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... young man ; old woman ; young woman ; soldier ; parasite ; cook ; doctor ; many slaves . Comedy , Greek , old . First form of true comedy in ancient Greece ; 5th century B.C .; represented best and chiefly by Aristophanes ; consisting ...
... young man ; old woman ; young woman ; soldier ; parasite ; cook ; doctor ; many slaves . Comedy , Greek , old . First form of true comedy in ancient Greece ; 5th century B.C .; represented best and chiefly by Aristophanes ; consisting ...
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... Young girl , character in a commedia dell'arte , whose lover is the comico acceso ; usually uninteresting and subdued ; often desiring marriage but curbed by hard parents ; sometimes merely a kind of doll , a puppet for the plot . Fre ...
... Young girl , character in a commedia dell'arte , whose lover is the comico acceso ; usually uninteresting and subdued ; often desiring marriage but curbed by hard parents ; sometimes merely a kind of doll , a puppet for the plot . Fre ...
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... Young Woodley . John Van Druten ( English ) . Drama . 3 acts . 1925 . Rather vaguely derived from the theme of Frank Wedekind's play , The Awaken- ing of Spring . Deals with the adolescent and English public school life . The story of a ...
... Young Woodley . John Van Druten ( English ) . Drama . 3 acts . 1925 . Rather vaguely derived from the theme of Frank Wedekind's play , The Awaken- ing of Spring . Deals with the adolescent and English public school life . The story of a ...
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CONTENTS | xi |
Preface George Freedley | xii |
Acoustics 2343 | 24 |
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