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interior of a Kabuki theater
Wagner, Richard: stagecraft
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burlesque depicted on a phlyax krater
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Design by Inigo Jones for a procession in The Masque of Augures
commedia dell'arte troupe
David Garrick in a 1746 engraving by William Hogarth
Charles Kean as King Lear
Observe the tunic worn by actor Edwin Booth, embellished with the royal arms of Richard III, for the role of Shakespeare's Richard III
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