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Page 245
... Performance has religious significance , the gods being invoked and honoured , and a performance may be arranged to assure rain or to halt an epidemic . It is not certain when and how nang sbek originated , but it seems probable that it ...
... Performance has religious significance , the gods being invoked and honoured , and a performance may be arranged to assure rain or to halt an epidemic . It is not certain when and how nang sbek originated , but it seems probable that it ...
Page 247
... performance , adding contemporary jokes for the clowns and molding the performance to suit the occasion and the audience . He and his supporting musicians and female singers are improvising within completely known , although ...
... performance , adding contemporary jokes for the clowns and molding the performance to suit the occasion and the audience . He and his supporting musicians and female singers are improvising within completely known , although ...
Page 535
... performance of " godly " plays . The other main source of opposition that the Roman theatre could not stave off was the invasion of the barbar- ians from the north and east . Although by 476 Rome had been sacked twice , some of the ...
... performance of " godly " plays . The other main source of opposition that the Roman theatre could not stave off was the invasion of the barbar- ians from the north and east . Although by 476 Rome had been sacked twice , some of the ...
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