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Page 89
... novel of the same name . Edgar Still- man Kelley did the incidental music , and Klaw and Erlanger produced it at the Broadway Theatre , New York , the first time it was given on any stage . William Hart played Messala . This tale of the ...
... novel of the same name . Edgar Still- man Kelley did the incidental music , and Klaw and Erlanger produced it at the Broadway Theatre , New York , the first time it was given on any stage . William Hart played Messala . This tale of the ...
Page 580
... novel nor of the play . It lies somewhere between the two . It is not the dramatization of the novel , nor the novelization of a play , but rather a narrative told in terms of the theatre . It must " move " and its characters must ...
... novel nor of the play . It lies somewhere between the two . It is not the dramatization of the novel , nor the novelization of a play , but rather a narrative told in terms of the theatre . It must " move " and its characters must ...
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... Novels on the stage . In general , dramatic adaptations of novels have been only moderately successful because following the novel closely has often meant including too many characters and scenes , or too many themes . Adaptations which ...
... Novels on the stage . In general , dramatic adaptations of novels have been only moderately successful because following the novel closely has often meant including too many characters and scenes , or too many themes . Adaptations which ...
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