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The Theatre As It Was And As It Is, By Robert Edmond Jones

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In the essay “The Theatre As It Was and As It Is”, by Robert Edmond Jones, the author attempts to give a comical look into how the theatre may have originated in the times of the Neanderthal. Jones uses five cave men, Ook, Pow, Pung, Glup, Little Zowie, and the rest of their tribe to illustrated what may have been the first play ever performed. In this analogy, the play is a retelling of how a lion was killed by the leaders of the tribe. Although quite literally primitive, the play includes several of the elements associated with a theatre production. In order for the part of the lion to be represented, a cave man wears the lion skin, representing what may have been the first theatrical costume. Even though the cave men enjoy the little skit,

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