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... German , 17th - 18th century . Not until the second decade of the 18th century did German drama begin to assume a form and national character , the 17th century seeing mainly horror pieces and comic improvisations with Hans Wurst and ...
... German , 17th - 18th century . Not until the second decade of the 18th century did German drama begin to assume a form and national character , the 17th century seeing mainly horror pieces and comic improvisations with Hans Wurst and ...
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... German actor , producer . He was one of the greatest actors in German theatrical history ; inspired by and acted with Ekhof but his own art was freer and given more to improvisation ; became head of the Hamburg theatre in 1771 beginning ...
... German actor , producer . He was one of the greatest actors in German theatrical history ; inspired by and acted with Ekhof but his own art was freer and given more to improvisation ; became head of the Hamburg theatre in 1771 beginning ...
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... German , medieval . Performances in the Middle Ages were made up of a series of dialogues divided into acts no one of which had any unity of time or action . Each act was terminated , not by a curtain , but by the exit of the actors on ...
... German , medieval . Performances in the Middle Ages were made up of a series of dialogues divided into acts no one of which had any unity of time or action . Each act was terminated , not by a curtain , but by the exit of the actors on ...
Contents
Preface George Freedley | ix |
Actress Tallulah Bankhead | 33 |
Community Theatre Movement The Carl Glick | 169 |
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