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... Scene from a Kabuki play 60 Noh players using the traditional masks and fans 63 Scene from a Noh drama 65 Performance of a mystery play at Coventry , England 74 Peasant theatre on the market place 88 Scene from the Passion Play of ...
... Scene from a Kabuki play 60 Noh players using the traditional masks and fans 63 Scene from a Noh drama 65 Performance of a mystery play at Coventry , England 74 Peasant theatre on the market place 88 Scene from the Passion Play of ...
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... Scene from Ibsen's Peer Gynt 259 George Bernard Shaw 264 Anton Chekhov 268 Scene from The Playboy of the Western World by Synge Eugene O'Neill 277 Scene from Thornton Wilder's Our Town 279 274 A PAGEANT OF THE THEATRE Chapter 1 How Drama ...
... Scene from Ibsen's Peer Gynt 259 George Bernard Shaw 264 Anton Chekhov 268 Scene from The Playboy of the Western World by Synge Eugene O'Neill 277 Scene from Thornton Wilder's Our Town 279 274 A PAGEANT OF THE THEATRE Chapter 1 How Drama ...
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... scene . This was all very well in its way , but Prosperi was far too optimistic in his belief that " one could never tire of looking at it . " One could tire all too soon when the plays were dull and over- powered by their backgrounds ...
... scene . This was all very well in its way , but Prosperi was far too optimistic in his belief that " one could never tire of looking at it . " One could tire all too soon when the plays were dull and over- powered by their backgrounds ...
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How Drama Was Born | 1 |
The Theatre of Greece | 6 |
Roman Spectacle | 33 |
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