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Character
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Adult
Style
Comedic
Act/Scene
1
Time & Place
A public square in Athens, Ancient Greece
Length
Short
Time Period
Classical
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)
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Praxagora enters the scene dressed as a man and
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Oh! Thou shining light of my earthenware lamp, from this high spot shalt thou look abroad. Oh! lamp, I will tell thee thine origin and thy future; 'tis the rapid whirl of the potter's wheel that has lent thee thy shape, and thy wick counterfeits
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