Crazy Gang, The
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Crazy Gang, The, association of seven British comedians, consisting of three double-act teams—
Bud Flanagan [
Robert Winthrop, originally
Chaim Reuben Weintrop] (1896–1968) and
Chesney Allen William Allen (1894–1982);
Jimmie Nervo [
James Holloway] (1897–1975) and
Teddy Knox [
Albert Edward Cromwell-Knox] (1896–1974);
Charlie Naughton (1887–1976) and
Jimmy Gold [
James McConigal] (1886–1967)—and
‘ Monsewer’ Eddie Gray (1897–1969), who appeared together in a number of ‘crazy’ shows at the
London Palladium in the 1930s and the
Victoria Palace from 1947 to 1960. All the Gang had wide experience of variety and circus comedy techniques, and were able to make specific individual contributions to their shows, which included knockabout, satirical, sentimental, and farcical incidents, with a good deal of improvisation.
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Longford Workhouse.(poet Padraic Colum )
Magazine article from: Calliope; 4/1/2006; 442 words
; Born in 1881 at Longford workhouse, where his father was the workhouse master, the Irish poet Padraic Colum described the place in a poem: They carved the name above the gate, 1839, When they built the workhouse on the hill Of limestone...
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Heritage Center spotlights poetry
Newspaper article from: Morton Grove Champion (IL); 9/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...poetry, featuring the works of poet Padraic Colum on Sunday. The event, which now...culturally rich," Choske said. "And Colum is such a special poet and novelist...typifies) the country's spirit." Colum was born in Longford in 1881. At...
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Song credit not Fair say poet family.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 9/23/1996; 411 words
; ...recorded or performed versions of Padraic Colum's She Moved Through The Fair...credit him with writing the lyrics. Colum's grand niece, Cliona Ni Shuilleabhain...traditional. It is under copyright." Colum, who died in 1971, wrote the lyrics...
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Fireworks laws flouted as fire service struggles to cope.(NEWS)
Magazine article from: Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland); 11/2/2006; 700+ words
; ...Street in Limerick.. John McGoey (62) from the of Padraic Colum Heights council estate in Longford Town said he had...hours. Councillor Peggy Nolan said the behaviour on Padraic Colum Heights, which is located on the outskirts of the town...
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Editing Manuscripts in the New English: Forward to the Past. (Language & Literature).
Magazine article from: Michigan Academician; 3/22/2002; ; 609 words
; ...paper "interrogates" a holograph by Padraic Colum, one that appears long forgotten...soon after his arrival in New York, Colum set our to "modernize" the language...or even a critical--version of Colum's material is explored, as is...
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Poetic widow. (reminiscences about George Yeats, wife of the poet Yeats)
Magazine article from: The Southern Review; 6/22/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...And when I lived in Beechwood Avenue, I would glimpse Padraic Colum coming and going from his sister's house, which was...widow of our greatest poet lived just round the comer. Colum was gentle and approachable, whereas Mrs. Yeats seemed...
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Studies in Bibliography.(Periodical Review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Po"'. More enumerative is Arthur Sherbo's 'Unrecorded Writings by G. K. Chesterton, H. G. Wells, Padraic Colum, Mary Colum, T. S. Eliot, George Bernard Shaw, and William Butler Yeats', which lists mainly reviews and letters...
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New light on a galaxy of poetry's smaller stars
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 3/18/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Music and that moving little late poem Ecce Puer. And poets such as William Allingham, Francis Ledwidge, Padraic Fallon, and Padraic Colum simply do not get a look in at all. Of course these are minor figures. But then so are a lot of the people...
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Antique clock popular around turn of century
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 4/13/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...110. Q. Any value to my hardcover book Three Plays by Padraic Colum, published in 1916 by Little, Brown and Co.? A. An Irish poet, playwright and folklorist, Colum was a friend of James Joyce and a leader of the literati...
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GLOSSARY: 'JAMOKE'
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 9/19/1988; ; 669 words
; ...Dictionary," opts for an Irish origin, quoting the poet Padraic Colum, who said it was from "cie bais," meaning "the cap...thus, "to put the cap of death" on something. Colum-Ciardi sound right on this, but unfortunately I never...
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Padraic Colum
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Padraic Colum The Irish-American author Padraic Colum (1881-1972), best known for his poetry and plays, was active in the Irish Literary Revival. Padraic Colum was born in County Longford and as a youth met many who...
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Colum, Padraic
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Colum, Padraic (1881–1972), Irish dramatist and man of letters, three...town, the drab life of whose inhabitants is meticulously delineated. Colum's relationship with the Abbey directors, particularly Yeats , was always...
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Constance Markievicz
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...and a burst of artistic creativity from Yeats, George Bernard Shaw, James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, J.M. Synge, Padraic Colum, and dozens of other writers, artists, and poets. The Markieviczs joined Yeats and George "AE" Russell in an...
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Irish National Dramatic Society
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
...Waters , as well as in Lady Gregory's Twenty-Five , Synge's In the Shadow of the Glen and Riders to the Sea , and Padraic Colum's Broken Soil . The company was invited to London in 1903, appearing there in two performances of five short plays...
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Abbey Theatre
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...bought for them by public subscription in 1910. Among dramatists whose works the Abbey Theatre first presented are Padraic Colum, Lennox Robinson, Sean O'Casey, and Paul Vincent Carroll. The theater is now in a new building constructed in...
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