Literature and Life, 4. raamatScott, Foresman and Company, 1929 |
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Page 73
... plays and of the traditions of the theater , but also of all knowledge of how to write a drama . But the instinct to represent a story by means of action was never lost . Even savages who know nothing of book or manuscript or stage have ...
... plays and of the traditions of the theater , but also of all knowledge of how to write a drama . But the instinct to represent a story by means of action was never lost . Even savages who know nothing of book or manuscript or stage have ...
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... plays , they were trans- ferred to the trade - guilds , each guild pre- senting one play . In England several of these cycles have been preserved , those given at York , at Wakefield , and at Chester being the most nearly complete . The ...
... plays , they were trans- ferred to the trade - guilds , each guild pre- senting one play . In England several of these cycles have been preserved , those given at York , at Wakefield , and at Chester being the most nearly complete . The ...
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... plays , presented by from two to four performers , which were very popular in the fifteenth and early sixteenth ... plays there is little action but an abundance of witty dialogue and apt characterization . Summary . With all these early ...
... plays , presented by from two to four performers , which were very popular in the fifteenth and early sixteenth ... plays there is little action but an abundance of witty dialogue and apt characterization . Summary . With all these early ...
Contents
THE VALUE OF STUDIES AN INTRODUCTION | 1 |
READING LIST | 6 |
PART I | 7 |
Copyright | |
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