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2 Tradition says that in Greece , somewhere between eight and ten centuries before Christ , there was a blind poet named Homer . He is supposed to have been one of the ancient bards who wandered from city to city reciting the mythic ...
2 Tradition says that in Greece , somewhere between eight and ten centuries before Christ , there was a blind poet named Homer . He is supposed to have been one of the ancient bards who wandered from city to city reciting the mythic ...
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He played women's roles as well as men's , for tradition long banned women from the Chinese stage , as was true of the Elizabethan theatre in England . Chinese theatrical performances such as we have imagined ourselves to be witnessing ...
He played women's roles as well as men's , for tradition long banned women from the Chinese stage , as was true of the Elizabethan theatre in England . Chinese theatrical performances such as we have imagined ourselves to be witnessing ...
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Pie - throwing comedy is in the same tradition . In the uninhibited commedia of the streets , catering to peasant tastes , the throwing of garbage or worse filth pleased the crowd . Sometimes instead of the slapstick an inflated bladder ...
Pie - throwing comedy is in the same tradition . In the uninhibited commedia of the streets , catering to peasant tastes , the throwing of garbage or worse filth pleased the crowd . Sometimes instead of the slapstick an inflated bladder ...
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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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