Leandro Fernández de Moratín
Leandro Fernández de Moratín , 1760-1828, Spanish dramatist and poet. A supporter of Joseph Bonaparte, he lived in exile in France after Bonaparte fell. Molière, whose works he translated, was his literary model. His plays, satiric and psychologically acute, include El sí de las niñas [the maidens' consent] (1806), for which he was denounced to the Inquisition. He was subsequently compelled to give up playwriting.
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Henry IV, Part 1.(Theater Review)
Magazine article from: Shakespeare Bulletin; 9/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Mortimer, Old Soldier), Richard Baird (Harry Percy, Gadshill), Tara Denton (Worcester, Lady Percy, Francis, 1st Carrier...slouched, appearing every inch the dissipated stoner. And Gadshill (played by Baird) almost stole the show as a pot-smoking...
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 "Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)")
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The late Mr Charles Dickens; RETRO REPORT How we covered...
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 6/10/2009; 558 words
; ...expired last night at quarter to six o'clock at his residence, Gadshill, near Rochester, Kent. Mr Charles Dickens was born at Portsmouth...was conspicuous. His charming residence on the far-famed Gadshill was always open to visitors, and in Rochester and the neighbourhood...
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Shakespeare's "Henry IV", Part 1, 2.4.258.
Magazine article from: The Explicator; 3/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...astutely avoids Hal's attempts to expose his account of the Gadshill robbery as a lie. But these words, as David Bevington (191...audience or reader knows, because he failed to recognize Hal at Gadshill; but he is telling the truth insofar as he is convinced that...
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 "Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK)")
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Loyal chico returns to murder scene
Newspaper article from: Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK); 8/28/2007; 539 words
; ...and give as much information as they can so we can put him to rest." Officers said it was not known whether Mr Devine, of Gadshill Street, Royston, was killed that night or on a later date. Detective Chief Inspector Ricky Mason, who is leading the inquiry...
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Lord Chief Justice v. Lord of Misrule.(Law and Literature)
Magazine article from: LawNow; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...later admonishes him: "You hear not what I say to you." Although Falstaff was wanted for questioning about the robbery at Gadshill, the Chief Justice tells him that he is fortunate that his military service at the battle of Shrewsbury has given him an amnesty...
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Some recent dramatic manuscript studies.
Magazine article from: Shakespeare Studies; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...by drinking and smoking tobacco--"The Tapster Manuscript," and argues that it is a close analogue to the scene of the Gadshill robbery plot in act 2, scene I of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1. The scribal(?) quarto-sized leaf, with marginal...
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 "Birmingham Evening Mail (England)")
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What the Dickens was that?(Letter)
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England); 10/1/2002; 338 words
; ...people would have been in bed. That of 1863 is recorded as having disturbed the famed Charles Dickens in bed as far away as Gadshill in Kent. That of 1896 was felt as far north as Carlisle and, in theory at least, could have been felt over a portion of...
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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Dog stayed with master's dead body for three days; ON GUARD: Chico the dog.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 7/29/2007; 402 words
; ...the spot and had gone to see what had been attracting the dog'sattention. Detectives have not revealed how Mr Devine, of Gadshill Street, Royston, died. The officer in charge of the inquiry, Detective Inspector John Kennedy, saidthe last sighting of...
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Henry IV, Part One.(Theater Review)
Magazine article from: Shakespeare Bulletin; 6/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Michael Pisacane (Worcester), Paul Viani (Northumberland), Brian Mendes (Hotspur), Bob Feldman (Blunt), Roger Babb (Gadshill), Benjamin Tejeda (Bardolph), Candido "Pito" Rivera (Peto), Kate Gleason (Lady Percy), Vicki Walden (Mistress...
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Two murder hunts in city.(News)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland); 4/2/2000; 342 words
; ...incidents. The body of William Taylor, 48, of Coll Street in the city's Royston district, was found at a flat in nearby Gadshill Street in the early hours of the morning. Detective Chief Inspector David Johnston, who is leading the hunt for his killer...
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Gadshill
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Gadshill, near Rochester, the scene of Prince Hal's joke robbery of Falstaff in Shakespeare's 1 Henry IV ( ii . ii); also the name of one of Falstaff's companions. Gadshill was the home of Dickens in his later years.
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Markle, Stephen
Book article from: Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television
...Music Box Theatre, New York City, 2000. Serge, Art, South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, CA, 2000. Also appeared as Gadshill/Douglas, Henry IV Part I, Joseph Papp Public Theater; Duke of Surrey, Richard II, Joseph Papp Public Theater; Petruchio...
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Rochester-upon-Medway
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...m) thick surrounds the ruins of a 12th-century castle, which was several times beseiged. King's School for boys was refounded in 1542. James II left Rochester in disguise in 1688. Charles Dickens 's home at Gadshill is nearby.
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J. B. Priestley
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...1986. Priestley also wrote mystery stories, personal history, and social criticism, English Journey (1934), Rain upon Gadshill (1939), Thoughts in the Wilderness (1957), and The Happy Dream (1976). His works of history include The Edwardians...
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Charles Dickens
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...1859); Great Expectations (1861); and Our Mutual Friend (1865). In 1856 he bought his long-desired country home at Gadshill. Two years later, because of Dickens's attentions to a young actress, Ellen Ternan, his wife ended their marriage by...
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