Act-Drop
The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
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Act-Drop, name given in the late 18th century to the painted cloth which closed the
proscenium opening between the acts of a play (see
CURTAIN).
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Thomas Dixon Jr. and the Birth of Modern America.(Thomas Dixon Jr. and the Birth of Modern America: Making the Modern South)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Southern History; 8/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; Thomas Dixon Jr. and the Birth of Modern America...of nine essays on the life and work of Thomas Dixon Jr. might seem somewhat incongruous. What, we might wonder, does Thomas Dixon, writer of reprehensible racist verbiage...
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Thomas Dixon Jr. and the Birth of Modern America
Magazine article from: The Journal of Southern History; 8/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; Thomas Dixon Jr. and the Birth of Modern America...of nine essays on the life and work of Thomas Dixon Jr. might seem somewhat incongruous. What, we might wonder, does Thomas Dixon, writer of reprehensible racist verbiage...
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Slouching toward Beastliness: Richard Wright's Anatomy of Thomas Dixon.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: African American Review; 9/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Son: the black male "beast" of Thomas Dixon's novels. The North Carolinian...of the South (qtd. in Cook, Thomas Dixon 51), so did Wri ght seek to amend...pages of historical notes (Cook, Thomas Dixon 65), and his perspective can...
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Order out of chaos: whiteness, white supremacy, and Thomas Dixon, Jr.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: College Literature; 9/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Writing during this period, Thomas Dixon, Jr., emerged as one of the...perhaps even evil, in the work of Thomas Dixon" (2004, 12).The question...contradictions and ruptures that fill Thomas Dixon's The Leopard's Spots because...
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COMING BETWEEN THE "BLACK BEAST" AND THE WHITE VIRGIN: THE PRESSURES OF LIMINALITY IN THOMAS DIXON.
Magazine article from: Studies in American Fiction; 3/22/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...throat and she was still. --Thomas Dixon, The Clansman I have three daughters...character who crops up repeatedly in Thomas Dixon: the filicidal white father...beginning of the twentieth century, Thomas Dixon Jr. was a popular and influential...
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Thomas, Dixon providing spark.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 11/5/2003; 700+ words
; ...more than a week ago, Etan Thomas and Juan Dixon's roles were big questions...history of injuries. But Dixon and Thomas have proved to be key reserves...grabbed more rebounds than Thomas' 25. And what of Dixon? "I like what he brings...
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American Racist: the Life and Films of Thomas Dixon.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Cineaste; 3/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; American Racist: The Life and Films of Thomas Dixon by Anthony Slide. Lexington, KY: University Press...compelling, overlooked subject, the life and career of Thomas Dixon, who wrote close to thirty books and was involved in...
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Dolphins limping into bye week; Zach Thomas, Dixon, Galyon nurse injuries; McDuffie may practice.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 10/9/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...back, linebacker Zach Thomas is back in a cast, guard Mark Dixon is on the shelf for...of the season.'' Thomas said he wasn't sure...chance to heal,'' Thomas said. ``It was my...totally healthy.'' Dixon had been suffering...
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"A Nation Is Born": Thomas Dixon's Vision of White Nationhood and His Northern Supporters
Magazine article from: The Journal of American Culture; 9/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; Thomas Dixon, Jr. was a Southerner who wrote about...century, and by analyzing in particular Dixon and his works, his vigorous marketing and...Muckraking publishers and promoters exploited Dixon, the controversial character, and his...
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Thomas Dixon
Newspaper article from: Sunday News Lancaster, PA; 12/4/2005; 270 words
; PAID OBITUARIES Thomas Dixon, 85, of Smyrna, DE, died on Tuesday, November 29. He was preceded in death by his wife of 63 years, Blanche R. Dixon; a son and a grandson. He is survived by two sons; a daughter...
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Thomas Dixon
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Thomas Dixon 1864-1946, American novelist, b. Shelby, N.C., grad. Wake Forest College. A militant Southerner, he is best known for his novel The Clansman (1905), on which the movie The Birth of a Nation (1915) was based.
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Dixon, Thomas
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
Dixon, Thomas (1864–1946),born in North Carolina, was a Baptist minister...Griffith's adaptation of The Clansman as The Birth of a Nation (1915), Dixon made five films at his own Los Angeles studio, all based on his novels...
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Mason‐Dixon Line
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
...Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon. The agreement required the...methods of the day. Mason and Dixon conducted their survey between...Virginia) boundary. The novelist Thomas Pynchon offered a fictionalized...of the project in Mason and Dixon (1997). In the Antebellum...
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Oldham, Richard Dixon
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
OLDHAM, RICHARD DIXON ( b. Dublin, Ireland, 31 July 1858; d. Llandrindod Wells, Wales, 15 July 1936) geology, seismology. Oldham was the third son of Thomas Oldham, a distinguished geologist who was professor of geology at Trinity...
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Dixon, George Washington
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
Dixon, George Washington (1808?–61), singer and dancer. One of the earliest blackface entertainers, he was briefly...
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