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Picnic
Picnic (1953), a play by William Inge. [Music Box Theatre, 477 perf.; Pulitzer Prize, NYDCC Award.] On a hot Labor Day morning in a small Kansas town, a cocky, muscle‐bound vagrant, Hal Carter ( Ralph Meeker), strays into the Owens's backyard and changes the lives of the family. He breaks the heart of the tomboy younger daughter Millie ( Kim Stanley), goads Mrs. Owens's ( Peggy Conklin) spinster sister Rosemary ( Eileen Heckart) into forcing her reluctant gentleman friend to marry her, and prompts the older daughter Madge ( Janice Rule) to give up her rich boyfriend, Alan ( Paul Newman), and to run away with him. The Theatre Guild production featured a superb cast under the direction of Joshua Logan. Louis Kronenberger noted, “Mr. Inge's naturalistic round dance of frustrated, unfulfilled, life‐hungry women catches something of the mischance and misbegottenness of life itself.” Inge's earlier (and personally preferred) version of the play, called Summer Brave, was presented at the ANTA Theatre in 1975 but was considered less effective. The Roundabout Theatre presented a fine production of the familiar version in 1994.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Picnic." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Picnic." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-Picnic.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Picnic." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-Picnic.html |
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pic·nic / ˈpikˌnik/ • n. an outing or occasion that involves taking a packed meal to be eaten outdoors. ∎ a meal eaten outdoors on such an occasion. • v. (-nicked , -nick·ing ) [intr.] have or take part in a picnic. PHRASES: no picnic inf. used of something difficult or unpleasant: chemotherapy is no picnic.DERIVATIVES: pic·nick·er n. |
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"picnic." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "picnic." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-picnic.html "picnic." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-picnic.html |
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picnic (orig.) social entertainment in which each person contributed a share of the food; (now) outdoor pleasure party with a repast. XVIII. — F. piquenique, app. f. piquer PICK2 + nique (cf. faire la nique à mock, show scorn of).
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T. F. HOAD. "picnic." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "picnic." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-picnic.html T. F. HOAD. "picnic." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-picnic.html |
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picnic •aldermanic, botanic, Brahmanic, Britannic, epiphanic, galvanic, Germanic, Hispanic, interoceanic, Koranic, manganic, manic, mechanic, messianic, oceanic, organic, panic, Puranic, Romanic, satanic, shamanic, talismanic, titanic, transoceanic, tympanic, volcanic
•anthropogenic, arsenic, autogenic, callisthenic (US calisthenic), carcinogenic, cariogenic, cryogenic, erotogenic, eugenic, fennec, hallucinogenic, Hellenic, hypo-allergenic, photogenic, pyrogenic, radiogenic, schizophrenic, telegenic
•polytechnic, pyrotechnic, technic
•Chetnik
•ethnic, multi-ethnic
•Selznick
•hygienic, scenic
•peacenik • beatnik
•actinic, clinic, cynic, Finnic, Jacobinic, rabbinic
•picnic, pyknic
•hymnic • Iznik • Dominic
•anachronic, animatronic, bionic, Brythonic, bubonic, Byronic, canonic, carbonic, catatonic, chalcedonic, chronic, colonic, conic, cyclonic, daemonic, demonic, diatonic, draconic, electronic, embryonic, euphonic, harmonic, hegemonic, histrionic, homophonic, hypersonic, iconic, ionic, ironic, isotonic, laconic, macaronic, Masonic, Miltonic, mnemonic, monotonic, moronic, Napoleonic, philharmonic, phonic, Platonic, Plutonic, polyphonic, quadraphonic, sardonic, saxophonic, siphonic, Slavonic, sonic, stereophonic, subsonic, subtonic, symphonic, tectonic, Teutonic, thermionic, tonic, transonic, ultrasonic
•Dubrovnik
•Munich, Punic, runic, tunic
•refusenik • nudnik • kibbutznik
•sputnik • Metternich
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"picnic." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "picnic." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-picnic.html "picnic." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-picnic.html |
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