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... playwright dramatized the old story to bring his own fresh insights to it and to compel us to see its mean- ing through his eyes . To experience the powerful , enduring impact of Greek drama you must come to it with some reasonable back ...
... playwright dramatized the old story to bring his own fresh insights to it and to compel us to see its mean- ing through his eyes . To experience the powerful , enduring impact of Greek drama you must come to it with some reasonable back ...
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... playwrights , writing a great deal for the stage in his early years , mainly extrava- gant farces and burlesques , to support himself in his study of law . His work as a playwright is wholly eclipsed by his novels , particu- larly the ...
... playwrights , writing a great deal for the stage in his early years , mainly extrava- gant farces and burlesques , to support himself in his study of law . His work as a playwright is wholly eclipsed by his novels , particu- larly the ...
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... playwrights began to bring our drama step by step closer to the present - day standard in which American drama is the peer of any in the world . The best writers included Steele MacKaye and his son Percy ; James A. Herne , actor - ...
... playwrights began to bring our drama step by step closer to the present - day standard in which American drama is the peer of any in the world . The best writers included Steele MacKaye and his son Percy ; James A. Herne , actor - ...
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How Drama Was Born | 1 |
The Theatre of Greece | 6 |
Roman Spectacle | 33 |
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