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East Lynne
East Lynne (1863), a play by Clifton W. Tayleure. [Winter Garden Theatre, approx. 20 perf.] Lady Isabel Mount Severn ( Lucille Western) marries her childhood sweetheart, Archibald Carlyle ( A. H. Davenport), but after several years of happiness she is led by Sir Francis Levison ( Lawrence... Read more |
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Bronte
Brontë , family of English novelists, including Charlotte Brontë, 1816-55, English novelist, Emily Jane Brontë, 1818-48, English novelist and poet, and Anne Brontë, 1820-49, English novelist. Lives and Works The Brontë sisters were daughters of Patrick Brontë... Read more |
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George Edmund Badger
BADGER, GEORGE EDMUND George Edmund Badger was a lawyer, judge, and politician, and the subject of a U.S. Supreme Court confirmation battle in 1853. The only son of a lawyer who died prematurely and a daughter of a Revolutionary War leader, Badger was born on April 17, 1795, in New Bern, North... Read more |
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Battle of Largs
Largs, battle of, 1263. Though the fighting was little more than skirmishing, the consequences were significant. Throughout the reign of Alexander III of Scotland there were disputes about the Western Isles, under the sovereignty of Norway. In the autumn of 1263 Haakon IV of Norway assembled a... Read more |
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Dana
Dana ♀, ♂ Mainly North American: of unknown origin, perhaps a transferred use of a surname that is fairly common in the United States. This may be of Irish origin, although the surname is not known in Ireland. Dana or Ana was the name of an ancient Irish fertility goddess, and this... Read more |
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Meret Oppenheim
Meret Oppenheim Meret Oppenheim (1913-1985) was most known for her Surrealist objects, most notably her Furlined Teacup, which she created when she was only 22 years old. Meret Oppenheim was born in 1913 near Basel, Switzerland. Perhaps her parents knew that she was to lead a creative and... Read more |
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Saint Bernadette
Saint Bernadette , 1844-79, French peasant girl who claimed to see the Virgin Mary in apparitions at a grotto near Lourdes, her home, in 1858. She was born Marie Bernarde Soubirous. The authorities, skeptical of her visions, subjected her to severe examinations and abuse. After years of... Read more |
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Gerald Fitzgerald 15th earl of Desmond
Gerald Fitzgerald Desmond, 15th earl of d. 1583, Irish nobleman. He spent his life fighting Thomas Butler, 10th earl of Ormonde , who represented English interests. He was twice imprisoned in London, but returned both times to continue his struggle. In 1579 he was proclaimed a traitor, and after... Read more |
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Trilby
Trilby (1895), a play by Paul M. Potter. [Garden Theatre, 208 perf.] Three artists, known as the Laird ( John Glendinning), Taffy ( Burr McIntosh), and Little Billee ( Alfred Hickman), use a pretty model, Trilby O'Ferrall ( Virginia Harned), for work in their Latin Quarter atelier. But after a... Read more |
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