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Siddons, Mrs Sarah
The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
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Siddons, Mrs Sarah (1755–1831), sister of C. and J. P.
Kemble. In 1782 she was heralded as a tragic actress without peer. Her great roles were in tragic and heroic parts: Jane
Shore, in
Rowe's play of that name, Belvidera in Otway's
Venice Preserv'd, Shakespearian heroines, and in particular Lady Macbeth.
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About Jane Shore.
Magazine article from: Ploughshares; 12/22/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...green with possibility. In 1965, Jane Shore and a few other classmates came to...and they all stepped in for what Jane later called my "killer spaghetti...meat of a distinct self, if you are Jane Shore, that self is always part comedienne...
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Jane Shore and the politics of cursing.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...woman, Churchyard's Shore bitterly curses Richard...against Richard III. JANE SHORE AND SIXTEENTH-CENTURY...for Magistrates, "Howe Shores wife, Edwarde the fowerthes...Literary treatments of Jane Shore, one of several mistresses...
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Review of Review of Scott, Maria M. Re-Presenting 'Jane' Shore: Harlot and Heroine.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Early Modern Literary Studies; 9/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Maria M. Re-Presenting Jane' Shore: Harlot and Heroine...Maria M. Re-Presenting Jane' Shore: Harlot and Heroine...and Churchyard regarding Shore's counsel of Edward...first to identify her as Jane' (possibly so as to distance...
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Interview: Novelist Howard Norman and his wife, poet Jane Shore, talk about what it was like to return to their home after a woman had committed suicide there
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 12/16/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Norman and his wife, poet Jane Shore, talk about what it was...Norman, his wife, poet Jane Shore, and their teen...NORMAN: Absolutely. Ms. SHORE: Yes. STAMBERG: And yet these reminders, Jane--one of your poems you...
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 "Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)")
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Jane E. (Tellier) Shores.(DEATHS)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 8/10/2007; 469 words
; CHARLTON Jane E. (Tellier) Shores, 62, of Charlton, died Wednesday...She leaves her husband, Vernon E. Shores; her two sons, Vernon A. Shores...family with the arrangements. To visit Jane's online guest book, please go to...
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Jane Danoczi joins Shore Gold project team.
News Wire article from: CNW Group; 10/6/2008; 700+ words
; ...Development, is pleased to welcome Ms. Jane Danoczi as Manager, Process Design to the Project team. In her role with Shore, Jane will be responsible for the detailed...states: "We are pleased to welcome Jane to our Project team as her specialist...
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NBR to fete careers of Fonda, Shore.(National Board of Review of Motion Pictures tapped Jane Fonda and Howard Shore )(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Daily Variety; 12/6/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...National Board of Review of Motion Pictures has tapped Jane Fonda and composer Howard Shore to pick up the org's career achievement awards...and "Klute," while three-time Oscar winner Shore has scored more than 65 pics, including "The Silence...
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 "Northbrook Star (IL)")
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Jane Fonda to sign books on Shore Friday
Newspaper article from: Northbrook Star (IL); 4/21/2005; ; 494 words
; Jane Fonda, the Oscar-winning actress, renowned fitness guru and anti-war activist...fellow activist Tom Hayden and, later, broadcasting mogul Ted Turner. Hanoi Jane, as she was tagged during her Vietnam days, has been known to draw an unruly...
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Potato Creek Johnny's Its name has changed, but Calamity Jane's spirit remains at this North Shore saloon.(Time Out!)(On the town)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 7/2/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...unpretentious tavern was known as Calamity Jane's (CJ's to regulars), after the...predecessors claimed rights to the name Calamity Jane and sued to prevent Karowski and Abel from...he stood about 4 feet tall) Calamity Jane took up with after the death of her lover...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Bankrupt turned debt-buster; Jane Hall reports on the arrival to these shores of American not-for-profit organisation Myvesta, which aims to help consumers facing financial difficulties.(Business)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 10/22/2005; 700+ words
; Byline: Jane Hall In the 1980s greed was good, lunch was for wimps and for the high earning, red braces-wearing stockbroker boys in London...
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Jane Shore
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Jane Shore or Elizabeth Shore, d. 1527?, mistress of...their proposed marriage failed to come about, and Jane died in poverty. Her life was the subject of Nicholas Rowe's Tragedy of Jane Shore (1714).
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Shore, Jane
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Shore, Jane (d. ?1527), mistress of Edward IV, over whom she exercised great influence...the subject of a ballad included in Percy's Reliques , of Churchyard's Shore's Wife in Mirror for Magistrates , of a remarkable passage in Sir T...
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Barnes, John
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
...versatile performer. Among her roles were Desdemona, Jane Shore, Belvidera, Amy Robsart, Lady Teazle, and Aladdin...she was applauded for her interpretations of Juliet, Jane Shore, Evadne, Desdemona, and Lady Teazle. After playing...
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Rowe, Nicholas
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
...1701), and The Fair Penitent (1703). His Ulysses was staged in 1705, The Royal Convert in 1707, Jane Shore in 1714, and Lady Jane Grey in 1715. He became poet laureate in 1715. His poetical works include a famous translation of Lucan...
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Nicholas Rowe
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...established his reputation as a popular playwright. Soon afterward he wrote his best plays, The Fair Penitent (1703) and Jane Shore (1714); both are stories of men's cruelty to women that prefigure the domestic tragedies popular later in the 18th...
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