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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... gives a figurative twist to a rare term : " God give me a few lithontriphical words ! " ( The nearest the many - volumed Oxford English Dictionary comes to this is lithontriptic : able to break up stones - in the bladder . ) Richard ...
... gives a figurative twist to a rare term : " God give me a few lithontriphical words ! " ( The nearest the many - volumed Oxford English Dictionary comes to this is lithontriptic : able to break up stones - in the bladder . ) Richard ...
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... gives pathos , gives dignity , to the wretched nursemaid . It is her pitiful grasp at beauty , the one step she can take to give semblance of decent human meaning to the life she is too miserable to hold . Caught unawares by life , she ...
... gives pathos , gives dignity , to the wretched nursemaid . It is her pitiful grasp at beauty , the one step she can take to give semblance of decent human meaning to the life she is too miserable to hold . Caught unawares by life , she ...
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... gives its name to the play , is a symbol of the high - hearted buoyancy that gives these little figures - and the play - a high significance . THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE William Saroyan Saroyan's easy affability , his unreflecting joy in ...
... gives its name to the play , is a symbol of the high - hearted buoyancy that gives these little figures - and the play - a high significance . THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE William Saroyan Saroyan's easy affability , his unreflecting joy in ...
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