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His first big success was in the melodrama , The Bells . 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 ...
His first big success was in the melodrama , The Bells . 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 ...
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The successful novelist , Trigorin , bored with his life and empty triumphs , is tormented by the knowledge that he ... is vaguely troubled by the knowledge that her.public success is vanishing and that she has spent no time making a ...
The successful novelist , Trigorin , bored with his life and empty triumphs , is tormented by the knowledge that he ... is vaguely troubled by the knowledge that her.public success is vanishing and that she has spent no time making a ...
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Success there is measured by earnings . As production costs have risen staggeringly , the alternatives have become extreme - a play must be a smash hit or fail . There is no room for a modest success playing to houses less than full .
Success there is measured by earnings . As production costs have risen staggeringly , the alternatives have become extreme - a play must be a smash hit or fail . There is no room for a modest success playing to houses less than full .
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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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