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From this , and from slots which can be seen in the ruins of some Roman theatres , it seems that the Roman curtain was pulled up from a roller to shut the stage from view , and lowered to expose it . Romans held the first elaborate ...
From this , and from slots which can be seen in the ruins of some Roman theatres , it seems that the Roman curtain was pulled up from a roller to shut the stage from view , and lowered to expose it . Romans held the first elaborate ...
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It arises wholly out of the Eastern temperament and seems meaningless to a Westerner unless he has made a profound study of it . It seems unmusical , discordant , monotonous , almost maddening . We wonder how the audience can endure its ...
It arises wholly out of the Eastern temperament and seems meaningless to a Westerner unless he has made a profound study of it . It seems unmusical , discordant , monotonous , almost maddening . We wonder how the audience can endure its ...
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There seems to be no end to the resourceful inventiveness of these players . The native Italian wit bubbles freely . When the play is ended the audience clamors loudly for more . Clearly we have met a direct descendant from the old ...
There seems to be no end to the resourceful inventiveness of these players . The native Italian wit bubbles freely . When the play is ended the audience clamors loudly for more . Clearly we have met a direct descendant from the old ...
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Contents
How Drama Was Born | 1 |
The Theatre of Greece | 6 |
Reconstruction of Theatre of Dionysus at Athens | 14 |
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