The Works of Shakespeare, Volume 11Macmillan Company, 1904 |
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... actors went through their parts in the presence of throngs of eager spectators in the windows , galleries , doorways , squares , and upon temporary scaffolds . The plays were in series and required several days for presentation , and ...
... actors went through their parts in the presence of throngs of eager spectators in the windows , galleries , doorways , squares , and upon temporary scaffolds . The plays were in series and required several days for presentation , and ...
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... actors in the world's tragedy , but as personifications of the prin- ciple of evil ; with Genus Humanum , Pleasure , Slan- der , Perseverance , and the Seven Deadly Sins . These prolix and monotonous plays cover a wide range of subjects ...
... actors in the world's tragedy , but as personifications of the prin- ciple of evil ; with Genus Humanum , Pleasure , Slan- der , Perseverance , and the Seven Deadly Sins . These prolix and monotonous plays cover a wide range of subjects ...
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... actors , and made acting as a profession possible . The earlier plays had been in the hands of amateurs ; men who had , in many cases , considerable skill in acting , but who were members of guilds , with other and different occupa ...
... actors , and made acting as a profession possible . The earlier plays had been in the hands of amateurs ; men who had , in many cases , considerable skill in acting , but who were members of guilds , with other and different occupa ...
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... actors . The Interlude in his hands was less ambitious in con- struction than a play ; shorter , more vivacious , and much closer to the life of the time . It was often rude , but it was oftener racy , direct , and effective in ex ...
... actors . The Interlude in his hands was less ambitious in con- struction than a play ; shorter , more vivacious , and much closer to the life of the time . It was often rude , but it was oftener racy , direct , and effective in ex ...
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... actors of the Earl of Wor- cester's Company and the Queen's Company to Strat- ford in 1568 , would seem to indicate that , whatever his religious convictions and ecclesiastical tendencies may have been , he did not share the fanatical ...
... actors of the Earl of Wor- cester's Company and the Queen's Company to Strat- ford in 1568 , would seem to indicate that , whatever his religious convictions and ecclesiastical tendencies may have been , he did not share the fanatical ...
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