Lithgow, John (Arthur)
The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
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Lithgow, John [Arthur] (b. 1945), actor. Born in Rochester, New York, he studied at Harvard and at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. The tall, versatile, Everyman‐type actor made his debut at the Antioch Shakespeare Festival in 1953 and was praised for his Broadway bow as the athlete Kenny Kendal in
The Changing Room (1973) earning a
Tony Award. Active on Broadway, Off Broadway, and in regional theatres (as well as in films and television), Lithgow has appeared as seaman Mat Burke in
Anna Christie (1977), the ex‐radical Chris in
Division Street (1980), boxer McClintock in
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1985), newspaper editor Walter Burns in
The Front Page (1986), French diplomat René Gallimard in
M. Butterfly (1988), and columnist J. J. Hunsecker in
Sweet Smell of Success (2002).
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Haiku on the Web/continued ubiquity/plenty of chuckles
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 12/6/2002; ; 700+ words
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Magazine article from: Childhood Education; 9/22/2003; ; 700+ words
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Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 12/26/2000; ; 700+ words
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Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 7/28/1996; 700+ words
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Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 12/1/2000; ; 643 words
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Haiku: Language, Communication, and Hypnosis
Magazine article from: American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
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haiku
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Haiku
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
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Matsuo Basho
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
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Goldring, Ann 1937-
Book article from: Something About the Author
...s Authors, Illustrators, and Performers, Haiku Canada (former vice president), Haiku Deer Park (founding member). Awards, Honors...Alberta, Canada), 2003. Contributor of haiku and longer poems to various poetry anthologies...
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Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
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