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Page 79
... theatre and the Noh Theatre of Japan - both highly stylised and both using male actors for female roles - Mr. Nagler reminds us that " stylisation does not exclude emotional reaction " . He also points out that the Jacobeans knew that ...
... theatre and the Noh Theatre of Japan - both highly stylised and both using male actors for female roles - Mr. Nagler reminds us that " stylisation does not exclude emotional reaction " . He also points out that the Jacobeans knew that ...
Page 95
... theatre was a lost cause . A con- temporary journalist noted that many actors " lingered under the heavy yoke of poverty and fed themselves and family with hunger , sighs and tears " . Some wandered round the country giving illicit ...
... theatre was a lost cause . A con- temporary journalist noted that many actors " lingered under the heavy yoke of poverty and fed themselves and family with hunger , sighs and tears " . Some wandered round the country giving illicit ...
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... theatre- goers . In Japan the sequence was slightly different , though producing eventually the same artistic results . Japan has two forms of theatre , the classic Noh drama which began in the Fourteenth Century : and the Kabuki theatre ...
... theatre- goers . In Japan the sequence was slightly different , though producing eventually the same artistic results . Japan has two forms of theatre , the classic Noh drama which began in the Fourteenth Century : and the Kabuki theatre ...
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