The Works of Shakespeare, Volume 11Macmillan Company, 1904 |
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Page 8
... story in tableaux . In course of time the persons in these tableaux spoke and moved , and then it was but a logical step to the representation dramatically , by the priests before the altar , of the striking or significant events in the ...
... story in tableaux . In course of time the persons in these tableaux spoke and moved , and then it was but a logical step to the representation dramatically , by the priests before the altar , of the striking or significant events in the ...
Page 10
... story wagons took the place of the stage in front of the church or in the square ; on these wagons , or pageants , as they were called , the rude dressing - rooms were on the lower and the stage on the upper story . These movable ...
... story wagons took the place of the stage in front of the church or in the square ; on these wagons , or pageants , as they were called , the rude dressing - rooms were on the lower and the stage on the upper story . These movable ...
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... story , was rude ; the mixture of the sacred and the comic so complete that the two are constantly merged ; the frankness of speech and the grossness almost incredible to modern taste . It would be a great mistake , however , to ...
... story , was rude ; the mixture of the sacred and the comic so complete that the two are constantly merged ; the frankness of speech and the grossness almost incredible to modern taste . It would be a great mistake , however , to ...
Page 15
... story , and to the humour and liveliness of the comedy . One of the earliest forms which comedy took was the Interlude a transitional dramatic form with which the name of John Heywood is identified . A London boy , believed to have sung ...
... story , and to the humour and liveliness of the comedy . One of the earliest forms which comedy took was the Interlude a transitional dramatic form with which the name of John Heywood is identified . A London boy , believed to have sung ...
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... story and the spirit in which it is treated are genuinely English . Sir Philip Sidney , whose culture was of the best in point of quality , found " Gorbordoc " full of " stately speeches and well - sounding phrases , climbing to the ...
... story and the spirit in which it is treated are genuinely English . Sir Philip Sidney , whose culture was of the best in point of quality , found " Gorbordoc " full of " stately speeches and well - sounding phrases , climbing to the ...
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