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Frédérick
Frédérick [ Antoine-Louis-Prosper Lemaître] (1800–76), French actor, who embodied all the glory and excesses of the Romantic drama, many of whose heroes he created. He never appeared at the Comédie-Française, but spent most of his career in the theatres on the boulevard du Temple, having made his first appearance there as the lion in a pantomime, Pyrame et Thisbé, at the age of 15. He then went to the Funambules, where he was a contemporary of the great mime Deburau, and also attended classes at the Conservatoire. In 1820 he became a member of the company at the Odéon but, finding the audiences apathetic and opportunities for sustained acting too few, returned thankfully to the popular stage. In 1823 he made his first appearance as Robert Macaire in L'Auberge des Adrets, a part ever after associated with him. The play had been written as a serious melodrama, but Frédérick carried it to success by burlesquing it. He was equally successful in a sequel, Robert Macaire (1834), much of which he wrote himself, and which had political repercussions; it was said to have contributed to the downfall of Louis-Philippe. At the Porte-Saint-Martin in 1827, Frédérick had made a tremendous impression in Trente Ans; ou, La Vie d'un joueur, a play on the evils of gambling which he took to London on his first visit in 1828. Among his later successes were Othello, in Ducis's translation, and several leading roles in the plays of the elder Dumas, notably the title-role in Kean; ou, Désordre et génie (1836), which was specially written for him, as was Balzac's Vautrin (1840). In 1838 he gave an electrifying performance in Hugo's Ruy Blas. His last years were unhappy, for the taste of the public changed and he could find only trivial or unsuitable plays to appear in; but he left his mark on the theatre, and when Bateman first saw Irving he could bestow no higher praise than to say that his acting was equal to that of Frédérick.
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Frédérick." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Frédérick." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-Frdrick.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Frédérick." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-Frdrick.html |
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Frederick
Frederick city (1990 pop. 40,148), seat of Frederick co., NW Md.; settled 1745, inc. 1817. The processing center of a fertile farm and dairying area, it makes beer, household items, optical and glass products, leather goods, clothing, and electronic equipment. The largest employer, however, is Fort Detrick, a U.S. Army medical research center. Frederick was an important grain-trading center and a stop on the road west to the Ohio valley. In the Civil War, Confederate troops passed through the city en route to the battle of Antietam (see Antietam campaign ). Points of interest include the grave of Francis Scott Key , author of "The Star-Spangled Banner," and the house of Barbara Frietchie, legendary Civil War heroine. Hood College and the Maryland School for the Deaf are in Frederick. The Monocacy National Battlefield is nearby. |
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"Frederick." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Frederick." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-FredUS.html "Frederick." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-FredUS.html |
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Frederick
Frederick ♂ From an Old French name of Germanic origin, from fred, frid ‘peace’ + rīc ‘power, ruler’. It was adopted by the Normans and introduced into Britain by them, but did not survive long. Modern use in Britain dates from the 17th century, and it became more frequent in the 18th among followers of the Elector of Hanover, who in 1714 became George I of England. It was reinforced by the vogue for Germanic names in Victorian times.
Variants: Frederic, Fredrick, Fredric. Short form: Fred. Pet forms: Freddy, Freddie. Cognates: German: Friedrich. Dutch: Frerik, Freek. Scandinavian: Fredrik. Danish, Norwegian: Frederik. French: Frédéric. Spanish: Federico. Portuguese: Frederico. Italian: Federico. Polish: Fryderyk. Czech: Bedřich. Finnish: Rieti. Hungarian: Frigyes. |
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Frederick." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Frederick." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Frederick.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Frederick." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Frederick.html |
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Frederick
Frederick, Maryland/USA Settled in 1733 and called Frederick Town from 1745, it is allegedly named after Frederick Calvert (1731–71), 6th Baron Baltimore. However, it is possible that it is named after the Prince of Wales, Frederick Louis (1707–51), the eldest son of George II† and father of George III†.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Frederick." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Frederick." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Frederick.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Frederick." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Frederick.html |
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Frederick." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Frederick." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Frederick.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Frederick." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Frederick.html |
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IAN CHILVERS. "Frederick." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Frederick." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-Frederick.html IAN CHILVERS. "Frederick." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-Frederick.html |
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Frederick
Frederick
•Amharic, barbaric, Garrick, Pindaric, samsaric
•fabric • cambric • Aelfric • chivalric
•geriatric, paediatric (US pediatric), Patrick, psychiatric, theatric
•tantric
•epigastric, gastric
•alphanumeric, atmospheric, chimeric, cleric, climacteric, congeneric, Derek, derrick, Eric, esoteric, exoteric, ferric, generic, hemispheric, Herrick, Homeric, hysteric, mesmeric, numeric, skerrick, spheric, stratospheric
•red-brick • Cedric
•calendric, Kendrick
•anthropometric, asymmetric, diametric, geometric, isometric, kilometric, metric, obstetric, psychometric, pyrometric, sociometric
•electric, hydroelectric, photoelectric
•androcentric, centric, concentric, eccentric, egocentric, ethnocentric, Eurocentric, geocentric, phallocentric, theocentric
•airbrick • hayrick • Friedrich
•Dietrich
•empiric, lyric, panegyric, Pyrrhic, satiric, satyric, vampiric
•pinprick • citric • oneiric • hydric
•nitric
•aleatoric, allegoric, anaphoric, camphoric, categoric, choric, Doric, euphoric, historic, metaphoric, meteoric, phantasmagoric, phosphoric, pyrophoric, semaphoric, sophomoric, theophoric, Warwick, Yorick
•con trick
•auric, boric, folkloric
•Kubrick, rubric
•Ugric • Cymric • xeric • firebrick
•Rurik, sulphuric (US sulfuric), telluric, Zürich
•Frederick • Roderick • undertrick
•agaric • Alaric • choleric • limerick
•turmeric
•archbishopric, bishopric
•rhetoric • maverick • overtrick
•Masaryk
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"Frederick." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Frederick." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Frederick.html "Frederick." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Frederick.html |
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