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Why the U.S. lags Europe.(The Unfinished Revolution: Social Movement Theory and the Gay and Lesbian Movement)(Book Review)
The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide
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November 1, 2002|
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The Unfinished Revolution: Social Movement Theory and the Gay and Lesbian Movement
by Stephen M. Engel
Cambridge University Press. 231 pages, $60. ($22. paper)
STEPHEN M. Engel presents us with a puzzle. Social movements in support of lesbian and gay rights formed earlier in the United States, have had larger budgets and membership rolls, and have been more innovative and influential in their strategies and tactics than movements in other countries. Yet, Engel points out, greater victories have been achieved in countries like Britain, which ...
 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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Sybil, a star in a cardie; Selfless and unassuming: Actress Dame Sybil Thorndike in 1932.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England)
; ...Michael Arditti WHEN Sybil Thorndike and Edith Evans were...actress remarked: 'And Sybil must have a new cardigan...two great theatrical dames of the mid 20th century...greater actress, but Thorndike as the greater woman...
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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A divine slice of cathedral close at [pounds sterling]500,000 (for two); LONG TERM: Joan Sharp, left, has lived in the Row, far left and above, for 41 years. Actress Dame Sybil Thorndike, right, spent her childhood there GEORGIAN SPLENDOUR: Minor Canon Row dates from the 1720s INSPIRING: An aerial view of Canon Row shows just how close this is to the vast Norman cathedral in Rochester, below.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
; ...cathedral -organists, choirmasters and the like - one of whom, a plaque records, was thefather of the great actress Dame Sybil Thorndike, whose early childhood wasspent here. Since the Fifties, very little has been done to any of the houses, which...
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 "Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)")
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The grande dame of the Playhouse; Encore.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
; ...about his one-time boss. Apparently, the grande dame disliked her actors walking to the stage door of the...all, including performances by Mrs Patrick Campbell, Dame Sybil Thorndike, Noel Coward, Rex Harrison, Michael Redgrave, Robert...
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Obituary : Christopher Casson
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...better than Christopher Casson, the younger son of Dame Sybil Thorndike and Sir Lewis Casson. It was at once the best and...they were at Euripides. What was Grand Guignol? Sybil Thorndike explained. It consisted of short plays: "There...
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Plague Over England.(Theater review)
Magazine article from: Daily Variety
; ...time: 2 HOURS, 20 MIN. John Gielgud Michael Feast Sybil Thorndike, Vera Dromgoole Celia Imrie Gregory Sam Heughan...dramatized. Only in brief backstage scenes with co-star Dame Sybil Thorndike (Celia Imrie) does Gielgud confess his shame and...
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Arts centre returns to the people.(Arts)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
; ...or to get a glimpse of theatre darling of the day Sybil Thorndike. By the beginning of the new century queues would...George, David Nash, Falcon Hildred, Anweledig and Dame Sybil Thorndike Main picture: GERALLT LLEWELYN
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Another great Restoration act
Newspaper article from: The Northern Echo
; ...came to the Georgian Theatre I saw Dame Sybil Thorndike, who was appearing with Barbara...been more than 30 years after Dame Sybil created the title role in George...years on, the seeds sown by Dame Sybil's visit to the North Yorkshire...
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'Oh Michelle,' I said, 'it can't have been easy for you, being so plain and all' '; When actress Nichola McAuliffe was made to look like a gargoyle and then sent to work alongside famous beauty Michelle Pfeiffer, there was only one way to break the ice . .(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
; ...Nichola McAuliffe Iwas playing Dame Sybil Thorndike when the call came. Go and meet...Penelope Cruz. However, as Dame Sybil, great actress though she was...so the legs, neglected under Sybil's lisle and tweed, were oiled...
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'Oh Michelle, it can't have been easy for you, being so plain and all'; Playing a gargoyle next to Michelle Pfeiffer, there was only one way to break the ice.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
; ...Nichola McAuliffe I was playing Dame Sybil Thorndike when the call came. Go and meet...with Penelope Cruz. However, as Sybil, great actress though she was...so my legs, neglected under Sybil's tweed, were oiled,waxed...
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Honour for Sien.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
; ...number of English-born stage and screen actresses rightly honoured in the past with the title dame, to name a few Dame Edith Evans, Dame Sybil Thorndike, Dame Wendy Hiller, Dame Joan Plowright, Dame Thora Hird, Dame Julie Andrews, Dame Elizabeth...
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