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Johnny Appleseed
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John Dyer
John Dyer 1700?-1758, English nature poet, b. Wales. He is best known for the topographical poem Grongar Hill (1726). ... Read more
Atholl
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John Earle
John Earle , 1601?-1665, English clergyman and author. The Microcosmographie (1628), a collection of witty characterizations, is his most famous work. In 1663 he became bishop of Salisbury. ... Read more
Saint John
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Aenon
Aenon , in the New Testament, unidentified place, where John the Baptist baptized people. ... Read more
Saint Elizabeth
Saint Elizabeth in the Gospel of St. Luke, mother of John the Baptist and kinswoman of the Virgin Mary. Feast: Nov. 5. ... Read more
John Frazee
John Frazee , 1790-1852, American pioneer sculptor, b. Rahway, N.J. Without formal instruction, he advanced from tombstone cutting to portrait busts, including those of Daniel Webster, John Marshall, and other notables. The portrait of John Wells (1824; St. Paul's Church, New York City) is said to b... Read more
John of Ephesus
John of Ephesus , c.505-c.585, Syrian Monophysite historian, bishop of Ephesus. He became a leader of the Monophysites (see Monophysitism ), and Byzantine Emperor Justinian, whose favor he enjoyed, set him over the Monophysite community in Constantinople. John suffered greatly in the persecution of... Read more
Jonas
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Encyclopedia entries related to " John Houseman"

Houseman, John
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre Houseman, John [ né Jacques Haussmann...Saints in Three Acts (1934). Houseman consolidated his reputation...After the troupe disbanded, Houseman directed The Devil and Daniel...headed. In his last years Houseman became well known as a film... Read more
Acting Company, The
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre Acting Company, The. Founded in 1972 by John Houseman and Margot Henley, it was an offshoot of special productions mounted by students of the drama division of the Juilliard School... Read more
Mercury Theatre, The
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre Mercury Theatre, The (New York). Founded by Orson Welles and John Houseman as a repertory company in 1937, its chief aim was to offer “classical plays excitingly produced.” To this end the... Read more
Over the River and Through the Woods
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre Over the River and Through the Woods (1998), a comedy by Joe DiPietro. [John Houseman Theatre, 800 perf.] When Nick Cristano ( Jim Bracchitta) announces that he is going to leave New York and take a job in Seattle... Read more
Mark Taper Forum/Center Theatre Group
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre ...University of California at Los Angeles and Artistic Director John Houseman . Its first full productions, at UCLA in 1960, were...Cathedral and Chekhov's Three Sisters , both directed by Houseman. In 1966 the Theatre Group moved downtown to become... Read more
Davidson, Gordon
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...studied electrical engineering at Cornell and theatre at Case Western University. Davidson was a protégé of John Houseman and directed for his Theatre Group at UCLA, later becoming artistic director of the company. In 1967 it became known... Read more
Welles, (George) Orson
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre ...Barretts of Wimpole Street . He next collaborated with John Houseman , first as an actor in Archibald MacLeish's Panic (1935...1937, in which he also appeared. Finally he partnered Houseman in the running of the Mercury Theatre (see COMEDY THEATRE... Read more
Orson Welles
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Katharine Cornell's company in December 1934. He and John Houseman joined forces the next year to manage a unit of the...the Elizabethan morality play Dr. Faustus. Welles and Houseman broke with the Federal Theatre Project over its attempt... Read more
Nicholas Ray
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...debut on the New York stage before transferring to director John Houseman's Phoenix Theatre troupe. Ray gained technical experience...attorney hired to defend a juvenile delinquent played by John Derek. Bogart and Grahame starred in Ray's next movie... Read more
American Shakespeare Theatre
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre ...a longer season, and the nucleus of a permanent company was established. The theatre enhanced its reputation under John Houseman , its Artistic Director 1956–9, and in 1958 Katharine Hepburn played Beatrice in Much Ado about Nothing in the... Read more

Dictionary entries related to " John Houseman"

Houseman, John
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers HOUSEMAN, John Producer and Actor. Nationality: American...Zucker); Scrooged (Donner) Publications By HOUSEMAN: books — With Jack Landau, The American...Unfinished Business , New York, 1986. By HOUSEMAN: articles — "Hollywood Faces the... Read more
Ray, Nicholas
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...x2013; 37; joined John Houseman's Phoenix Theater...Program Director by Houseman, 1942; director on...London, 1972. Kreidl, John, Nicholas Ray , Boston...Paris), January 1985. Houseman, John, "Houseman, Ray, and Oph ü... Read more
Letter from an Unknown Woman
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Released April 1948. Producer: John Houseman; screenplay: Howard Koch, from...Johann Stauffer ); Art Smith ( John ); Carol Yorke ( Marie ); Howard Freeman ( Herr Kastner ); John Good ( Lt. Leopold von Kaltnegger...Munich), November 1977. Coleman, John, in New Statesman (London... Read more
They Live by Night
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...producer: Dore Schary; producer: John Houseman; screenplay: Charles Schnee, from...Underworld USA , London, 1972. Kreidl, John, Nicholas Ray , Boston, 1977. Silver...Live By Night was produced by John Houseman at RKO in 1947, was held back from... Read more
Welles, Orson
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...first film, 1934; collaborated with John Houseman for the Phoenix Theatre Group, 1935...Falstaff) (+ sc, costumes, role as Sir John Falstaff) 1968 The Immortal Story...Tomorrow Is Forever (Pichel) (role as John McDonald) 1946 Duel in the Sun (Vidor... Read more
Thomson, Virgil
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Earth (Ivens) 1945 Tuesday in November (Houseman) 1948 Louisiana Story (Flaherty) 1957...book — Hoover, Kathleen, and John Cage, Virgil Thomson: His Life and Music , New York, 1959. Kirkpatrick, John, 20th Century American Masters: Ives... Read more
Jones, Jennifer
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Selznick was followed by stage work in John Houseman's Hello Out There , and by study at Group...Publications On JONES: books — Huston, John, An Open Book , New York, 1972. Memo from...the transition from youth to maturity in John Cromwell's Since You Went Away . As the... Read more
Cotten, Joseph
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...project; 1938 — joined Welles and John Houseman's Mercury Theater; 1939 — critical...David Lawrence) 1951 Half Angel (Sale) (as John Raymond); Peking Express (Dieterle) (as...Hawthorne) 1961 The Last Sunset (Aldrich) (as John Breckenridge); The Karma (for U.S. Dept... Read more
Sunrise
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...The Hairdresser ); Jane Winton ( The Manicurist ); Arthur Houseman ( The Rude Gentleman ); Eddie Boland ( The Kind Gentleman...Through 1949 , Metuchen, New Jersey, 1975. Harvith, Susan and John, Karl Struss: Man with a Camera , Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1976... Read more
Ryan, Robert
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...1959 — co-founder with John Houseman and Sidney Harmon, Theatre Group...Hargrave); Bad Day at Black Rock (John Sturges) (as Reno Smith) 1955...of Kings (Nicholas Ray) (as John the Baptist) 1962 The Longest...Ustinov) (as Master-at-Arms John Claggart) 1964 The Inheritance... Read more

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Mary A. (McCarthy) Houseman, 88.(DEATHS)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 4/20/2009; 257 words ; ...survived by one son, Francis J. Houseman Jr. and his wife Hazel of Shrewsbury...F. Sullivan and her husband John of Framingham and Katherine...Michael Denham, Jacqueline Houseman, Marybeth Houseman and Colleen...Catherine A. Kelley, and the late John H. McCarthy and the late Joseph... Read more
Salley's castle in the city; pro-basketball player makes his home in 62-room mansion. (Detroit Pistons' John Salley)
Magazine article from: Ebony; 4/1/1990; ; 700+ words ; ...say that at 7 feet tall, Detroit Piston John Salley surveys the world from a vantage...1988, following the death of Cardinal John Francis Dearden. I was looking for a...consisting of a chef, personal maid, houseman, security officer and a caretake who...Mazie, years ago. Back then, Mrs. Salley, ... Read more
(movie review)
Magazine article from: Commonweal; 3/10/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...and mounted by Orson Welles and John Houseman, lost its stage on opening night...night stand, since the Welles-Houseman unit within the FTP folded within...anagan's real foils here are Welles and Houseman, debasingly caricatured by Angus... Read more
Man is spared jail after [pounds sterling]20,000 cheque fraud.
Newspaper article from: Yorkshire Evening Post (Leeds, England); 8/30/2007; 142 words ; ...including a car and a holiday, has escaped a jail sentence. John Houseman, a married father-of-three, told his wife he had won...accepting it was genuine. York Crown Court heard that Houseman, who suffered depression, went on a spending spree... Read more
Puppetry of the Penis. (Theater review: stupid people tricks).(Review)
Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine); 11/20/2001; 302 words ; Puppetry of the Penis * Conceived, created, and performed by Simon Morley and David Friend * John Houseman Theatre, New York City (open run) Marcel Duchamp was truly a genius. In fact, the French-born trickster-philosopher of 20th-century... Read more
'Bridge finish in style.
Newspaper article from: Harrogate Advertiser (Harrogate, England); 5/23/2008; 679 words ; ...time against St Aidans, while Dan Cheeseman, Josh Blades, Danny Houseman, Mark Burniston, Sean Corbett all fired home goals against Guiseley...along with many parents and friends. After a super season coach John Mitton steps down and Andy Black takes over alongside assistant... Read more
Bright Lights, Big City.
Magazine article from: National Review; 5/27/1988; ; 700+ words ; ...sympathetic checking-department colleague, is so patient you wonder what she's doing off a monument; Frances Sternhagen and John Houseman are suitably stuffy Gothamites, though Jason Robards may be a mite too precious as a nonstop guzzler and name-dropper... Read more
Crossley century sees Dacre shrug off Pateley.
Newspaper article from: Harrogate Advertiser (Harrogate, England); 6/2/2006; 700+ words ; ...knock provided the basis for a total of 203-7 from Dacre with N Houseman chipping in 54, and N Dent taking 3-54. But Pateley could not...amassed 129-6 courtesy of good work from Neil Ambler (37) and John Davy (46no), despite the best efforts of Dale Marshall (3-43... Read more
Ackrill Nidderdale League: Ten-wicket Bishop Thornton get back on right track.
Newspaper article from: Harrogate Advertiser (Harrogate, England); 6/23/2006; 700+ words ; ...from Matthew Halse (53), Neil Houseman (35) and G Crossley (32), Peter...their side to success at 227-7, Houseman claiming 3-15. NEWBY HALL edged...66), Bruce Jackson (35) and John Bolton (45). Matt Clapperton...James Ash hauling 5-32 and John Charlton 3-20. HAMPSTHWAITE...BIRSTWITH, who made ... Read more
Walter's two in a row.
Newspaper article from: Pocklington Post (Pocklington, England); 8/28/2007; 63 words ; ...second year running. He received a trophy and a year's free rent. Second prize winner was John Barber while joint third prize winners were Fred Lowry and Ken Houseman. Allotment holders winning second or third prizes received certificates and a 50 percent... Read more