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... person . Women characters appear without painted faces except for simple cosmetics . An actor with black splashes on his face is an enemy officer ; a dab of color at the corner of the eyes means a sick person or a villain . A ghost or ...
... person . Women characters appear without painted faces except for simple cosmetics . An actor with black splashes on his face is an enemy officer ; a dab of color at the corner of the eyes means a sick person or a villain . A ghost or ...
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... person or persons in a play are consciously or unconsciously " up against " some antagonistic person , or cir- cumstance , or fortune . It is often more intense when , as in Oedipus , the audience is aware of the obstacle , and the person ...
... person or persons in a play are consciously or unconsciously " up against " some antagonistic person , or cir- cumstance , or fortune . It is often more intense when , as in Oedipus , the audience is aware of the obstacle , and the person ...
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... person of higher rank ) with " Schollers ... Juglers , Tinkers , Pedlars , and Petty Chapmen " and " idle persons using any subtile craft or fayning themselves to have knowledge in Phisiognomye , Palmestry , or other like crafty science ...
... person of higher rank ) with " Schollers ... Juglers , Tinkers , Pedlars , and Petty Chapmen " and " idle persons using any subtile craft or fayning themselves to have knowledge in Phisiognomye , Palmestry , or other like crafty science ...
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