The Art of Comedy in the German Language: An Inaugural Lecture Delivered at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 30 October 1952 |
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... Stage , we have had an uneasy sense that the play may not , after all , be quite the thing . It was an impressive array of authorities , ranging from Plato to Saint Augustine that Collier launched against the Stage , and while he did ...
... Stage , we have had an uneasy sense that the play may not , after all , be quite the thing . It was an impressive array of authorities , ranging from Plato to Saint Augustine that Collier launched against the Stage , and while he did ...
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... stage . It took a long time for German Comedy to outgrow the decent , but dingy draperies in which Gottsched swathed it . It would be unwise to exaggerate his influence but he represents that persistent attempt to give prestige to the stage ...
... stage . It took a long time for German Comedy to outgrow the decent , but dingy draperies in which Gottsched swathed it . It would be unwise to exaggerate his influence but he represents that persistent attempt to give prestige to the stage ...
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... stage . It thus acquired a highly characteristic quality , the lack of which we may well regret in German Comedy , but which has hindered its passage beyond the frontiers of German - speaking lands . Thornton Wilder's version of ...
... stage . It thus acquired a highly characteristic quality , the lack of which we may well regret in German Comedy , but which has hindered its passage beyond the frontiers of German - speaking lands . Thornton Wilder's version of ...
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