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Going out: Beaumarchais: his true story
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Though he wrote two famous comedies, The Barber of Seville and
The Marriage of Figaro, Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
seemed less keen on writing than social climbing. His life, in the
last years of the Ancien Regime, was as much the stuff of drama as
his plays - and now it's the stuff of cinema too. Edouard Molinaro
has revised an unpublished play by Sacha Guitry to make a
delightful period comedy, its cast headed by two rising stars:
Fabrice Luchini (who upstaged Gerard Depardieu as the foxy lawyer
in Le Colonel Chabert) and ...
 "Suffolk Free Press (Sudbury, England)")
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Son of Sudbury with a place in history.
Newspaper article from: Suffolk Free Press (Sudbury, England)
; ...helped rule in colonial Africa. Sir Leander Starr Jameson was also in charge of an infamous...Sudbury Society says the tribute to Jameson has been removed from pride of...could not confirm the fate of Jameson's memorial. A source at the...
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 "The Mercury (South Africa)")
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Know the origins of our street names before they are changed.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mercury (South Africa)
; ...was named after Maj-Gen Sir John George Dartnell, Zulu...of the Botanic Gardens. p Jameson Crescent was named after C S Jameson, a town councillor and deputy...not to be confused with Leander Starr Jameson, of Jameson Raid notoriety...
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Saturday, Feb. 9
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...in history on this date: 1554 - Sir Thomas Wyatt's forces are defeated...the nation. Today's Birthdays: Leander Starr Jameson, South African statesman (1853...English actress (1865-1940); Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, Australian...
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Monday, February 9
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...from the secular establishment. Today's Birthdays: Leander Starr Jameson, South African statesman (1853-1917); Mrs. Patrick...Beatrice Tanner), English actress (1865-1940); Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, Australian aviation pioneer...
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Saturday, February 9
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...s Iraq had faced in the past. Today's Birthdays: Leander Starr Jameson, South African statesman (1853-1917); Mrs. Patrick...Beatrice Tanner), English actress (1865-1940); Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, Australian aviation pioneer...
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Historical Notes: The restoration of Britain's manhood
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...Rhodes adored the dashing Leander Starr Jameson, a GP who saved his life...Matabeleland into Rhodesia. Jameson, or Jim-Jam to his...He was prosecuted by Sir Edward Carson. In May...humiliated. Six months later Jameson led a chaotic raid into...
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Thursday, February 9
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...autonomy bordering on independence. Today's Birthdays: Leander Starr Jameson, South African statesman (1853-1917); Mrs. Patrick...Beatrice Tanner), English actress (1865-1940); Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, Australian aviation pioneer...
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Wednesday, February 9
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...the prize money in November. Today's Birthdays: Leander Starr Jameson, South African statesman (1853-1917); Mrs. Patrick...Beatrice Tanner), English actress (1865-1940); Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, Australian aviation pioneer...
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Sunday, February 9
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...artifacts more than 130 years ago Today's Birthdays: Leander Starr Jameson, South African statesman (1853-1917); Mrs. Patrick...Beatrice Tanner), English actress (1865-1940); Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, Australian aviation pioneer...
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Back to the future: Canada and empires
Magazine article from: International Journal
; ...honorary souvenir bauble, Sir Wilfrid, dangling from his...showed colonial Canadians that Sir Wilfrid Laurier had attained...buccaneering expedition known as the Jameson Raid after its leader, Leander Starr Jameson, succeeded only in infuriating...
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