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... remained for the great poet - dramatist Goethe to produce it some years later at the court of Weimar . The play is less important as a drama than as a noble plea for tolerance . No better tribute could be paid to it than the fact that ...
... remained for the great poet - dramatist Goethe to produce it some years later at the court of Weimar . The play is less important as a drama than as a noble plea for tolerance . No better tribute could be paid to it than the fact that ...
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... remained in York- town for some time and it was said that a certain young Major Washington was often to be seen at the play . From Yorktown the company proceeded to the colonial capital at Williamsburg . From there they made occasional ...
... remained in York- town for some time and it was said that a certain young Major Washington was often to be seen at the play . From Yorktown the company proceeded to the colonial capital at Williamsburg . From there they made occasional ...
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... remained . The first play performed professionally in the city was The Conscious Lovers , a sentimental comedy by Sir Richard Steele . Pleased with the success of the northward move , the American Company next began to prepare for an ...
... remained . The first play performed professionally in the city was The Conscious Lovers , a sentimental comedy by Sir Richard Steele . Pleased with the success of the northward move , the American Company next began to prepare for an ...
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