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... poet , dramatist . What Shakespeare is to England , Goethe is to Germany . Credited with being the greatest poet in Teutonic literature , and leader of the Storm and Stress school of writers . His approach to life was tempered with a ...
... poet , dramatist . What Shakespeare is to England , Goethe is to Germany . Credited with being the greatest poet in Teutonic literature , and leader of the Storm and Stress school of writers . His approach to life was tempered with a ...
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... poet , dramatist , and story writer , de Musset combined fervent passion and great lyrical genius with the finest wit and rare dramatic ability . As a dramatist , he still figures in the repertory of the Comedie - Française . Mustapha ...
... poet , dramatist , and story writer , de Musset combined fervent passion and great lyrical genius with the finest wit and rare dramatic ability . As a dramatist , he still figures in the repertory of the Comedie - Française . Mustapha ...
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... poet . Thespis , a poet of Icaria , in Attica , is supposed to have founded the Greek drama . By profession he was a writer of dithyrambs , or poems composed for the Bacchanalian festivals . Before his day these had been recited in ...
... poet . Thespis , a poet of Icaria , in Attica , is supposed to have founded the Greek drama . By profession he was a writer of dithyrambs , or poems composed for the Bacchanalian festivals . Before his day these had been recited in ...
Contents
Preface George Freedley | ix |
Actress Tallulah Bankhead | 33 |
Community Theatre Movement The Carl Glick | 169 |
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