The Growth of English Drama
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The Growth of English Drama is by Arnold Wynne. The preface says that in spite of the fact that an almost superabundant literature of exposition has gathered round early English drama, there is, I believe, still room for this book. The text quotes a manuscript reading "Then shall come the Devil and three or four devils with him, carrying in their hands chains and iron fetters, which they shall put on the necks of Adam and Eve".
The text mentions a shorter play of Cain and Abel. The text says that Marlowe is too widely known to need introduction through any text-book. The text says of a play that as a whole it offers no inspiration, presents no aspects of beauty, holds up no mirror to ourselves, and that one lesson it teaches is that happiness cannot be won by crime.
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- Author
- Arnold Wynne
- Pages
- 182
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Theater
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