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... roles for women . Rosalind in As You Like It , Olivia in Twelfth Night , are gaily womanly , tender , and perceptive ... role - a man suddenly confronted by a terrible duty . He is called upon to revenge the murder of his father and to ...
... roles for women . Rosalind in As You Like It , Olivia in Twelfth Night , are gaily womanly , tender , and perceptive ... role - a man suddenly confronted by a terrible duty . He is called upon to revenge the murder of his father and to ...
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Edmund Fuller. roles which other stars did not consider fit for their fame - sup- porting roles . She did not hesitate to wrinkle her face and gray her hair to simulate age ; nor was she unwilling to wear shabby clothes when a part ...
Edmund Fuller. roles which other stars did not consider fit for their fame - sup- porting roles . She did not hesitate to wrinkle her face and gray her hair to simulate age ; nor was she unwilling to wear shabby clothes when a part ...
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... role of Mathias , a character haunted and driven mad by the guilt of an undiscovered murder , was more congenial to him than genuinely great roles he might have played . As actor - manager he operated a flourishing company at the Lyceum ...
... role of Mathias , a character haunted and driven mad by the guilt of an undiscovered murder , was more congenial to him than genuinely great roles he might have played . As actor - manager he operated a flourishing company at the Lyceum ...
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How Drama Was Born | 1 |
The Theatre of Greece | 6 |
Roman Spectacle | 33 |
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