Jesus Christ -- Drama; Mysteries and miracle-plays
=THE WAGER=, by GIUSEPPE GIACOSA. This one act poetic comedy, written
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=PHORMIO=, a Latin comedy by TERENCE. An up-to-date version of the
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=THE TWINS=, a Latin farce by PLAUTUS, upon which Shakespeare founded
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=THE BLACK PEARL=, by VICTORIEN SARDOU. One of Sardou’s most famous
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=CHARMING LEANDRE=, by THEODORE DE BANVILLE. The author of “Gringoire”
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=THE POST-SCRIPTUM=, by EMILE AUGIER. Of this one-act comedy Professor
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=MASTER PATELIN, SOLICITOR=, a comedy in three acts. Special version by
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=CRISPIN, HIS MASTER’S RIVAL=, a comedy in one act by LE SAGE. A famous
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