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... JACK ( Moving to sofa and kneeling upon it . ) My dear fellow , what on earth is there in that ? Some aunts are tall , some aunts are not tall . That is a matter ... Jack . JACK ALGERNON You have always told me it was Ernest . 38 Playwriting.
... JACK ( Moving to sofa and kneeling upon it . ) My dear fellow , what on earth is there in that ? Some aunts are tall , some aunts are not tall . That is a matter ... Jack . JACK ALGERNON You have always told me it was Ernest . 38 Playwriting.
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... Jack that he is in pos- session of Jack's cigarette case . Jack asks to have it back . Alger- non , after teasing him for a while , returns it . We may note two facts concerning dramatic incident from our example : 1. It presents a ...
... Jack that he is in pos- session of Jack's cigarette case . Jack asks to have it back . Alger- non , after teasing him for a while , returns it . We may note two facts concerning dramatic incident from our example : 1. It presents a ...
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... Jack , perhaps more so ; Cecily is quite as interesting as Lady Bracknell , Miss Prism is perhaps the most amusing governess in comedy . But the business of the plot in- volves Jack and Lady Bracknell , not Jack and Algernon . Hence it ...
... Jack , perhaps more so ; Cecily is quite as interesting as Lady Bracknell , Miss Prism is perhaps the most amusing governess in comedy . But the business of the plot in- volves Jack and Lady Bracknell , not Jack and Algernon . Hence it ...
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The Theater vs Life | 1 |
Sources for Ideas for Plays | 17 |
Plot 1 | 35 |
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