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Elizabethan drama
Elizabethan drama Drama staged in England during the reign of
Elizabeth I (1558–1603). Drawing on classical and medieval thought, as well as folk drama, Elizabethan drama is characterized by a spiritual vitality and creativity. Masters of the period include
Shakespeare,
Marlowe, and
Jonson.
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Showtime Gives Big Push to 'Folk'; Drama Gets Unprecedented Promotion.(TV Currents)
Magazine article from: TelevisionWeek; 3/29/2004; 630 words
; ...fourth season of "Queer as Folk,'' Showtime is launching...s influential gay-themed drama includes preview screenings...The premiere of "Queer as Folk'' is scheduled a week after...back in July that `Queer as Folk' needed a campaign that is...
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'JOE TURNER': A POIGNANT FOLK DRAMA AT NEW FEDERAL
Newspaper article from: New York Beacon, The; 11/20/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...1996 `JOE TURNER': A POIGNANT FOLK DRAMA AT NEW FEDERAL. By Abiola Sinclair...African American Theater. The poignant folk drama by August Wilson is playing at Woodie...When my father was seven, white folks decided our log cabin was too close...
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More than a child's play; Visible Fictions TURN folk tale INTO drama on modern life
Newspaper article from: Evening Times; 2/7/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...the world premiere of The Pearl, a play inspired by a Mexican folk tale, a production for teenagers, a joint project with a company...novel of the same name, which in turn is based on a Mexican folk tale. It tells the story of Kino, a pearl diver whose fortunes...
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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YourLIFE: WE LOVE TELLY! - Flush folks' bathrooms DRAMA SORTED BBC1, 9pm.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 8/15/2006; 428 words
; Byline: by Jane Simon CHARLIE and Harry's lives are anything but sorted at the moment. And now that Kathy's out of her coma it's difficult to keep up with who knows what. So, to recap, Harry knows about his wife Kathy having an affair with his best mate Charlie for two years, but Harry's wife Abi
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 "Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)")
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Straight from the HEART; WRITER IS BACK WITH SECOND SERIES OF DRAMA ABOUT COVENTRY FOLK LIVING IN LONDON.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England); 7/6/2001; 700+ words
; ...prime-time TV later this month. Hit drama Hearts And Bones is back for a new BBC...And Bones as the Coventry-inspired TV drama returns for a summer run with Ballykissangel...screen and have nothing but praise for the drama and Stewart's scripts. Amanda Holden...
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 "Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)")
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No drama for ordinary folks but some implications.
Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA); 8/14/2006; ; 700+ words
; Byline: Jeff Brown People who write about history focus on turning points. But for ordinary folk, the day after a key date is often pretty much like the one before. In the case of the Federal Reserve's decision Aug. 8 to...
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Old folks in care home blaze drama; BLAZE: Families and neighbours help with the evacuation.(News)
Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England); 7/1/2008; 696 words
; ...which forced the evacuation of dozens of desperately ill old folk from a nursing home near Coventry could land the owners with...investigation into how the fire started will now begin. CAPTION(S): DRAMA... Reader Richard Dobson sent us this picture of firefighters...
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Beyond Belief; Puritans lambasted screenwriter Russell T Davies for risque gay drama Queer As Folk. Will they crucify him for resurrecting Jesus as a Mancunian bloke in The Second Coming? 'It's deadly serious,' he tells Stephen Phelan
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald; 2/2/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...man who brought us Queer As Folk - gives his best-guess scenario in ITV's new drama The Second Coming. "It...heartfelt hit series Queer As Folk, and Bob And Rose - Davies...loudest supporter of Queer As Folk - left, and his replacement...
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Just an everyday drama of utility folk
Newspaper article from: The Northern Echo; 7/6/2002; ; 699 words
; ...numerous shell-shocked eye-witnesses, I can now reveal how the drama unfolded. First, some men turned up and created a tiny pile...barbecue smoke, before the denouement of the great gas leak drama. More men turned up - different to all who had been before...
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 "Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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We're not so glad to see gay; Queer As Folk sparked outrage with scenes of under-age sex and drug-taking. We asked one family for its verdict on the drama that's gone too far.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 2/25/1999; 700+ words
; ...and decidedly turned off by the drama Queer As Folk. And last night television watchdogs...looking to establish whether Queer As Folk had breached the code drawn up by...homosexuality, but found Queer As Folk disturbing to watch. She said...
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folk drama
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
folk drama noncommercial, generally rural theater and pageantry based on folk traditions and local history. This form...mid-19th cent. witnessed a revival of folk drama in the United States and parts of Western...
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Elizabethan drama
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Elizabethan drama Drama staged in England during the reign of Elizabeth I (1558–1603). Drawing on classical and medieval thought, as well as folk drama, Elizabethan drama is characterized by a spiritual vitality and creativity...
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Porgy
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
...Porgy and Bess , remains one of the greatest of all American folk dramas. [Edwin] Dubose HEYWARD (1885–1940), the...Daughters (1939). Heyward wrote an unsuccessful original drama, Brass Ankle (1931), and collaborated on the musical Porgy...
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Korea
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
...inherit these abilities. There is also a long tradition of folk medicine, consisting of herbal remedies, acupuncture...studying traditional cultural practices (religions, myths, folk dramas, and literature) from the viewpoint of orthodox theory...
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Panamanians
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...Devil for judgment. There are two types of curanderos (folk healers). One is the herbal-medicine practitioner...expressed in the nation's many festivals, during which folk dramas and dances are performed. 5 • RELIGION More...
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