Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 241
ng, these were not even notableby their absence, for they had never been thoughtof—the people played in such garments as theypossessed, while the stage properties consisted ofa few necessary pieces of furniture, with a signor two to suggest the scene; such as a few boughsto indicate a forest, a… … for, though these ancient, peasant-played stories are, indeed, a world removed froma production of to-day, yet they had about thema close relation to the thought and feeling oftheir time: local allusions mingled with the reli-gious story, and the actors did not try to disguisethemselves; audience…
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