Mitchell, Langdon (Elwyn)
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Mitchell, Langdon [Elwyn] (1862–1935), playwright. The son of the famous Philadelphia physician and novelist, S. Weir Mitchell, he received much of his education abroad but returned to study law at Harvard and Columbia and in 1886 was admitted to the New York bar. A year later his first play, the romantic tragedy
Sylvian, was produced and failed, but he gave up the law all the same and continued to write plays, many of which were dramatizations of novels, such as
Becky Sharp (1899) from
Vanity Fair, The Adventures of François (1900),
The Kreutzer Sonata (1906), and
Major Pendennis (1916) from Thackeray. Only one of Mitchell's original plays is significant, but it remains one of the classic social satires of American stage literature,
The New York Idea (1906). In 1928 he became the first Professor of Playwriting at the University of Pennsylvania.
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The Legacy of Silas Weir Mitchell/Reply
Magazine article from: The Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...recently assessed the contribution of Silas Weir Mitchell to psychiatry and noted that he...commenting on this assessment, saw Mitchell as more of a social critic. Both...1. Biderman A, Herman J. Was Silas Weir Mitchell really a psychiatrist...
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Was Silas Weir Mitchell really a psychiatrist? / Commentary
Magazine article from: The Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; Abstract: Silas Weir Mitchell was held by many of his contemporaries...the eminent Canadian neurosurgeon, Mitchell was, for the last three decades of...time. A recent biographical sketch of Silas Weir Mitchell (1829-1914) defines...
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HEPHZIBAH GUINNESS
Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Weekly; 5/24/2006; ; 614 words
; HEPHZIBAH GUINNESS, BY SILAS WEIR MITCHELL Books for Libraries Press, 1880 Silas Weir Mitchell's short novel is about French expatriates living in Philly and the most coldhearted...
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Museum accessions.
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 12/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Saint-Gaudens's Angel of Purity (Maria Mitchell Memorial) adorned the wall facing the Cadwalader...child, the memorial was commissioned by Dr. Silas Weir Mitchell and his wife Mary Cadwalader Mitchell after the death of their daughter Maria Gouverneur...
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'Blood! Love! Madness!' winning combo
Newspaper article from: Daily Breeze; 9/16/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...reserved. "The Razor" is the tale of a barber (Silas Weir Mitchell) who hates his job and his life. Each day he stands...Each play is highlighted by remarkable performances. Mitchell is downright scary as the barber. His piercing eyes...
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AFTER 30 YEARS, STILL A GREAT RIDE.(U)(Review)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 9/5/2003; 700+ words
; ...anniversary production of Inge's classic, directed by Silas Weir Mitchell, more than keeps alive the company's tradition of quality. Mitchell lets the characters' circumstances unfold smoothly...
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To "Herland" And Beyond: The Life of Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
Magazine article from: The Nation; 2/11/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...Stetson's experience with famed Philadelphia physician Silas Weir Mitchell. Faced with persistent depression after the birth...pressures of contemporary society, was the Rest Cure. Mitchell's patients, mostly women for whom the neurasthenia...
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Watchingbrief: Have your say: Prison Break's worth the time
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland; 2/17/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...inside. This week Scofield found himself cell-sharing with the psychotic Haywire (played with chilling menace by Silas Weir Mitchell) in one of the most compelling hours of TV drama in weeks. And I'm told that over the next couple of weeks it...
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The Insider: Kaley Cuoco.(Arts and Lifestyle)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 1/7/2007; ; 543 words
; ...and Billie in the final season of "Charmed." Where you'll see her next: She crosses paths with Haywire (Silas Weir Mitchell) for two episodes on Fox's "Prison Break" later this month. She also was cast in the CBS pilot "The Big Bang...
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TV Gal worries over TV's presumed dead.
Newspaper article from: Zap2It.com; 10/4/2005; 700+ words
; ...on "Veronica Mars" and Nicki on "Tarzan." Ted (by the way, have you met him?) was the first to recognize Silas Weir Mitchell as Donny on "My Name is Earl" (Thursdays, NBC). Michell just played Haywire, Michael's crazy cellmate on...
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Silas Weir Mitchell
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Silas Weir Mitchell 1829-1914, American physician and author, b. Philadelphia, M.D. Jefferson Medical College, 1850, studied in Paris...
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Mitchell, Silas Weir
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
MITCHELL, SILAS WEIR ( b . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 15 February 1829...Philadelphia, 4 January 1914) medicine, neurology . Mitchell ’ s father, John Kearsley Mitchell, was professor of medicine at Jefferson Medical College...
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Bessie Potter Vonnoh
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Museum of Fine Arts, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and elsewhere. Among his works are his portrait of Silas Weir Mitchell (Pa. Acad. of the Fine Arts) and La Mère Adèle (Metropolitan Mus.).
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phantom limb
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
...been reported after the penis is removed. The term ‘phantom limb’ was coined in 1872 by Silas Weir-Mitchell, who published the first paper on this subject anonymously for fear of ridicule by his peers. Since then a fascinating...
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