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Arnolphe , a crabbed elderly man , is the guardian of young and pretty Agnes . It is his intention to marry her , and he keeps her closely guarded within his house . During Arnolphe's brief absence on a journey a a young man named ...
Arnolphe , a crabbed elderly man , is the guardian of young and pretty Agnes . It is his intention to marry her , and he keeps her closely guarded within his house . During Arnolphe's brief absence on a journey a a young man named ...
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He claimed to have written it while a very young man , before even his Oxford days - a boast which later opinion does not credit because of the worldliness and skill of certain of its scenes . It won for him one of the typical rewards ...
He claimed to have written it while a very young man , before even his Oxford days - a boast which later opinion does not credit because of the worldliness and skill of certain of its scenes . It won for him one of the typical rewards ...
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A young man named Marlow , who is on his way with some reluctance to lay formal suit to the hand of Miss Hardcastle - it is an arranged match , the two have never met - is tricked into believing that her father's house is an inn .
A young man named Marlow , who is on his way with some reluctance to lay formal suit to the hand of Miss Hardcastle - it is an arranged match , the two have never met - is tricked into believing that her father's house is an inn .
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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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