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Word: zoroastrean (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sell-out run to standing ovation crowds, it was performed in Kabuki style and dress. Since then it has been a bit different at every run (this is to be its fifth). Here the genre is undefinable: some ritual-like dances and primitive-looking celebrations resemble an orgiastic Zoroastrean ceremony, others are solemn and formal. Schwartz, who says that his play works best when least Biblical in tone, is pleased with this...

Author: By Richard Turner, | Title: Slouching Toward Jerusalem | 3/22/1973 | See Source »

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