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White Wings
White Wings (1926), a comedy by Philip Barry. [Booth Theatre, 27 perf.] Archie Inch ( Tom Powers) is proud that he is the latest in a long line of street cleaners, or white wings, who clean up after horses. He is so proud, in fact, that he threatens to break off his romance with Mary Todd (... Read more |
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Barry Commoner
Barry Commoner Barry Commoner (born 1917) was a biologist who became an environmental activist, leading efforts to inform the general public about the many environmental dangers posed by various scientific advances and common practices. He was one of the founders of the modern environmental... Read more |
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Workshops (Educational programs)
47 Workshop (Cambridge, Massachusetts). An outgrowth of Professor George Pierce Baker's course at Harvard in playwriting (the course was listed as English 47), it offered his students a chance to produce their plays, although without academic credit. The course had been started in 1905 and the... Read more |
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J M Barrie
J. M. Barrie (Sir James Matthew Barrie) , 1860-1937, Scottish playwright and novelist. He is best remembered for his play Peter Pan (1904), a supernatural fantasy about a boy who refuses to grow up. The son of a weaver, Barrie studied at the Univ. of Edinburgh. He took up journalism, worked for... Read more |
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Barry Unsworth
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Hotel Universe
Hotel Universe (1930), a play by Philip Barry. [Martin Beck Theatre, 81 perf.] Ann Field ( Katherine Alexander) has invited a variety of guests to her Riviera estate, including her old beau Pat Farley ( Glenn Anders); the actress Lily Malone ( Ruth Gordon); publisher Tom Ames ( Franchot Tone) and... Read more |
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Don Thompson
Don Thompson1963– Restaurant executive One of the highest-ranking African Americans in the restaurant industry, Don Thompson was named executive vice president and chief operations officer of the McDonald's USA fast-food restaurant chain early in the year 2005. That post marked a new stage of 15... Read more |
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Fraser Darling effect
Fraser Darling effect Acceleration and synchronization of the breeding cycle that results from the visual and auditory stimulation experienced by individual members of large breeding colonies of birds. It tends to shorten the breeding season and to present predators with a sudden flush of eggs and... Read more |
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Philip Barry
Philip Barry 1896-1949, American dramatist, b. Rochester, N.Y., grad. Yale, 1919, and studied under George Pierce Baker at Harvard. He is primarily known for his satirical, somewhat unconventional comedies of manners, such as Holiday (1928), Tomorrow and Tomorrow (1931), The Animal Kingdom ... Read more |
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