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acting action actors Aeschylus appear artist audience authorities became become began beginning booth stage boxes building built called century Chapter characters church comedy companies complete consider continued costume dance designed direct doors drama dressed early effects Elizabethan England English Europe example expected fact feet followed front give Greek hall ideas important instance interesting Italy kind known later lighting London managers means move natural never original painted performance perhaps period play players playhouse playwrights possible practical present problems produced professional realistic religion religious remained ritual Roman round Royal scene scenery scenic seating seems seen Shakespeare side similar simply skill sometimes sort space stage story style successful suggest symbolic theatre took tradition tragedy usually whole writers