
Juliet's Balcony with Chelsey Weber-Smith
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Shakespeare's the History and Fall of Caius Marius
Romeo and juliet was usurped by a similar play by some one named thomas otway. This happened because, quoting lois levine again, in 16 forty two the puritan parliament at war with king charles. And so for quite a while, this was the dominant play. And it had a balcony in it. We're misremembering collectively, or do you think more than bos lermon it was convenience of set design originally? Or would it be not easier to have a balcony on set? These are, these are great guesses, but ht, you're never going to extra. You could extrapala, but it would take you, like
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