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... drama is traceable to about AD 100 in India , where the transition to theatre coincided with the advent of Buddhism in India in the 2nd century AD . A similar transition from dance - drama to theatre is discernible in China with the ...
... drama is traceable to about AD 100 in India , where the transition to theatre coincided with the advent of Buddhism in India in the 2nd century AD . A similar transition from dance - drama to theatre is discernible in China with the ...
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... drama in the 1890s ; and the writings of such major 20th - century critics as Harley Granville - Barker , Stark Young , and George Jean Nathan . Personal histories by leading theoreticians and practitioners , including KONSTANTIN ...
... drama in the 1890s ; and the writings of such major 20th - century critics as Harley Granville - Barker , Stark Young , and George Jean Nathan . Personal histories by leading theoreticians and practitioners , including KONSTANTIN ...
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... dramatic production distinguished by their alliance either to music or to dance . Opera and musical comedy combine drama and music in varying degrees of dominance . Opera in particular straddles the border between these two arts , and ...
... dramatic production distinguished by their alliance either to music or to dance . Opera and musical comedy combine drama and music in varying degrees of dominance . Opera in particular straddles the border between these two arts , and ...
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