panacea
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panacea a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases. Recorded from the mid 16th century, the word comes via Latin from Greek
panakeia, for
panakēs ‘all-healing’. In Spenser's
Faerie Queene, the name panacea is given to a plant reputed to heal all ills (all-heal or woundwort).
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One-stop centre for Asian dramas
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 7/21/2007; ; 545 words
; ...2007 One-stop centre for Asian dramas Byline: Suryani Dalip...offers hundreds of titles on dramas and movies from Asia. SURYANI...FANS of Asian movies and dramas would know this. At S&...Japanese, Taiwanese and Hong Kong dramas and films as well as Japanese...is available at RM15 ...
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Early Asian drama: conversations and convergences.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Comparative Drama; 9/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...convergences of Eastern and Western Drama for the International Congress...the range and adaptability of Asian modes of drama. Whether read...both expert and novice. Early Asian drama, subject to change...obvious differences between Asian drama and its Western counterpart...
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Culture: Turning the corner for Asian drama; Terry Grimley previews this week's all-too-fleeting visit by a London theatre company with strong Birmingham connections.
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 4/24/2001; 700+ words
; ...Company is serving a taste of new Asian drama in Birmingham this Thursday...in a contemporary British-Asian setting by Ashok Patel, who...he saw there was pioneering Asian company Tara Arts, with whom...select group of East African Asians who had set up the company...
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Theatre stages Asian drama
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 8/31/1996; ; 568 words
; ...cent of the population are of Asian origin; but, according to...productions staged in English. The Asian theatre initiative at the Haymarket...we trade." Isobel Hawson, drama officer at the Arts Council...become a centre of excellence for Asian theatre. She said the council...
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Shanghai to hold Asian drama season
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 8/25/2005; 343 words
; Shanghai to hold Asian drama season SHANGHAI, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Shanghai Drama Art Center will stage an Asian contemporary drama season this September, during which one third of the plays are planned to be shown with half ticket price...
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ETC: A Celebration of Asian Drama, NATION
Newspaper article from: The Nation (Thailand); 7/2/1998; 700+ words
; ...02-1998 THE country's first Asian folk-drama festival kicks off next Thursday...classes tailored to the needs of drama students and other interested individuals...festival aims to highlight traditional Asian virtues such as honesty, humbleness...
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New Asian drama unfolding, NATION
Newspaper article from: The Nation (Thailand); 3/16/2004; 614 words
; ...direct investment in the two big Asian economies now dominates international business so much that "a new Asian drama is in the making". "Thailand and...countries will be affected by rising Asian powers China and India," said Dr...
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Asian drama, adventure reach US screens.(Features)(Arts & Leisure)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 9/29/2000; 663 words
; Asian movies are having a banner year with American audiences. Two pictures by...Japanese adventure "Gohatto," which means "Taboo," and the Taiwanese drama "Yi Yi," also known as "A One and a Two...." Of the two, Yi Yi should...
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Pierce Brosnan cashes in with 2 Asian dramas
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 2/22/1988; ; 602 words
; ...played a Soviet agent in "The Fourth Protocol." Brosnan's movie career will resume with "The Deceivers," an India-based drama set in 1824. "I play an Englishman, a glorified accountant working for the East India Trading Co.," he said. "He discovers...
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Sell orders: international programme distributors are expecting Asian buyers to go for everything from drama and documentary to movies and telenovelas at MIP TV 2002. On the eve of this year's show, Television Asia asks distributors about buying habits, budgets and what they think will happen next. (MIP TV: sellers forum).
Magazine article from: Television Asia; 4/1/2002; 700+ words
; ...buying most of this year? Asian buyers prefer locally produced...into Asia in the past? Action drama, action movies, miniseries...TV movies, miniseries, drama series, kids' series, documentaries...current top rating primetime drama series, CSI: Crime Scene...higher than the most popular US ...
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Asian drama
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Asian drama dramatic works produced in the East. Of the three major Asian dramas—Sanskrit, Chinese, Japanese&mdash...Chinese literature ; Japanese literature ; and drama, Western . Sanskrit Drama Sanskrit drama is part...
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Asian‐American Theatre and Drama
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
Asian‐American Theatre and Drama. Plays and theatre companies...Japanese, Indian, and other Asian characters were rarely seen...usually made up to resemble Asians. This practice was still seen...suggestions of Kabuki style. Asian‐American theatre...
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Oriental Drama in America
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
Oriental Drama in America. See Asian Drama in America.
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Noh drama
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Noh drama see Asian drama .
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comedy
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...drama (see drama, Western ; Asian drama ), in the Middle Ages...less vital and imaginative drama. In New Comedy, generally...and critical aspects of the drama to a minimum, but comic drama survived in medieval folk plays...arte , in mock liturgical dramas, and in the ...
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