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a a bumpy passage of a football a hundred yards or so back and forth , before the bloodthirsty masses in a Roman arena more than a few persons would lose their lives in contests of man against man , or man against beast .
a a bumpy passage of a football a hundred yards or so back and forth , before the bloodthirsty masses in a Roman arena more than a few persons would lose their lives in contests of man against man , or man against beast .
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Sometimes dead persons appear in black veils , which would be familiar enough to us . Divine personages , like the gods who appeared on the Greek stage , would have gilded faces . Sick persons would appear in heavy yellow veils .
Sometimes dead persons appear in black veils , which would be familiar enough to us . Divine personages , like the gods who appeared on the Greek stage , would have gilded faces . Sick persons would appear in heavy yellow veils .
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They are told by the spirits of the dead persons to whom the events had occurred in life . The narration is accompanied by formal movements , poses , and groupings appropriate to the story within this strict convention .
They are told by the spirits of the dead persons to whom the events had occurred in life . The narration is accompanied by formal movements , poses , and groupings appropriate to the story within this strict convention .
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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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| Title | A Pageant of the Theatre |
| Author | Edmund Fuller |
| Editor | Edmund Fuller |
| Publisher | Crowell, 1965 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 29 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 295 pages |
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