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... play and the morality play ) . The mystery plays , usually representing biblical subjects , developed from plays presented in Latin by churchmen on church premises and depicted such subjects as the Creation , Adam and Eve , the murder ...
... play and the morality play ) . The mystery plays , usually representing biblical subjects , developed from plays presented in Latin by churchmen on church premises and depicted such subjects as the Creation , Adam and Eve , the murder ...
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... plays . The first type , the kami ( " god " ) play , involves a sacred story of a Shinto shrine ; the second , shura mono ( " fighting play " ) , centres on warriors ; the third , katsura mono ( " wig play " ) , has a female protagonist ...
... plays . The first type , the kami ( " god " ) play , involves a sacred story of a Shinto shrine ; the second , shura mono ( " fighting play " ) , centres on warriors ; the third , katsura mono ( " wig play " ) , has a female protagonist ...
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... play ideas , and other memo- randa . His most - distinguished short plays in- clude the four early sea plays , Bound East for Cardiff . In the Zone , The Long Voyage Home , and The Moon of the Caribbees , which were written between 1913 ...
... play ideas , and other memo- randa . His most - distinguished short plays in- clude the four early sea plays , Bound East for Cardiff . In the Zone , The Long Voyage Home , and The Moon of the Caribbees , which were written between 1913 ...
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