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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... Nature ; yet all is adorned and purified and rendered beautiful , without losing its resemblance . . . . The feelings it inculcates and appeals to are those of universal human nature , and presented in their purest , most unpretending ...
... Nature ; yet all is adorned and purified and rendered beautiful , without losing its resemblance . . . . The feelings it inculcates and appeals to are those of universal human nature , and presented in their purest , most unpretending ...
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... nature and feeling of the one to the noise and bustle of the other . " There was , nevertheless , but a single revival of the former - by the little known Jones Finch - in London , from 1858 to 1900 ; it required our age's interest in ...
... nature and feeling of the one to the noise and bustle of the other . " There was , nevertheless , but a single revival of the former - by the little known Jones Finch - in London , from 1858 to 1900 ; it required our age's interest in ...
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... Nature is strong in the play : wild nature in the stress of the storm on the heath ; animal nature in the vivid imagery of the speech ; and pagan nature fronting the Christian attitude toward the world . Religion appears in many forms ...
... Nature is strong in the play : wild nature in the stress of the storm on the heath ; animal nature in the vivid imagery of the speech ; and pagan nature fronting the Christian attitude toward the world . Religion appears in many forms ...
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actor adaptation Aeschylus Alexander Woollcott American amusing April Aristophanes audience beauty Broadway Brooks Atkinson called century characters comedy comic critics curtain dance daughter death December declared delightful dialogue drama dramatist emotions England English Euripides Eva Le Gallienne farce father February Festival French George Gilbert Gilbert and Sullivan girl Greek Hamlet Harold Hobson Henry human humor husband Ibsen James Agate January John Gielgud June killed King Lady Laurence Olivier lively London London saw lovers Macbeth March marry Mary melodrama modern Molière mother November October OffBway OffOffBway Old Vic opera Paris passion performances picture play opened play's playwright plot poetry popular premiere presented production revived Richard Robert role romantic satire says scene Shakespeare Shaw Shaw's shows songs Sophocles spirit stage story tells theatre theatrical theme tour tragedy translation turns wife William woman women words wrote York York City Center young