , a natural day , That Faustus may repent and save his soul . He continues his plea for mercy in a crescendo of A RACE OF GIANTS ...
... Nature's eye , rise , rise again and make Perpetual day ; or let this hour be but A year , a month , a week , a natural day , That Faustus may repent and save his soul . He continues his plea for mercy in a crescendo of A RACE OF GIANTS ...
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... Nature herself was proud of his designs , And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines , Yet must I not give nature all ; thy art , My gentle Shakespeare , must enjoy a part : For though the poet's matter nature be , His art doth give ...
... Nature herself was proud of his designs , And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines , Yet must I not give nature all ; thy art , My gentle Shakespeare , must enjoy a part : For though the poet's matter nature be , His art doth give ...
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How Drama Was Born | 1 |
The Theatre of Greece | 6 |
Roman Spectacle | 33 |
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