A Treasury of the Theatre, Volume 1John Gassner Simon and Schuster, 1951 - Drama |
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... scene building ( skene ) , with side wings ( para- skenia ) . The scene building , originally a wooden hut for changing masks and costumes , became , after the fifth century , an imposing stage setting , with doorways pierced into the ...
... scene building ( skene ) , with side wings ( para- skenia ) . The scene building , originally a wooden hut for changing masks and costumes , became , after the fifth century , an imposing stage setting , with doorways pierced into the ...
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... scene building in the theatre of Dionysus - repre- sents other palaces and temples . In the first scene it represents the home of Heracles . - J . G. THE ARGUMENT Dionysus , the patron of the stage , in despair at the decline of the ...
... scene building in the theatre of Dionysus - repre- sents other palaces and temples . In the first scene it represents the home of Heracles . - J . G. THE ARGUMENT Dionysus , the patron of the stage , in despair at the decline of the ...
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... Scenes I and II ; Act II , Scenes III and IV ; the first 200 lines of Act III , Scene II ; and Act V , Scene I , are attributed to Shakespeare . The Two Noble Kinsmen ( 1613 , but first published in 1634 ) . A Shakespearean tragi ...
... Scenes I and II ; Act II , Scenes III and IV ; the first 200 lines of Act III , Scene II ; and Act V , Scene I , are attributed to Shakespeare . The Two Noble Kinsmen ( 1613 , but first published in 1634 ) . A Shakespearean tragi ...
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