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John Kay
John Kay 1704-64, English inventor. He patented (1733) the fly shuttle, operated by pulling a cord that drove the shuttle to either side, freeing one hand of the weaver to press home the weft. Workers in the weaving industry who regarded Kay's invention as a threat to their jobs mobbed Kay and dest... Read more
Claude McKay
Claude McKay , 1890-1948, American poet and novelist, b. Jamaica, studied at Tuskegee and the Univ. of Kansas. A major figure of the Harlem Renaissance, McKay is best remembered for his poems treating racial themes. His works include the volumes of poetry Spring in New Hampshire (1920) and Harlem... Read more
Steele MacKaye
Steele MacKaye (James Morrison Steele MacKaye), 1842-94, American dramatist and inventor in theatrical scene design. After studying in Europe he went to the United States (c.1872) and first appeared in New York with a group of students he had trained in the Delsarte system. He opened the Madison ... Read more
Pass of Killiecrankie
Pass of Killiecrankie , wooded pass, Perth and Kinross, central Scotland, through which the river Garry flows, near Pitlochry. There Jacobite Highlanders defeated (1689) a large government force under Hugh MacKay, and the Jacobite leader, Viscount Dundee, was killed. ... Read more
Kay Boyle
Kay Boyle 1903-93, American writer, b. St. Paul, Minn. A European expatriate in the interwar years, she returned to Europe as a correspondent for The New Yorker (1946-53) and subsequently taught English at San Francisco State College (now San Francisco State Univ.). Her novels and stories often i... Read more
Donald McKay
Donald McKay , 1810-80, American shipbuilder, b. Nova Scotia. He opened his own shipyard in Newburyport, Mass., in 1841, then moved to Boston in 1845. He grew celebrated as designer and builder of the largest ships of his time and sleek, swift clippers, some of the most beautiful ships ever to sail ... Read more
Bury
Bury , city (1991 pop. 60,785) and metropolitan district, NE England, located in the Manchester metropolitan area on the Irwell River and linked by canal with Bolton and Manchester. A textile city since the time of Edward III, when wool weaving was introduced by the Flemings, Bury has factories for ... Read more
David Merrick
David Merrick 1912-2000, American theatrical producer, b. St. Louis, Mo., as David Margulois. Merrick began his remarkably successful series of theatrical productions in 1954 with Fanny, his first Broadway musical. Thereafter he presented more than 80 plays and musicals, including Gypsy (1959),... Read more
John Hoppner
John Hoppner 1758-1810, English portrait painter. He was a protégé of George III, whose illegitimate son he was rumored to be. He imitated, without total success, the style of Sir Joshua Reynolds. Hoppner achieved a lifelong popularity rivaled only by that of Sir Thomas Lawrence. He p... Read more
numismatics
numismatics , collection and study of coins, medals, and related objects as works of art and as sources of information. The coin and the medal preserve old forms of writing, portraits of eminent persons, and reproductions of lost works of art; they also assist in the study of early customs, in a... Read more

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Kaye, Danny
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Danny Kaye American entertainer Danny Kaye (1913-1987) was a versatile performer with strong roots in the...with them in Asia. Around that time, he also adopted the name Danny Kaye, changing it legally it 1943. During the Asian tour, audiences... Read more
Lady in the Dark
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...Johnson ( MacDonald Carey), her crusty advertising manager; Russell Paxton ( Danny Kaye ), the magazine's effeminate photographer; and Randy Curtis ( Victor Mature...production was one of Larwence's greatest triumphs and it made a star of Kaye. Read more
Palace Theatre
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre ...fight for survival. There were combination bills of films and vaudeville, appearances by such stars as Judy Garland and Danny Kaye, and even ‘four-a-day’ programmes, but in the end the building became a cinema. It took on a new lease... Read more
Porter, Cole (Albert)
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...and Du Barry Was a Lady (1939). Porter's wartime musicals were mostly star‐driven vehicles for Ethel Merman or Danny Kaye , but some superb songs could still be found in Panama Hattie (1940), Let's Face It! (1941), Something for the Boys... Read more
Samuel Goldwyn
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...western that introduced Gary Cooper. Goldwyn was credited with making Cooper — and later Laurence Olivier and Danny Kaye — a movie star. Goldwyn met the challenge of talking pictures by seeking writers who could furnish literate dialogue... Read more
Cradle Snatchers
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...LET'S FACE IT! (1941) with book by Herbert and Dorothy Fields , and music and lyrics by Cole Porter . Its cast included Danny Kaye , Eve Arden, Mary Jane Watson, Benny Baker, Vivian Vance, and Nanette Fabray . Notable songs : Farming; Let's Not Talk... Read more
George Carlin
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...television, Carlin yearned for an acting career on the big screen, much like the comedians-turned-actors Bob Hope and Danny Kaye. Although he landed a role in the Doris Day film With Six You Get Egg-Roll, and a guest part on That Girl, Carlin was... Read more

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Kaye, Danny
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers KAYE, Danny Nationality: American. Born: David Daniel...Television Company, and appeared on The Danny Kaye Show , 1963 – 67. Awards: Special...Danny Weems); The Birth of a Star ( The Danny Kaye Story ) (Pollard — compilation of... Read more
Lady in the Dark
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...by Moss Hart and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Comp. 1939–40. Prod. Boston 1940, NY 1941 (with Gertrude Lawrence and Danny Kaye, cond. Abravanel). Extended score based on autograph full score and rehearsal material ed. by D. Loud and J. Mauceri... Read more
Zetterling, Mai
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...roles in Chekhov, Anouilh, and Ibsen plays, and in British films. After one part in a Hollywood film, Knock on Wood with Danny Kaye, she spurned contract offers and returned home. With her husband, David Hughes, she made several documentaries in the... Read more
Belafonte, Harry
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...1995 White Man's Burden (Nakano) (as Thaddeus Thomas) 1996 Jazz '34 ( Robert Altman's Jazz '34 ) (Altman) (as narrator); Danny Kaye: A Legacy of Laughter (Marty — for TV) (doc)(as himself); Kansas City (Altman) (as Seldom Seen) 1999 Swing Vote... Read more
Douglas, Michael
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...for TV) (as Craig) 1972 Napoleon and Samantha (McEveety) (as Danny); The Streets of San Francisco (Grauman — for TV) (as...books — Douglas, Kirk, The Ragman's Son , New York, 1988. Kaye, Annene, and Jim Sclavunos, Michael Douglas and the Douglas... Read more

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Coyote Dancers.(Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse, New York, New York)
Magazine article from: Dance Magazine; 12/1/1995; ; 302 words ; SYLVIA AND DANNY KAYE PLAYHOUSE SEPTEMBER 16-17, 1995 REVIEWED BY AMANDA SMITH Had Maher Benham's ambitious concert for her company (forty-two dancers... Read more
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse, December 12-17, 1995.
Magazine article from: Dance Magazine; 3/1/1996; ; 526 words ; LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO SYLVIA AND DANNY KAYE PLAYHOUSE DECEMBER 12-17, 1995 REVIEWED BY GUS SOLOMONS JR Sporting yards of sequined satin (with strategically ruffled panties... Read more
Rebecca Kelly Dance.(Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse, New York, New York)
Magazine article from: Dance Magazine; 2/1/1995; ; 161 words ; Rebecca Kelly Dance billed its program at the Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse (October 27-28, 1994) as New Ballet. Chamber-size ballet in a suitably scaled auditorium ideally inspires thoughts of... Read more
American Tap Dance Orchestra. (Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse, New York, New York)
Magazine article from: Dance Magazine; 2/1/1994; ; 430 words ; ...performance, one in a series celebrating the opening week of the Kaye Playhouse . In the numbers for the full ensemble, the polyrhythmic...is allow you to know the dancers through their dancing. At the Kaye Playhouse, the American Tap Dance Orchestra did just that. Read more
Bay Area Repertory Dance/East.(Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse, New York, New York)
Magazine article from: Dance Magazine; 10/1/1995; ; 362 words ; June 15-18, 1995 Reviewed by Doris Hering After his 1968 departure from the Martha Graham Dance Company, David Wood became a professor at Berkeley and earned a reputation as a choreographer in the Bay Area. Now retired, he assembled a group of his dancers for this retrospective, the company's New Read more
Humphrey-Weidman: Dances from Their Years Together. (Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse)
Magazine article from: Dance Magazine; 10/1/1994; ; 324 words ; To viewers who were not around in the 1940s, much of the repertoire of Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman (two of modern dance's most important pioneers in America) is like a chimera, composed of illusive fragments captured in old photographs or in warmly descriptive prose. The presentation of Read more
Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company. (Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse, New York, New York)
Magazine article from: Dance Magazine; 11/1/1994; ; 280 words ; Will I know what it's about? That fear has rattled many a novice dancegoer. The more abstract the dance, the more nervous she or he gets (though the prospect of a good story ballet can serve as a soothing antidote). That same novice was in for quite a surprise at the performances of New Read more
Mary Anthony Dance Theatre.(Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse, New York, New York)
Magazine article from: Dance Magazine; 3/1/1997; ; 398 words ; To celebrate her eightieth birthday and the fortieth anniversary of her company, the highly respected modern dance teacher Mary Anthony offered a retrospective program of her dances. Appropriately, the choreography ranged from Anthony's strongest works, those of 1956, to a premiere. Two dances were Read more
Dances ... Patrelle.(Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse, New York, New York)
Magazine article from: Dance Magazine; 8/1/1996; ; 408 words ; Francis Patrelle is an experienced choreographer, who offers a carefully prepared yearly program in New York City and is also in demand among regional companies. It had been a while since I had seen his work, so I attended his new version of The Firebird with anticipation. Well, we're all entitled Read more
Erik Hawkins Dance Company, Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse, February 18-23, 1997.
Magazine article from: Dance Magazine; 8/1/1997; ; 550 words ; This was my first postmortem glance at some of the works of Erick Hawkins, who died in 1994. I wanted to see how this choreographer, who concentrated on essences with a quiet fastidiousness, would hold up -- and how the company holds up without his presence. I don't know exactly who does what in Read more