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... religious worship . As the myths told it , about three thousand years ago , down from the hillsides of Thrace in northeastern Greece came a young man called Dionysus . He was handsome , vigorous , filled with the joy of life , preaching ...
... religious worship . As the myths told it , about three thousand years ago , down from the hillsides of Thrace in northeastern Greece came a young man called Dionysus . He was handsome , vigorous , filled with the joy of life , preaching ...
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... religious drama to a new secular theatre . Although secular theatre was reborn after the Middle Ages , religious drama has not disappeared . At Oberammergau and Frei- burg in Germany , since the seventeenth century , traditional Pas ...
... religious drama to a new secular theatre . Although secular theatre was reborn after the Middle Ages , religious drama has not disappeared . At Oberammergau and Frei- burg in Germany , since the seventeenth century , traditional Pas ...
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... religious in character though widely varied in style and content , are Shaw's Saint Joan ; Marc Connelly's The Green ... religious drama whose mysterious , unseen , patiently awaited Godot is identified with God . All this is evidence ...
... religious in character though widely varied in style and content , are Shaw's Saint Joan ; Marc Connelly's The Green ... religious drama whose mysterious , unseen , patiently awaited Godot is identified with God . All this is evidence ...
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How Drama Was Born | 1 |
The Theatre of Greece | 6 |
Roman Spectacle | 33 |
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