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The Nature of Art (Series I, Chapter 15, Session 3)
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Series I, Chapter 15: The Nature of Art, Session 3 Based on the teaching of Professor Mary Holmes Topics: Judgments of Art Talking about Art What Makes a Work of Art Great? Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.comBy Doctor Rap
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The Nature of Art (Series I, Chapter 15, Session 2)
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Series I, Chapter 15: The Nature of Art, Session 2 Based on the teaching of Professor Mary Holmes Topics: Paradox 2: Escape and Return Paradox 3: I and We Paradox 4: Integrity and Change The Power of Art The Goal of Art Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.comBy Doctor Rap
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The Nature of Art (Series I, Chapter 15, Session 1)
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Series I, Chapter 15: The Nature of Art, Session 1 Based on the teaching of Professor Mary Holmes Session 1 Topics: Why Art? What is Art? How Art Works Paradox 1: Empathy and Psychic Distance The Willing Suspension of Disbelief Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.comBy Doctor Rap
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Selected Sonnets 129-146 (Series II, Podcast Z)
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Series II, Podcast Z: Selected Sonnets 129-146 129 130 135 138 144 146 Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.comBy Doctor Rap
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Selected Sonnets 73-116 (Series II, Podcast Y)
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Series II, Podcast Y: Selected Sonnets 73-116 73 74 94 116 Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.comBy Doctor Rap
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Selected Sonnets 1-65 (Series II, Podcast X)
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Series II, Podcast X: Selected Sonnets 1-65 1-17 18 20 29 30 42 55 60 65 Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.comBy Doctor Rap
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Hypothetical, Spurious, and False Shakespeare (Series I, Chapter 14)
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Series I, Chapter 14: Hypothetical, Spurious, and False Shakespeare Hypothetical: Love's Labour's Won, Cardenio Spurious: Hecate passages in Macbeth False Attributions: "The Passionate Pilgrim," Arden of Feversham, "Shall I Die?" A Funeral Elegy Notes: References are to the following: F.E. Halliday, A Shakespeare Companion 1564–1964 (Baltimore: Pen…
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Did Shakespeare Collaborate? (Series I, Chapter 13)
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Series I, Chapter 13: Did Shakespeare Collaborate? Edward III Pericles Henry VIII The Two Noble Kinsmen Sir Thomas More References are to the following: Melchiori, Giorgio, ed. The New Cambridge Shakespeare: King Edward III (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998), pp. 12–13; Hallett Smith, Introduction to Pericles, Prince of Tyre in G. Blakem…
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Series II, Podcast W: The Tempest Shakespeare's most mystical play. References are to the following: C.S. Lewis, The Discarded Image (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1964, repr. 1967), Chapter VI; C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man (New York: HarperCollins, 2001, orig. copyright 1944), pp. 77–78; Frank Kermode, ed., Arden edition of The Tempes…
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Series II, Podcast V: The Winter's Tale Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.comBy Doctor Rap
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Troilus and Cressida (Series II, Podcast U)
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Series II, Podcast U: Troilus and Cressida Shakespeare's one satire, on the matter of Troy. Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.comBy Doctor Rap
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Shakespeare's Other Poems (Series I, Chapter 12)
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Series I, Chapter 12: Shakespeare's Other Poems Venus and Adonis The Rape of Lucrece The Phoenix and the Turtle A Lover's Complaint Notes: I have taken some facts and quotations from the following: On The Rape of Lucrece: Hallett Smith, Introduction to The Rape of Lucrece in G. Glakemore Evans, ed., The Riverside Shakespeare, Second Edition (Boston…
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Series II, Podcast T: Henry V Pageant Shakespeare's Ideal King Banishment of Falstaff Note: The Thompson quotation is from Philip Thompson, Notes on Shakespeare in Gideon Rappaport, ed., Dusk and Dawn: Poetry and Prose of Philip Thompson (San Diego: One Mind Good Presss, 2005), p. 228.By Doctor Rap
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Series II, Podcast S: Henry IV, Part II Promise Fulfilled: Prince Hal becomes King Henry V Defense of Prince John Falstaff's Banishment Note: The Thompson quotation is from Notes on Shakespeare in Philip Thompson, Dusk and Dawn: Poems and Prose of Philip Thompson, ed. Gideon Rappaport (San Diego: One Mind Good Press, 2005), p. 221, 227. Questions? …
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Series II, Podcast R: Henry IV, Part I Three metaphorical heirs to the throne: Hal, Hotspur, Falstaff Two excessive humors and Plato's three souls Prince Hal's Character Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.comBy Doctor Rap
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Series II, Podcast Q: Richard II Chiasmus Right vs. Merit The Beginning of the Wars of the Roses Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.comBy Doctor Rap
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Series II, Podcast P: Richard III Scourge of God "Despair and Die" End of the Wars of the Roses Notes: Two quotations come from Anthony Hammond, Introduction to King Richard III, The Arden Shakespeare (London: Methuen, 1981): The More description is on p. 78; the Spivack quotations (citing Bernard Spivack, Shakespeare and the Allegory of Evil [New …
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Introduction to Shakespeare's History Plays (Series II, Podcast O)
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Series II, Podcast O: Introduction to Shakespeare's History Plays Notes: The Thompson quotations are from “Notes on Shakespeare” in Philip Thompson, Dusk and Dawn: Poems and Prose of Philip Thompson, ed. Gideon Rappaport (San Diego: One Mind Good Press, 2005), p. 221, 227. The Robie Macauley quotation is from his introduction to Ford Madox Ford, Pa…
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What Is a Sonnet For? (Series I, Chapter 11)
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Series I, Chapter 11: What Is a Sonnet For? What is a poem? What is a sonnet? Shakespeare's Sonnets Did Shakespeare really mean it? How long did it take him to write one? To whom did he write them? Was Shakespeare gay? Notes: The Robert Frost quotation is from Newsweek, January 30, 1956, p. 56, accessed 7/5/18 at http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilr…
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Antony and Cleopatra (Series II, Podcast N)
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Series II, Podcast N: Antony and Cleopatra Rome and Egypt Reason and Passion Particulars and the Universal 5 Key Lines 12 Specific Notes Notes: The Thompson quotation is from Reflections (Literary and Philosophical) in Philip Thompson, Dusk and Dawn: Poems and Prose of Philip Thompson, ed. Gideon Rappaport (San Diego: One Mind Good Press, 2005), p.…
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Series II, Podcast M: Macbeth A short discussion followed by 9 key lines and 13 specific notes to help in your reading. Note: Biblical quotations are from the Geneva Bible Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.comBy Doctor Rap
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Series II, Podcast L: King Lear Note: Biblical quotations are from the Geneva Bible Questions? Email DoctorRap@zoho.comBy Doctor Rap
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What Kind of Thing Is It? Histories, Romances, Satire (Ser. I, Ch. 10, Sess. 2)
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Series I, Chapter 10: What Kind of Thing Is It? Categories of Plays Session 2: Histories, Romances, Satire Histories Romances One Satire False Category: Problem Plays Notes: The Halliday quotation is from F.E. Halliday, A Shakespeare Companion 1564–1964 (Baltimore: Penguin, 1964), p. 350. The Boas reference is to F. S. Boas, Shakespeare and His Pre…
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What Kind of Thing Is It? Categories of Plays: Tragedies and Comedies (Ser. I, Ch. 10, Sess. 1)
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Series I, Chapter 10: What Kind of Thing Is It? Categories of Plays Session1: Tragedies and Comedies Revenge Tragedies De Casibus Tragedies Domestic Tragedies Comic Relief Notes: The quotation from Morton Bloomfield is from a from a lecture series entitled “Medieval and Renaissance Tragedy and Notions of Tragedy” delivered at Brandeis University, S…
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Series II, Podcast K: Othello Psychomachia Demonic Iago, Angelic Desdemona Repentance vs. Suicide 3 Key Lines 6 Specific Notes Notes: The quotation of Thomas Mann is from Thomas Mann, Joseph and His Brothers, tr. John E. Woods (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Everyman’s Library, 2005), p. 669. For the Donald Duck psychomachia see “Donald’s Better Self” …
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Series II, Podcast J: Hamlet What the play is not. Revenge Play Who is and who isn't mad? Moral-Spiritual Drama Two-Letter Climax Readiness Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.comBy Doctor Rap
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Is This What Shakespeare Actually Wrote? The Texts (Ser. I, Ch. 9)
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Series I, Chapter 9: Is This What Shakespeare Actually Wrote? Shakespeare's Texts Manuscripts Early Printed Editions: Good and Bad Quartos, Folio Later Editions Modern Editions Notes: Facsimile edition of the Quartos: Michael J.B. Allen and Kenneth Muir, Shakespeare’s Plays in Quarto (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1981). Facsimile editi…
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Series II, Podcast I: Julius Caesar Shakespeare inherits both pro- and anti-Caesar traditions The body of Caesar vs. the spirit of Caesar Notes: The Sayers quotation is from notes on the major images in Canto XXXIV in Dorothy Sayers, tr., The Comedy of Dante Alighieri the Florentine, Cantica I, Hell (London: Penguin, 1949), p. 289. On the anti-Caes…
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Series II, Podcast H: Romeo and Juliet Oxymoron Love and Death Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.comBy Doctor Rap
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Whose Interpretation Is Right? Principles of Interpreting Shakespeare (Ser. I, Ch. 8)
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Series I, Chapter 8: Whose Interpretation Is Right? Principles of Interpreting Shakespeare Text and Subtext Context Critic's Assumptions Directors' Mirrors Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.comBy Doctor Rap
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Measure for Measure (Series II, Podcast G)
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Series II, Podcast G: Measure for Measure A discussion of one of Shakespeare's greatest comedies. The wedding of Justice and Mercy. The source of two of the Thompson quotations is Philip Thompson, Dusk and Dawn: Poems and Prose of Philip Thompson, ed. Gideon Rappaport (San Diego: One Mind Good Press, 2005), pp. 223–26; a third quotation was heard i…
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Series II, Podcast F: Twelfth Night Discussion of the play: Twelfth Night or What You Will 5 Key Lines 20 Specific Line Notes Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.comBy Doctor Rap
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Why All the Footnotes? Decorum--Realism vs. Morality Play--Foreground (Ser. I, Ch. 7, Session 5)
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Series I, Chapter 7: Why All the Footnotes? Shakespeare's Mental Furniture Session 5: Decorum Realism or Morality Play? "Foreground Is Background" References in the section on Decorum are to Madeleine Doran, Endeavors of Art: A Study of Form in Elizabethan Drama, (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1964), p. 217–218, and to George Puttenham, A…
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Why All the Footnotes? Disintegrating Forces (Series I, Chapter 7, Session 4)
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Series I, Chapter 7: Why All the Footnotes? Shakespeare's Mental Furniture Session 4: Disintegrating Forces: The Protestant Reformation Machiavelli The New Science Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.comBy Doctor Rap
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Why All the Footnotes: Shakespeare's Mental Furniture: Correspondence and Authority (Series I, Chapter 7, Session 3)
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Series I, Chapter 7: Why all the Footnotes? Shakespeare's Mental Furniture Session 3: The Doctrine of Correspondence Authority Christianity Renaissance Humanism and Classicism Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.comBy Doctor Rap
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Why All the Footnotes? Shakespeare's Mental Furniture: The Human Order (Series I, Chapter 7, Session2)
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Series I, Chapter 7: Why All the Footnotes? Shakespeare's Mental Furniture Session 2: The Human Order: Monarchy vs. Democracy The Two Bodies of the King The Family The Individual Soul and Body The Humors The Five Wits Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.comBy Doctor Rap
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Why All the Footnotes? Shakespeare's Mental Furniture (Series I, Chapter 7, Session 1)
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Series I, Chapter 7: Why All the Footnotes? Shakespeare's Mental Furniture, Session 1: Words We Know Words We Don't Know Shakespeare and Electricity The Medieval Synthesis The Cosmic Hierarchy Notes: The reference to Lewis is to C.S. Lewis, The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature (Cambridge: Cambridge University …
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Series II, Podcast D: As You Like It New prelude/postlude: Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 11, Third Movement, quartet version, in the public domain. Upcoming, Why All the Footnotes: Shakespeare's Mental Furniture with a better mic. Thanks for technical and other help to N. A., A. G., J. G., F. H., and A. R. Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.co…
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Unity in Variety: Setting, Theme, Audience (Series I, Chapter 6, Session 3)
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Series I, Chapter 6: Unity in Variety, Session 3: Setting, Theme, Audience The third session in the chapter on Unity in Variety looks at settings, themes, and then brings in the audience as contributor to the unity of a play. Coming next, As You Like It, with a format upgrade: Prelude and postlude. Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.com.…
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Unity in Variety: Speech, Action, Scene, Character, Plot (Series I, Chapter 6, Session 2)
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Series I, Chapter 6: Unity in Variety, Session 2: Unity in Variety seen in Figures of Speech Action Scenes Characters Plot Next session: Setting, Theme, Audience Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.comBy Doctor Rap
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Unity in Variety: Words and Images (Series I, Chapter 6, Session 1)
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Series I, Chapter 6: Why the play's the thing: Unity in Variety, Session 1 Unity and meaning Shakespeare and the hologram All roads lead to meaning Words Images In the next session we'll look at figures of speech, action, scene, character, and plot. In the third session, we'll look at setting and theme and then at the audience.…
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Much Ado about Nothing (Series II, Podcast D)
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Series II, Podcast D: Much Ado about Nothing Discussion of the play Three key lines Particular notes to help you in your reading of the play: For these you may want to be sitting with your text and a pencil. Questions? email DoctorRap@zohomail.com.By Doctor Rap
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Shakespeare's Characters (Series I, Chapter 5)
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Series I, Chapter 5, Foiled Again? Shakespeare's Characters The particular and the general The good, the evil, the mixed The humorous Characters can change Foils and the Shakespearean complicationBy Doctor Rap
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The Merchant of Venice (Series II, Podcast C)
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Series II, Podcast C: The Merchant of Venice Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.comBy Doctor Rap
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Shakespeare's Language: Variation in Speech (Series I, Chapter 4, Session 4)
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Series I, Chapter 4: Shakespeare's Language, Session 4: Rhetorical Devices: Variation in Speech Did Shakespeare's audience get it all? Coming next: The Merchant of Venice Shakespeare's Characters Questions? email DoctorRap@zohomail.comBy Doctor Rap
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Shakespeare's Language: Repetition of Sounds, Structure (Series I, Chapter 4, Session 3)
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Series I, Chapter 4: Shakespeare's Language, Session 3 Rhetorical devices rooted in sound: Repetition Rhyme Alliteration Assonance Consonance Rhetorical devices rooted in structure: Antithesis Repetition of Syntax Chiasmus End-stopped and Enjambed lines To come next: Variation in Speech Questions: email DoctorRap@zohomail.com…
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Shakespeare's Language: Onomatopoeia, Meter, Rhythm (Series I, Chapter 4, Session 2)
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Shakespeare's Language: Rhetorical Devices Rooted in Sound Onomatopoeia Pacing: Meter and Rhythm What is iambic pentameter? What are masculine and feminine endings? What is blank verse? Questions? email DoctorRap@zohomail.comBy G Rap
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Shakespeare's Language: Metaphor and Simile (Series I, Chapter 4, Session 1)
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Did People Really Talk Like That? Shakespeare's Language Session 1 of four on Shakespeare's Language: What is poetry for? Is it Verse or Prose? Rhetorical devices rooted in meaning: Metaphor and Simile. To come: Session 2: rhetorical devices rooted in sound: Onomatopoeia, Meter, and Rhythm. Session 3; repetition of sounds; rhetorical devices rooted…
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (Series II, Podcast B)
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Series II, Podcast B: A Midsummer Night's Dream A discussion of one of Shakespeare's most lyrical plays. Rhetoric as the vehicle of emotion. The nature of love. Expect most uploads on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Coming up, Shakespeare's Language. Questions? email DoctorRap@zohomail.comBy G Rap
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Shakespeare's Theater (Series I, Chapter 3)
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What was the state of the art in Shakespeare's theater? Hearing a play. The building and the Stage. Sets. Props. Costumes. Actors. Play direction. Prompt-book and book-keeper. Dance. Audience. Questions? Email DoctorRap@zohomail.comBy G Rap
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