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... wife of Amphitryon , a general of Thebes . This tale from the myths is so popular that it has been adapted for the stage again and again down to our own times . The French playwright Jean Giraudoux wrote a version which he called ...
... wife of Amphitryon , a general of Thebes . This tale from the myths is so popular that it has been adapted for the stage again and again down to our own times . The French playwright Jean Giraudoux wrote a version which he called ...
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... wife , Gill . He then hastens back and takes up his place with the other shepherds . When they awake the following morning , they do not know that he has not been with them throughout the night , and he takes his leave casually . Soon ...
... wife , Gill . He then hastens back and takes up his place with the other shepherds . When they awake the following morning , they do not know that he has not been with them throughout the night , and he takes his leave casually . Soon ...
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... Wife , an old commedia plot in a version for the modern stage by the nineteenth century French writer Anatole France . Leonard has had his wife cured of dumbness . Now she talks so much that he wishes to have the surgeon make her dumb ...
... Wife , an old commedia plot in a version for the modern stage by the nineteenth century French writer Anatole France . Leonard has had his wife cured of dumbness . Now she talks so much that he wishes to have the surgeon make her dumb ...
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How Drama Was Born | 1 |
The Theatre of Greece | 6 |
Roman Spectacle | 33 |
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