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... relief of Fort Sumter ; two years afterward , heart - sick at the prolonged war , still sees no way of stopping it without being disloyal to the cause of Justice ; at the ABUELO - ACHARNIANS 23 close of the struggle , reads.
... relief of Fort Sumter ; two years afterward , heart - sick at the prolonged war , still sees no way of stopping it without being disloyal to the cause of Justice ; at the ABUELO - ACHARNIANS 23 close of the struggle , reads.
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... close of the century showed the interest in drama divided into two camps : the romantics and the naturalists , who came to be called Verists . Praga was icono- clastic , affecting disbelief in goodness , purity and faithfulness in his ...
... close of the century showed the interest in drama divided into two camps : the romantics and the naturalists , who came to be called Verists . Praga was icono- clastic , affecting disbelief in goodness , purity and faithfulness in his ...
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... close of the century . A majority of the early plays were unoriginal in theme and treatment , following in almost every instance the French classic style . A brilliant exception was Griboyedov's verse satire upon Russian official ...
... close of the century . A majority of the early plays were unoriginal in theme and treatment , following in almost every instance the French classic style . A brilliant exception was Griboyedov's verse satire upon Russian official ...
Contents
Preface George Freedley | ix |
Actress Tallulah Bankhead | 33 |
Community Theatre Movement The Carl Glick | 169 |
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