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closet drama
closet drama a play that is meant to be read rather than performed. Precursors of the form existed in classical times. Plato's Apology is often regarded as tragic drama rather than philosophic dialogue. The dialogues of Cicero, Strabo, and Seneca were probably declaimed rather than acted, since o... Read more
Robert Garnier
Robert Garnier , 1534?-1590, French dramatic poet. He wrote mainly closet dramas in the classical manner of Seneca. Les Juives [the Jewish women] (1583), based on the Bible, is perhaps the best of his tragedies. He is also credited with the first tragicomedy in French, Bradamante (1582). ... Read more
Caius Gabriel Cibber
Caius Gabriel Cibber , 1630-1700, Danish-English sculptor. Cibber was appointed carver to the king's closet for his services to William III of England. He worked for a time for Sir Christopher Wren. Cibber is best known for his statues Melancholy and Raving Madness, both in London. He also execu... Read more
juniper
juniper any tree or shrub of the genus Juniperus, aromatic evergreens of the family Cupressaceae ( cypress family), widely distributed over the north temperate zone. Many are valuable as a source of lumber and oil. The small fleshy cones are berrylike in appearance. The so-called common juniper ... Read more
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Algernon Charles Swinburne 1837-1909, English poet and critic. His poetry is noted for its vitality and for the music of its language. After attending Eton (1849-53) and Oxford (1856-60) he settled in London on an allowance from his father. His first published volume, containing two blank verse pla... Read more
Western drama
Western drama plays produced in the Western world. This article discusses the development of Western drama in general; for further information see the various national literature articles. Greek Drama The Western dramatic tradition has its origins in ancient Greece. The precise evolution ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "closet"

closet drama
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition closet drama a play that is meant to be read rather...survived transplantation from Greece to Rome. Closet dramas were particularly popular in the...on Greek tragedies. Notable among other closet dramas are Robert Browning's Strafford...
Closet Drama
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre Closet Drama, plays written to be read as opposed to those intended for production...de Musset's have joined the permanent repertory. The term ‘closet drama’ also includes translations of plays, usually classics in...
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'M Feelin' So Sad
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'M Feelin' So Sad (1962), “a pseudoclassical tragifarce” by Arthur Kopit . [Phoenix Theatre...
Queer Studies
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...x2019; s statement in Epistemology of the Closet (1990) triumphs the need to make sexuality...x2019; s (1994), date the rise of the closet to the 1930s and its intensification during...2002) sociological genealogy of the closet ’ s rise and fall over the last...
SIC 3088 Plastics Plumbing Fixtures
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...Joseph Bramah in about 1790. Known as a valve closet, this design saw long use in the toilet compartment of railroad cars. The valve closet was followed by the less expensive pan closet, which was in common use from the 1830s to...
Pantry and Larder
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture ...panis (bread). The core idea was a closet or cupboard where bread was stored, as...a bread storage cupboard, but also a closet or small room in which all sorts of food...with air from outside. Normally this closet stood near the kitchen, and it was common...
Gay and Lesbian Rights
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...sinful, or both. The phrase "in the closet" refers to gay men and lesbians who hide...open and decided to "come out of the closet," U.S. society was challenged to...Most gay men and lesbians remained in the closet until the modern movement for equality...
Robing Room
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States ...building next to the Conference Room. It contains nine adjacent closets that hold the judicial robes of the justices. Each closet door has a brass nameplate for its justice. The closets are arranged in order of the justices' seniority. The room...
SIC 3261 Vitreous China Plumbing Fixtures and China and Earthenware Fittings and Bathroom Accessories
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...flush tanks, lavatories, bidets, urinals, toilet fixtures, closet bowls, drinking fountains, and sinks. Other items include...buildings. Thomas Crapper invented the flush toilet, or water closet as it was known in England, in 1884. The mechanism he designed...
Joseph Butler
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...preacher at Rolls Chapel, rector of Haughton and Stanhope, clerk of the closet to Queen Caroline, bishop of Bristol, dean of St. Paul's Cathedral, clerk of the closet to King George II, and, for the last 2 years of his life, bishop of Durham...

Dictionary entries related to "closet"

closet
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...or study. 2. archaic a toilet. 3. ( the closet ) a state of secrecy or concealment, esp...homosexuality: lesbians who had come out of the closet . • adj. secret; covert: a closet socialist. • v. ( clos·...
closet, out of the
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable closet, out of the out into the open; closet (the North American word for cupboard ) typifies privacy and seclusion in biblical usage. Come out of the closet means ‘cease hiding a secret about oneself’...
Clerk of the Closet
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Clerk of the Closet. In the C of E the cleric who presides over the Royal College of Chaplains. He presents bishops to the Sovereign when they do homage after consecration.
Plumbing
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...place and consisted simply of a water closet or toilet and a "bathtub." Light washing...of a reliable and trouble-free water closet posed the most problems. A number had...offensive of the lot was the pan water closet. It was so named for the waste-collecting...
pomander
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...smelling substances such as herbs and spices, placed in a closet, drawer, or room to perfume the air or (formerly) carried...typically an orange or apple, studded with cloves and hung in a closet by a ribbon for a similar purpose.
Mackendrick, Alexander
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...1963 Sammy Going South (A Boy Ten Feet Tall ) 1965 A High Wind in Jamaica 1967 Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad (Quine) (d add'l scenes); Don't Make Waves Other Films: 1950 The Blue Lamp (Dearden...
Lugosi, Bela
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Dieterle) (as prosecutor) 1934 The Black Cat (Ulmer) (as Dr. Vitus Werdegast); Gift of Gab (Freund) (as man in closet); The Return of Chandu (Taylor—serial—features The Return of Chandu and Chandu on the Magic Island...
Burwell, Carter
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...the Holocaust (doc) (Gordon); Bad Company (Harris); Rob Roy (Caton-Jones); A Goofy Movie (Lima); The Celluloid Closet (doc) (Epstein and Friedman); Two Bits (Foley) 1996 The Chamber (Foley); Fargo (Coen and Coen); Fear (Foley...
Stark, Ray
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...The World of Suzie Wong (Quine) 1964 The Night of the Iguana (Huston) 1967 Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad (Quine) 1968 Funny Girl (Wyler) 1970 The Owl and the Pussycat (Ross) 1972 Fat City (Huston...
cupboard
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...table on which to place cups and other vessels. 2. Piece of furniture for the display of plate, etc. 3. A sideboard. 4. Closet or cabinet with shelves for the storage of dishes, cups, etc. In some cases (1) was combined with (4), the board forming...

Thesaurus entries related to "closet"

closet
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus closet • noun  a clothes closet synonyms : cabinet, cupboard, wardrobe, armoire, locker. • adjective  a closet Sherlock Holmes fan synonyms : secret, covert, private...
secret
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...stealthy, furtive, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, closet; informal hush-hush. antonym: overt.   4. a secret...confidential matter, confidence, private affair; skeleton in the closet.   2. the secrets of the universe synonyms : mystery...
cut
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...xA0; 3. a community cut off from the mainland by the floodwaters synonyms : isolate, separate, keep apart; seclude, closet, cloister, sequester. cut out   1. the lifeboat's engines cut out synonyms : stop working, stop, fail, give...
rifle
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus rifle • verb   1. she rifled through her closet synonyms : rummage, search, hunt, forage.   2. a thief rifled her home synonyms : burgle, burglarize, rob, steal...
underground
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...subsurface, basement.   2. underground trade synonyms : clandestine, secret, surreptitious, covert, undercover, closet, cloak-and-dagger, back-alley, backstairs, black-market, hidden, sneaky, furtive; resistance, subversive...
wardrobe
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus wardrobe • noun   1. she bought new shirts to expand his wardrobe synonyms : collection of clothes; garments, attire, outfits; trousseau.   2. chiefly Brit. she opened the wardrobe synonyms : (clothes) closet, armoire, locker, cupboard, cabinet.
undercover
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...company synonyms : covert, secret, clandestine, incognito, underground, surreptitious, furtive, cloak-and-dagger, stealthy, hidden, concealed, backstairs, closet; informal hush-hush, sneaky, on the QT. antonym: overt.
in
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus in • preposition   1. she was hiding in the closet synonyms : inside, within, in the middle of; surrounded by, enclosed by.   2. he was covered in mud synonyms : with...
cabinet
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English cabinet • noun   1. a china cabinet | a filing cabinet synonyms : cupboard, chest, locker, dresser, closet, chiffonier, case, container.   2. a member of the president's cabinet synonyms : advisers, council, committee, board, administration.
private
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...not for publication, not to be made public, not to be disclosed, secret, unofficial, off-the-record, in camera, closet, privileged; inf. hush-hush.   3. her private thoughts synonyms : personal, intimate, secret.   4...

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Closets Unlimited saves space
Newspaper article from: Naperville Sun, The (IL); 5/4/2001; 700+ words ; ...stores that sell closet and storage materials...organizing your closets, garage, office...call a professional closet organizing company...leader in the field is Closets Unlimited. For more...budget designated for closets and storage," Chaikin...are demanding more closet and storage ...
California Closets Celebrates 30th Anniversary.(Company overview)
Business Wire; 2/12/2008; 700+ words ; ...That Goes Beyond Closets SAN RAFAEL, Calif. -- California Closet Company, Inc...master walk-in closet designed by California Closets. The partnership...cramped dorm room closet. California Closets is now the largest...
Colossal closets; It's a given that today's larger homes will include enormous walk-ins as part of the master bedroom suite
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 2/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...least one walk-in closet. In the local home...theories about why closets are expanding. A...include a walk-in closet or two. They are...days. "Walk-in closets are just standard...or two) walk-in closets, a master bath and...rule of thumb for closet size is a minimum...
First Closets Conference: a great success: next stop, Santa Clara.(POST-SHOW REPORT)
Magazine article from: Wood & Wood Products; 4/1/2005; 700+ words ; ...DALLAS -- Nearly 300 closet industry professionals...packed into the first CLOSETS & HOME ORGANIZATION...geared to the needs of closet, garage and other...manufacturers. "The Closets pavilion was jammed...Since we launched CLOSETS in November 2003...endless echoes of closet and ...
Closet conversions // Easy tips for organizing those small, junk-filled rooms
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 7/12/1987; ; 700+ words ; ...way to reorganize your closets is to hire one of the several local closet consultants, such as Space Gainers or California Closets. For between $200 and...Redesign odd-shaped closets. One closet problem familiar to people...
Closet Systems.
Magazine article from: Professional Remodeler; 12/1/2005; 700+ words ; ...possible use of the closet space they do...create bigger closets. Forget the white...50 independent closet companies with...Franchiser California Closets, with 27 years...Reach-in or wall closet dimensions - Reach-in closets should be at least...
Closets come out; No longer dimly lit places to hang clothes or hide rarely used items, today's closets are real rooms, with cabinets, drawers and shelves, and some also with vanities, mirrors and seating areas.(HOMES)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 12/18/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...based California Closets, thought to be the largest closet company in the...even outfit their closets with coffeemakers...once designed a closet with enough extra...large designer closet, he said. Creative...large, walk-in closets can be a challenge...
CLOSET RECLAIMED\ EMPTY-NESTER MOTHER MISSES DAUGHTER BUT GAINS WARDROBE SPACE.(At Home)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 5/13/2006; 700+ words ; ...chaotic" to "creatively organized." Closet Lady; Closets, Etc.; California Closet; Closet & Storage Concepts; Contemporary...nesters and three perfectly appointed closets. The closet in the master bedroom and our son's old...
Into the closet.(EXPANDED PROFIT CENTERS)
Magazine article from: Kitchen & Bath Design News; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...LEVELS OF LUXURY Today's closets are often an extension...high-end details. Closet systems that feature...Oakland, CA, also has his closet projects custom built. Sofio uses California Closets systems for smaller projects...but prefers built-in closet storage that surrounds...
CLUTTERED CLOSETS CAN CERTAINLY CAUSE COMPLETE CONFUSION.(HOME SHOW)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 1/31/1988; 700+ words ; ...Cluttered not-big-enough closets. A new exhibitor at the Home...that problem. It's called Closet Crafters of Northern New York...walkin or 48-square-foot closet and get well over 30 feet of...began offering this service to closet owners of the Capital District...