The Theatre Handbook and Digest of PlaysBernard Sobel |
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... earlier historical background for the purpose of contemporary analogies . Drama , problem plays . See Problem play . Drama , religious . In the elaboration of liturgical responses given in the church , drama grew . Thus the first dramas ...
... earlier historical background for the purpose of contemporary analogies . Drama , problem plays . See Problem play . Drama , religious . In the elaboration of liturgical responses given in the church , drama grew . Thus the first dramas ...
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... earlier play , The Famous Victories of Henry V , and partly on Holinshed's Chronicles . The play deals with Henry's campaign to seize the French throne , which he believes to be rightfully his . The action covers the surrender of ...
... earlier play , The Famous Victories of Henry V , and partly on Holinshed's Chronicles . The play deals with Henry's campaign to seize the French throne , which he believes to be rightfully his . The action covers the surrender of ...
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... earlier mansions or case . Theatre , French , 17th century . The late 16th and the 17th centuries were the times of the strolling players . Prominent men of the theatre acted customarily in several capacities , such as dramatist , actor ...
... earlier mansions or case . Theatre , French , 17th century . The late 16th and the 17th centuries were the times of the strolling players . Prominent men of the theatre acted customarily in several capacities , such as dramatist , actor ...
Contents
Preface George Freedley | ix |
Actress Tallulah Bankhead | 33 |
Community Theatre Movement The Carl Glick | 169 |
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