The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 3R. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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... In The French theatre cannot be traced higher than the year 1398 , when the Mystery of the Passion was represented at St. Maur . the year 1110 , as Dr. Percy and Mr. Warton & HISTORICAL ACCOUNT though I fear I can add but little to the ...
... In The French theatre cannot be traced higher than the year 1398 , when the Mystery of the Passion was represented at St. Maur . the year 1110 , as Dr. Percy and Mr. Warton & HISTORICAL ACCOUNT though I fear I can add but little to the ...
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... represented , till the fourth century . About that period , Gregory Nazianzen , an Archbishop , a poet , and one of the fathers of the church , banished Pagan plays from the stage at Constantinople , and introduced stories from the Old ...
... represented , till the fourth century . About that period , Gregory Nazianzen , an Archbishop , a poet , and one of the fathers of the church , banished Pagan plays from the stage at Constantinople , and introduced stories from the Old ...
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... represented on the stage , disgraced with the grossest improprieties , corrupted with inventions and additions of the most ridiculous kind , sullied with impurities , and expressed in the language of the lowest farce . " On the whole ...
... represented on the stage , disgraced with the grossest improprieties , corrupted with inventions and additions of the most ridiculous kind , sullied with impurities , and expressed in the language of the lowest farce . " On the whole ...
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... represented by the Pueri Eleemosynarii , or choir - boys of Hyde Ab- bey , and Saint Swithin's Priory , two large monaste- ries at Winchester . This is the only proof I have ever seen of choir - boys acting the old Mysteries : nor do I ...
... represented by the Pueri Eleemosynarii , or choir - boys of Hyde Ab- bey , and Saint Swithin's Priory , two large monaste- ries at Winchester . This is the only proof I have ever seen of choir - boys acting the old Mysteries : nor do I ...
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... representing all the histories of both testaments , from the creation to the choosing of St. Mathias to be an ... represented the Assumption , and last Judgment . All these things were treated of in a very homely style , as we now ...
... representing all the histories of both testaments , from the creation to the choosing of St. Mathias to be an ... represented the Assumption , and last Judgment . All these things were treated of in a very homely style , as we now ...
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