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... writers after him have resorted : pride in writing for a limited but discriminating audience . After a brief , frustrating career in the theatre he set out for Greece which he loved so much . Some writers say he died of a broken heart ...
... writers after him have resorted : pride in writing for a limited but discriminating audience . After a brief , frustrating career in the theatre he set out for Greece which he loved so much . Some writers say he died of a broken heart ...
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... writing Nathan the Wise . He never saw his play upon the stage , for the spirit of the time was hostile to it . It remained for the great poet - dramatist Goethe to produce it some years later at the court of Weimar . The play is less ...
... writing Nathan the Wise . He never saw his play upon the stage , for the spirit of the time was hostile to it . It remained for the great poet - dramatist Goethe to produce it some years later at the court of Weimar . The play is less ...
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... writing altogether . It was a point of honor and status to preserve one's amateur standing . To set about writing plays in earnest , as if one wanted to earn money , or as if there were any possible fame more desirable than being a ...
... writing altogether . It was a point of honor and status to preserve one's amateur standing . To set about writing plays in earnest , as if one wanted to earn money , or as if there were any possible fame more desirable than being a ...
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How Drama Was Born | 1 |
The Theatre of Greece | 6 |
Roman Spectacle | 33 |
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