populist
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pop·u·list
/ ˈpäpyələst/
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n.
a member or adherent of a political party seeking to represent the interests of ordinary people.
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a person who holds, or who is concerned with, the views of ordinary people.
∎ (Populist)
a member of the Populist Party, a U.S. political party formed in 1891 that advocated the interests of labor and farmers, free coinage of silver, a graduated income tax, and government control of monopolies.
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adj.
of or relating to a populist or populists:
a populist leader.
DERIVATIVES:
pop·u·lism
/ -ˌlizəm/ n.
pop·u·lis·tic
/ ˌpäpyəˈlistik/ adj.
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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Ruth revival: Draper's timeless comedy.(ENTERTAINMENT)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 11/5/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...CD of the monologues of Ruth Draper. Before the oh-so...anyone in theater revered Ruth Draper. A New York blueblood...In a rare interview, Draper told Studs Terkel that...timeless. You can't find Ruth Draper reruns on "Nick...
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REVIVING RUTH DRAPER'S MONOLOGUES
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 12/16/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...George Bernard Shaw saw Ruth Draper perform her monologues...exists, and only then." Draper began performing her sketches...the Celebrity Series. Draper's letters have been published...tribute volume, "The Art of Ruth Draper," which printed...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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ACTRESS PATRICIA NORCIA ENTERS 'THE WORLD OF RUTH DRAPER'.(Preview)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 1/17/1991; 700+ words
; ...Kelly Staff writer In Ruth Draper's later life, Broadway...Several years before Draper's death, producer...overwhelmed by the following Draper's work has. "In...ll appear at a 'Ruth Draper Weekend' at...Patricia Norcia ... is Ruth Draper
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Interview: Susan Mulcahy discusses the recent release of recordings made of actress Ruth Draper
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 11/10/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...release of recordings made of actress Ruth Draper Host: ROBERT SIEGEL, NOAH ADAMS...one of the professional voices of Ruth Draper. It's from the beginning...Soundbite from The Italian Lesson ) Ms. RUTH DRAPER: Come in. Come in, signorina...
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A party of one: the sparkling monologues of Ruth Draper. (Performance).
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Magazine; 4/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Learn to shape them. I discovered the monologues of Ruth Draper. Ruth Draper was a virtuoso performing artist who made her...drapermonologues.com) or at Dutton's Brentwood Bookstore. Ruth Draper and Her Company of Characters: Selected Monologues...
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Ruth Draper's Voices of Authority.(SUNDAY DATEBOOK)
Newspaper article from: San Francisco Chronicle; 11/19/2000; ; 700+ words
; RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE)RUTH DRAPER AND HER COMPANY OF CHARACTERSSelected Monologues BMG...solo performance would be complete without a chapter on Ruth Draper's monodramas. In a distinguished 36-year stage career...
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Ruth Draper
Magazine article from: The Hudson Review; 4/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...forgotten today, the monologuist Ruth Draper (1884-1956) performed nonstop...our history. A new biography of Draper, written by ninety-four-year-old Dorothy Warren, who knew Draper, appeared recently,1 followed...
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RUTH DRAPER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 1/16/1997; 369 words
; ALBANY -- Ruth Fischer Draper, 77, of Albany died Wednesday, January...Inn of St. Peter's Hospital. Mrs. Draper was a Supervisor with the NYS Thruway...service. She was the widow of Francis J. Draper; mother of Robert F. Draper of Princeton...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Obituary: Betty Ruth Draper Carter Nay Durbin
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 5/18/2003; 498 words
; ...Grove, UT to Carson Owen and Ann Stratton Draper. Betty married Howard Charles Carter Aug...brothers, Melvin, Eugene, Ned, Dale Draper; sons, Charles Carter, David Carter...She is survived by daughter, Nettie Ruth Boren, Turner, OR; sons, Arvin (Jolena...
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OBIT - DRAPER, RUTH IRENE
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 1/24/2006; 225 words
; Ruth Irene Draper, 71, of Martinsville, Va., died Sunday, January 22, 2006. Funeral 11 a.m. Thursday, January 26, 2006, Norris Funeral Services Chapel, Martinsville.
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Draper, Ruth
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
Draper, Ruth (1884–1956), actress. The...character, others with a succession of people. Draper frequently departed from her own script...after a performance. Biography: The Art of Ruth Draper , Morton D. Zabel, 1960.
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Ruth Draper
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Ruth Draper 1884-1956, American monologist, b. New York City. The author of 36 monologues, ranging from farce to tragedy, she played...
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Comedy Theatre
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
...of Shaw's Fanny's First Play . The Washington Square Players made some of their early appearances there, as did Ruth Draper , who in 1928–9 created a record with five months' solo playing. In 1937–8, renamed the Mercury...
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Solo Performances
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
...1950s and 1960s. Also in the last century, some performers specialized in evenings of monologues, most memorably Ruth Draper and Cornelia Otis Skinner . But the risky economics of theatre and the desire by talented performers to brave an entire...
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De Mornay, Rebecca 1961(?)–
Book article from: Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television
...HBO, 1993. Arlene Holsclaw, Getting Out, ABC, 1994. Barbara Beaton/Nancy, The Con, USA Network, 1998. Ruth Draper, A Table for One (also known as Wicked Ways ), Cinemax, 1999. Nora Mahler, Night Ride Home, CBS, 1999. Petrone...
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