The Crown Guide to the World's Great Plays, from Ancient Greece to Modern TimesCrown Publishers, 1984 - 866 Seiten From the classics of ancient Greece to the best of modern American theater, this guide provides a plot synopsis, stage history, cast listing, analysis, and critical opinions for each of 750 outstanding plays. |
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... effective movement , with a vivid and " explosive invasion of the extraordinary and disruptive into the normal and fairly orderly . " There is a stir in the attitudes of the miners that carries itself into the audience , along with the ...
... effective movement , with a vivid and " explosive invasion of the extraordinary and disruptive into the normal and fairly orderly . " There is a stir in the attitudes of the miners that carries itself into the audience , along with the ...
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... effective dramatic studies of the growth of character through suffering . The hero , Heracles , King of Thebes , returns from his labors to find his wife , Megara , and their sons about to be slain by the usurper Lycas . Heracles kills ...
... effective dramatic studies of the growth of character through suffering . The hero , Heracles , King of Thebes , returns from his labors to find his wife , Megara , and their sons about to be slain by the usurper Lycas . Heracles kills ...
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... effective bit of wordless action comes as the curtain rises , with , as the New York Journal ( Sep- tember 27 , 1898 ) described it , " the Richmond girl sewing for the hospitals , who enters the quiet room , crosses to a table to ...
... effective bit of wordless action comes as the curtain rises , with , as the New York Journal ( Sep- tember 27 , 1898 ) described it , " the Richmond girl sewing for the hospitals , who enters the quiet room , crosses to a table to ...
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