Search results for "''Turandot (play and character)" - New World Encyclopedia
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- in golf due to his tremendous skill, and flamboyant, witty character ... to dress in clubhouses, ordering limousines, and demanding first class treatment ...18 KB (2,704 words) - 18:48, 17 April 2023
- that later came to be known as bunraku, and the live-actor drama, kabuki ... Chikmatsu wrote plays mainly for theaters in Kyoto and Osaka, most ...14 KB (2,099 words) - 15:25, 10 December 2023
- blends ritual, sacred traditional precepts, and rehearsed elements with creative ... performed only by men of the Chakyar caste and women of the Ambalavasi Nambiar ...19 KB (2,773 words) - 04:09, 4 March 2023
- classical Athens. In contrast with Aeschylus and Sophocles, Euripides is known ... While Aeschylus was predominantly a moral playwright, and Sophocles ...22 KB (3,638 words) - 04:28, 23 March 2024
- as J. M. Barrie, was a Scottish novelist and playwright. He is best remembered ... want to "grow up," both literally and figuratively, after the traumatic ...16 KB (2,361 words) - 08:18, 13 March 2024
- is known for the stylization of its drama and for the elaborate make-up ... The term kabuki originally suggested the unorthodox character of this ...13 KB (1,911 words) - 16:49, 14 May 2024
- Africa) was an famous English cricketer, and former team captain who played ... Hammond played in 10 first-class matches between 1920 and 1922 for ...9 KB (1,521 words) - 22:26, 3 May 2023
- acting, inspiring the likes of James Dean and Robert De Niro. He brought ... actor-activists to march for civil rights and Native American rights. He ...17 KB (2,600 words) - 08:33, 10 March 2023
- (May 3, 1913 – June 10, 1973) was an American playwright and novelist ... with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech and Drama. Offered a scholarship ...13 KB (2,098 words) - 11:04, 9 May 2023
- – June 17, 1719) was an English politician and writer. His name is usually ... essays, reproduced in Tatler, The Spectator, and in a handful of independently ...11 KB (1,683 words) - 17:44, 6 May 2024
- September 4, 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist who composed in the ... Grieg is known as a "nationalist" composer and his "nationalist ...11 KB (1,752 words) - 18:19, 12 February 2024
- myth symbolizes the struggle for political and individual freedom. time following the edict, refused to salute and was immediately arrested. ...12 KB (1,851 words) - 20:35, 13 May 2023
- Improvisation is the art of acting and reacting, in the moment, to ... awareness "into the moment," and on developing a profound understanding ...10 KB (1,481 words) - 15:30, 4 February 2023
- who was best known for his short stories and books of memoirs. Born an ... took full responsibility of the household and supported the family single ...11 KB (1,818 words) - 05:07, 9 April 2024
- 2005) was an American playwright, essayist, and author. He was a prominent ... the House Un-American Activities Committee, and by virtue of his marriage ...28 KB (4,477 words) - 11:12, 16 August 2023
- January 31, 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works ... established wealthy family, the son of John and Blanche Bailey (nee Bartleet ...11 KB (1,514 words) - 06:40, 8 April 2024
- drama written between the Reformation and the closure of the theaters ... a part of religious festivals in England and other parts of Europe during ...22 KB (3,354 words) - 07:42, 5 February 2022
- on the values of each player's hand and betting into a central pot ... all of which follow a similar pattern of play: Dealing, betting, and showing ...21 KB (3,695 words) - 08:29, 24 November 2022
- Tandy appeared in over 100 stage productions and had more than 60 roles in ... Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963) and Fried Green Tomatoes (1991 ...17 KB (2,512 words) - 20:21, 19 November 2022
- the Restoration era. He was born in England, and lived and traveled abroad ... simply a response to the years of violence and bloodshed that had preceded ...21 KB (3,484 words) - 15:19, 14 May 2023
