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... thing , lived at the level of nature's primitive needs , but it never looks a foul and rotten thing . Degeneracy plays no part . It is the way of a virile world , of robust men who can roar with laughter at any kind of slapstick ...
... thing , lived at the level of nature's primitive needs , but it never looks a foul and rotten thing . Degeneracy plays no part . It is the way of a virile world , of robust men who can roar with laughter at any kind of slapstick ...
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... things , to invent new things to do , to express themselves with a renewed and growing confidence in humanity . Streams of energy and ideas flowed together , became a current , and produced what has been called historically the rebirth ...
... things , to invent new things to do , to express themselves with a renewed and growing confidence in humanity . Streams of energy and ideas flowed together , became a current , and produced what has been called historically the rebirth ...
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... things to come . We would expect such a wonderful age to produce a theatre without equal since the Greeks . Painting , sculpture , the beginnings of music as we know it today , architecture , politics , science , litera- ture , poetry ...
... things to come . We would expect such a wonderful age to produce a theatre without equal since the Greeks . Painting , sculpture , the beginnings of music as we know it today , architecture , politics , science , litera- ture , poetry ...
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How Drama Was Born | 1 |
The Theatre of Greece | 6 |
Roman Spectacle | 33 |
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