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We must not slight the great roles for women . Rosalind in As You Like It , Olivia in Twelfth Night , are gaily womanly , tender , and perceptive . Katherine is the termagant of The Taming of the Shrew , softened and gentled at its end ...
We must not slight the great roles for women . Rosalind in As You Like It , Olivia in Twelfth Night , are gaily womanly , tender , and perceptive . Katherine is the termagant of The Taming of the Shrew , softened and gentled at its end ...
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roles which other stars did not consider fit for their fame - supporting 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 called for them .
roles which other stars did not consider fit for their fame - supporting 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 called for them .
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His popular tour de force in the 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 ...
His popular tour de force in the 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 ...
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How Drama Was Born | 1 |
The Theatre of Greece | 6 |
Reconstruction of Theatre of Dionysus at Athens | 14 |
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