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Page 156
... popular theatre . Under the Ming it en- joyed great popularity , indeed outlasting the dynasty by a century or more . It was adapted into a full - length opera form , which also sur- vived until the development of Peking opera under the ...
... popular theatre . Under the Ming it en- joyed great popularity , indeed outlasting the dynasty by a century or more . It was adapted into a full - length opera form , which also sur- vived until the development of Peking opera under the ...
Page 444
... popular entertainment ; " variety " was an evening of mixed plays ; and " music hall " meant a concert hall that featured a mixture of musical and comic entertainment . During the 19th century the demand for entertainment was ...
... popular entertainment ; " variety " was an evening of mixed plays ; and " music hall " meant a concert hall that featured a mixture of musical and comic entertainment . During the 19th century the demand for entertainment was ...
Page 446
... popular films of this period , though , were the extravagantly imaginative U.S. films of Busby Berkeley ( 1895-1976 ) , a former Broad- way dance director who presented elaborately staged dance sequences within the framework of well ...
... popular films of this period , though , were the extravagantly imaginative U.S. films of Busby Berkeley ( 1895-1976 ) , a former Broad- way dance director who presented elaborately staged dance sequences within the framework of well ...
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