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... plays , that he enjoyed comedy much more than tragedy , Shakespeare's masterpieces being the sole exceptions . As sure a proof of his interest in the theatre is the cropping up of dramatic terms in unexpected places in his ...
... plays , that he enjoyed comedy much more than tragedy , Shakespeare's masterpieces being the sole exceptions . As sure a proof of his interest in the theatre is the cropping up of dramatic terms in unexpected places in his ...
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... plays at home . For his authority he had Samson Agonistes , “ a tragedy written in imitation of the Ancients and never de- signed by the author for the stage , " 15 and all the contem- porary serious poetic plays , which , however great ...
... plays at home . For his authority he had Samson Agonistes , “ a tragedy written in imitation of the Ancients and never de- signed by the author for the stage , " 15 and all the contem- porary serious poetic plays , which , however great ...
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... plays were good theatre , full of action and of striking situations , adorned with fine tremendous lyrical outbursts , but essentially crude . They were uneven in their sudden descent from high poetry to utter bathos ; their beauties ...
... plays were good theatre , full of action and of striking situations , adorned with fine tremendous lyrical outbursts , but essentially crude . They were uneven in their sudden descent from high poetry to utter bathos ; their beauties ...
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THE AGE OF REASON | 21 |
REBIRTH | 123 |
DRAMA AND PROPAGANDA | 152 |
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