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William Courtenay
William Courtenay , c.1342-1396, English prelate, archbishop of Canterbury (1381-96). He was important for his condemnation of the doctrines of Wyclif and for suppressing the Lollards. ... Read more
Montargis
Montargis , town (1990 pop. 16,570), Loiret dept., N central France, in Orléanais, near the Montargis Forest. Its manufactures include machinery, electrical equipment, and other light industrial products. Ceded (1188) by the house of Courtenay to the crown, it was (14th and 15th cent.) a roya... Read more
motion pictures
motion pictures movie-making as an art and an industry, including its production techniques, its creative artists, and the distribution and exhibition of its products (see also motion picture photography ; Motion Picture Cameras under camera ). Origins Experiments in photographing mov... Read more
tom-tom
tom-tom name popularly applied to high-pitched hand drums, usually barrel-shaped and having either one or two drumheads of skin. They are tunable to specific pitches. Supposedly of Native American or Asian origin, they are sometimes used in modern dance orchestras for special effects. The terms to... Read more
São Tomé
São Tomé , town (1991 pop. 42,331), capital of the republic of São Tomé and Principe and a port on São Tomé island, in the Gulf of Guinea. It is the country's largest town, administrative center, commercial center, and main port. The chief exports are cocoa,... Read more
Tom Taylor
Tom Taylor 1817-80, English dramatist and editor. His most famous play is Our American Cousin (1858), performed at Ford's Theater in Washington, D. C., when Lincoln was assassinated. Of his more than 100 plays, others are The Ticket-of-Leave Man (1863) and, written with his friend Charles Reade... Read more
Thomas Hughes
Thomas Hughes 1822-96, English author. A lawyer, Hughes eventually became a judge; he was also a Liberal member of Parliament and worked assiduously for social reforms. His novel of school life, Tom Brown's School Days (1857), is a classic. Its sequel, Tom Brown at Oxford (1861), was less succe... Read more
Tom Kite
Tom Kite (Thomas O. Kite, Jr.), 1949-, American golfer, b. Austin, Tex. The 1973 Professional Golfers Association Rookie of the Year, he was also the 1989 Player of the Year. He won the 1992 U.S. Open, and was a member of the 1993 U.S. Ryder Cup team. The 1981 winner of the Vardon Trophy (for the l... Read more
University of Santo Tomás
University of Santo Tomás , at Manila, the Philippines; Roman Catholic, coeducational; founded 1611 by Dominican priests. It is the oldest institution of higher learning in the country. It has faculties of sacred theology, canon law, philosophy, civil law, medicine and surgery, pharmacy, arts... Read more
Tom Thomson
Tom Thomson 1877-1917, Canadian painter of typically Canadian outdoor scenes, b. Ontario. Thomson was self-taught. Most of the year he served as a guide at Algonquin Provincial Park in order to support himself as a painter. His love of the outdoors was reflected in bold, vibrantly colored landscape... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Tom Courtenay"

Courtenay, Tom Daniel
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre Courtenay, Tom Daniel [ Thomas Daniel Courtenay ] (1937– ), English actor whose haggard...also effective in the latter's The Hypochondriac (1987). Courtenay's voice lacks the richness needed for the great poetic roles...
Courtenay, William (Leonard)
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre Courtenay, William [Leonard] (1875...Daniel , then Charles Frohman , Courtenay became leading man to Virginia...run as the vamped husband Tom Burton in David Belasco...The Inside Story (1932). Courtenay was essentially a matinee...
Royal Exchange Theatre
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre ...Evelyn Waugh's novel, with Michael Hordern ; A Family (1978) with Paul Scofield ; and The Dresser (1980) with Tom Courtenay , also seen in New York, about the relationship between an elderly actor and his dresser. The repertoire combines...
Harwood, Ronald
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature ...Pinfold , and Chekhov's Ivanov . His theatre life has often been linked to the careers of actors Albert Finney and Tom Courtenay, and he has been an active campaigner for civil rights. His fiction includes The Girl in Melanie Klein (1969) and...
Gray, Simon James Holliday
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre ...Engaged (1975), in which he played a publisher who avoids emotional entanglements; it was seen in New York with Tom Courtenay in 1977. Molly (1977) and The Rear Column (London and NY, 1978) had only short runs. Close of Play ( National...
Queen's Theatre
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre ...had a comparatively short run, but Alan Bennett's The Old Country , starring Alec Guinness , was more successful. Tom Courtenay gave a brilliant performance in 1980 in the title-role of Ronald Harwood's The Dresser , and in the following year...
Comedy Theatre
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre ...the theatre open from 1968 to 1972. Later productions included Alan Ayckbourn's Time and Time Again (1972) with Tom Courtenay ; the musical The Rocky Horror Show (1979); David Storey's Early Days (1980) with Ralph Richardson and Miller...

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Daring, Mason
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...other commissions, including five from Disney: two TV films, a Dickens mini-series, The Old Curiosity Shop, with Tom Courtenay and Peter Ustinov, and two features, Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken and Prefontaine from Jared Leto and Amy Locane...
Yo La Tengo
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...album since 1990: And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000) Hit songs since 1990: "From a Motel Six," "Tom Courtenay," "Sugarcube" Yo La Tengo is composed of enthusiastic rock fans. But rather than shamelessly ape the styles of...

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Put yourself in Larkin's shoes When Tom Courtenay embarked on his one-man play on Philip Larkin, it was the writer that interested him, but then he grew fonder of the man, as he tells RHODA KOENIG
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 12/2/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...stacks of cardboard boxes), Sir Tom Courtenay stops at the shoes resting, toes...Yorkshire Playhouse, in Leeds, where Courtenay is currently playing Larkin in...that he would appear in it; while Courtenay liked the idea, he thought that...
The Thursday Interview: Tom Courtenay - I've been to Hull and back `The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner' made him the Billy Elliot of his day. But 40 years on, Tom Courtenay's working-class roots still haunt him. By Thomas Sutcliffe
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 10/12/2000; ; 700+ words ; Interviewing Tom Courtenay feels a bit like carrying a brimming...the most watertight of interviewees. Courtenay, 63, has just published a memoir...suppressing them. It's also possible that Courtenay has done all his crying in private...
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO TOM COURTENAY?
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland; 3/10/2000; 700+ words ; PREVIEW IN the 1960s Tom Courtenay was one of the biggest names in the...wonder -whatever happened to Tom Courtenay? So the irony of his latest movie...Irish actor Michael Legge, sees Courtenay playing a man who has telekinetic...
Larkin around for laughs Philip Larkin has been caricatured - unfairly - as a miserable old sod. Tom Courtenay tells Robert Gore- Langton why the poet's life and work deserve laughter and applause
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 11/17/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...a rehearsal room in Leeds, Sir Tom Courtenay is shimmying around to the sounds...Larkin, you'd probably pick Courtenay last. He's not tall, his face...looking like neither of us." Tom Courtenay made his name decades ago in films...
Running home for a movie-time reunion; Tom Courtenay talks to Alison Jones about his first major film in years.
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 3/7/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...about the exploding tortoise? Tom Courtenay has and it convinced him to make...action'." A timely reminder of Courtenay's talent came in the form of...award winning union - at least for Courtenay. Despite Finney's overwhelming...
This Sir is a hard act to follow Tom Courtenay thought he'd finished with theatre until he went to Dublin. The actor tells Michael Coveney what made him change his mind
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 4/17/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...been a star for 40 years, Sir Tom Courtenay (he was knighted in 2001) is...the show booked for London. Courtenay speaks in stutters and starts...these tensions are all there in Courtenay's body language, even if his...
THE ARTS: Stuck in the middle with you As the actor Tom Courtenay returns to the screen in Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?, he looks back in languor at his long love-hate relationship with fame. By Nick Hasted
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 3/3/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...nervy, yearning, frustration-furrowed Billy: Tom Courtenay. Courtenay, 63 now, meets me rheumy-eyed from a sleepless...It's soon apparent that, in all the best ways, Courtenay is Billy, still. Films have been few since the...
The Liars of Bradford; Fantasy: Tom Courtenay and Rodney Bewes in Billy Liar.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 4/23/2008; 700+ words ; ...the locations for the 1963 film Billy Liar, starring Tom Courtenay?MOST of the actors of the silver screen's golden...1963 film, directed by John Schlesinger, featured Tom Courtenay (who hadunderstudied Albert Finney in the West End...
Andrew Davies & Tom Courtenay
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 12/7/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...lives in London with his wife Tom and I met in October 1955...to know each other by name. Tom was well-known then, as now...person who failed the degree. Tom went through a short James Dean...write him another part. Tom Courtenay 71 is a twice Oscar-nominated...
IN THE FRAME - Sir Tom Courtenay; MONDAY.(Media)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 1/12/2002; 411 words ; ...the Sixties. Early Life: Thomas Daniel Courtenay was born on February 25, 1937 in Hull...Following acclaimed performances on stage, Sir Tom made his movie debut in 1962 as Private...Last Orders. He published a book, Dear Tom, in 2000 and was knighted a year later...