A Short View of Elizabethan Drama: Together with Some Account of Its Principal Playwrights and the Conditions Under which it was Produced |
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... early Processus Prophetarum . II . Plays centering around the birth of Christ , developed from the early Christmas play . III . Plays presenting incidents in the life of Christ , surpris- ingly few in number . IV . Passion Plays ...
... early Processus Prophetarum . II . Plays centering around the birth of Christ , developed from the early Christmas play . III . Plays presenting incidents in the life of Christ , surpris- ingly few in number . IV . Passion Plays ...
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... early death , ca. 1501 , was a real loss to the slowly evolving English drama . The great master of the Interlude is John Heywood ( 1497 ? — ca. 1578 ) , an early example of the actor - playwright ; he was one of Henry VIII's " singing ...
... early death , ca. 1501 , was a real loss to the slowly evolving English drama . The great master of the Interlude is John Heywood ( 1497 ? — ca. 1578 ) , an early example of the actor - playwright ; he was one of Henry VIII's " singing ...
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... early sections deal usefully with Elizabethan plays . b . ELIZABETHAN DRAMA The Cambridge History of English Literature , vols . V and VI . Several chapters by various authors about the major Elizabethan dramatists . They are of unequal ...
... early sections deal usefully with Elizabethan plays . b . ELIZABETHAN DRAMA The Cambridge History of English Literature , vols . V and VI . Several chapters by various authors about the major Elizabethan dramatists . They are of unequal ...
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CYCLES | 1 |
NATIVE | 27 |
Chapter Three ACTORS AND THEATRES | 45 |
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