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Cross-Dressing and John Lyly's Gallathea.(Elizabethan author)(Critical Essay)
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A Broadway revival of Blake Edwards's gender-bending comedy Victor Victoria caps off a flurry of contemporary critical and popular interest in cross-dressing, the most recent expressions of which range from the sensational thrills of The Crying Game to Marjorie Garber's popular exploration of Vested Interests. [1] Specifically within the academy, feminist and, more recently, gay and lesbian scholars since the mid-1980s have seized upon early modern dramatic texts because they seem to highlight gender impersonation and performativity with their all-male casts and frequent ...
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A shot that echoed around the world Susan Brigden on why the assassination of William the Silent in 1584 made such a big noise in the courts of Europe
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London
; ...and shot and killed William the Silent was, Lisa Jardine contends...dispatched William the Silent he inadvertently made...cause in Europe. During William's life the Queen had...their ends by a dagger. William the Silent's murder made every...
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THE AWFUL END OF WILLIAM THE SILENT: THE FIRST ASSASSINATION OF A HEAD OF STATE WITH A HANDGUN
Magazine article from: The Spectator
; ...Murder made easy THE AWFUL END OF WILLIAM THE SILENT: THE FIRST ASSASSINATION OF A...that the assassination in 1584 of William of Orange was a landmark in history...empire occupied centre stage. William of Orange, chosen by Emperor Philip...
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William the Silent.(Poem)
Magazine article from: The Southern Review
; At the tomb of William the Silent I stood in silence. You, a much later William, unrelated to the story, read aloud that the king hadn't kept silent so much, just his own counsel. He kept it still...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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The cost of keeping up appearances; FICTION: William Trevor exposes the silent sufferings of everyday people in these tales of infidelity, marital strife, aging, deception and forgiveness.(ENTERTAINMENT)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
; ...Katherine Bailey Special to the Star Tribune Anglo-Irish writer William Trevor has been publishing his distinctive novels and short...Inquirer. She lives in Bloomington. CHEATING AT CANASTA By: William Trevor. Publisher: Viking, 232 pages, $24.95. Review...
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A winter's tale of song and silence On the trail of the story behind Silent Night, William Cook discovered a romantic Alpine city with a remarkable musical history
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London
; ...built for Christmas. The story behind Silent Night is almost as enchanting as the song...birthplace of Joseph Mohr, who wrote Silent Night. Mohr was born in 1792 in Steingasse...Mohr and Gruber's partnership includes Silent Night recordings from as far afield as...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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William S. Hart Jr., son of silent-movie cowboy
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
; ...Record (Bergen County, NJ) 05-26-2004 William S. Hart Jr., son of silent-movie cowboy By MYRNA OLIVER, SPECIAL...Two Star P. One Star B Biographical: WILLIAM S. HART JR. William S. Hart Jr., who championed the legacy...
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PALACE STAYS SILENT OVER WILLIAM BID FOR CAPITAL
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland
; BUCKINGHAM Palace today refused to confirm that Prince William has accepted an offer to study at Edinburgh University. The...We are not confirming or denying anything. When Prince William is ready to make it public, he will do so." Senior royal...
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PALACE STAYS SILENT OVER WILLIAM'S PLAN FOR CITY
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland
; BUCKINGHAM Palace today refused to confirm Prince William has accepted an offer from Edinburgh University. The prince...We are not confirming or denying anything. When Prince William is ready to make it public, he will do so." Senior royal...
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Run silent, Run deep William H. Macy turns Jackie Gleason's 'Gigot' into a contemporary Christmas fable.(Time Out!)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
; Byline: Ted Cox Daily Herald TV/Radio Columnist William H. Macy takes an old Jackie Gleason star vehicle and adapts...still awash with variety shows indebted to vaudeville, and silent clowns like Red Skelton lorded over the prime-time landscape...
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The Arts: `It's not mad, it's De Mille' Buried beneath the sands of California lies the city that Hollywood forgot, the film set of the 1923 silent epic, `The Ten Commandments'. William Langley reports on the latest plans to excavate it
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London
; ...the Nile, extended all the way to the Pacific Ocean of North America." De Mille's film, shot in the last years of the silent era, was Hollywood's first full-blown megaproduction. To make it, the director assembled a cast of almost 3,000 actors...
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