Readings in English and American LiteratureF. S. Crofts & Company, 1945 - 687 pages |
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Page 57
... played only the minor roles in his plays . But acting was only one of various duties performed by the members of a dramatic organization in the sixteenth century . Every company had a library of manu- scripts from which its repertory ...
... played only the minor roles in his plays . But acting was only one of various duties performed by the members of a dramatic organization in the sixteenth century . Every company had a library of manu- scripts from which its repertory ...
Page 95
... play , a clever and nonsensical parody of the " heoric play . " Although Dryden did not at once give up writing this type , he gradually turned to a different style . His later plays are a combination of the French classical drama and ...
... play , a clever and nonsensical parody of the " heoric play . " Although Dryden did not at once give up writing this type , he gradually turned to a different style . His later plays are a combination of the French classical drama and ...
Page 198
... play at Lady Racket's rout ; and you may easily imagine what I think of those who have so long cheated me with false expectations , disturbed me with fictitious terrors , and concealed 25 the cruelty , perfidy , and artifices of men ...
... play at Lady Racket's rout ; and you may easily imagine what I think of those who have so long cheated me with false expectations , disturbed me with fictitious terrors , and concealed 25 the cruelty , perfidy , and artifices of men ...
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