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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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drama XVII. — late L.
drāma — Gr.
drāma,
-at- deed, action, play (esp. tragedy), f.
drân do, act.
So
dramatic XVI.
dramaturge playwright. XIX. — F. — Gr.
dramatourgós, f.
dramat- + *
erg- WORK. Hence
dramatist XVII,
dramatize XVIII.
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Drama: Ways into critical literacy in the early childhood years.
Magazine article from: Australian Journal of Language and Literacy; 10/1/2001; ; 700+ words
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Drama and Politics in the English Civil War.(Review)
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Drama Queen.
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Drama therapy helpful to all ages.
M2 Presswire; 3/30/2004; 700+ words
; ...March 2004-Kansas State University: Drama therapy helpful to all ages(C)1994...her job teaching college students to be drama therapists. Bailey is a Kansas State University...department, director of K-State's drama therapy program, a registered drama therapist...
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Drama, Play, and Game: English Festive Culture in the Medieval and Early Modern Period.(Book Review)
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Creative drama in preschool curriculum: teaching strategies implemented in Hungary.(teaching strategies)
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Drama and Authentic Assessment in a Social Studies Classroom.
Magazine article from: The Social Studies; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
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Drama breathes life into traditional Bible lessons
Newspaper article from: Sunday Gazette-Mail; 8/10/2003; ; 700+ words
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Drama
Book article from: -Ologies and -Isms
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Asian drama
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Schools of Drama
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
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Poetic Drama
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
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University Departments of Drama
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
University Departments of Drama. The first attempt to present theatre...established in 1914 a Department of Drama offering a degree in theatre arts. More...1925 of a postgraduate Department of Drama at Yale , headed by George Pierce Baker...
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