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  • was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and dramatist who became, along ... Johann Kaspar Schiller (1733–1796), and Elisabeth Dorothea Kodweiss ...
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  • February 19, 1837) was a German dramatist and writer of prose. He was the ... figures as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller. His works ...
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  • 14, 1912) was a Swedish writer, playwright, and painter. He is ranked among ... a shipping agent from a bourgeois family, and Ulrika Eleonora (Nora) Norling ...
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  • came in response to that of Western Europe and was led by those who wanted ... a good education at the University of Moscow and very early began writing and ...
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  • Through his play Spanish Tragedy, Kyd introduced the genre of "revenge ... Kyd was not educated at university and came from a relatively humble ...
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  • was a vigorous proponent of social justice and critic of exploitation and ... in a boarding home run by her aunts, and half in New York City. Hellman ...
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  • 1829) was a Russian diplomat, playwright, and composer. As a writer, he ... in a hussar regiment, but saw no action and resigned in 1816. The following ...
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  • farce, it evolved from various popular, folk and aristocratic art forms, including ... Noh dramas are highly choreographed and stylized, and include poetry ...
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  • A Morality play is a type of dramatic allegory, performed in a theater ... Morality plays survived the disenchantment of the church and the wrath ...
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  • for his plays The Recruiting Officer (1706) and The Beaux' Stratagem ... Restoration comedy is the name given to comedies written and performed ...
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  • ) (c. 446 B.C.E. – c. 388 B.C.E.) was a Greek dramatist of the Old ... The place and exact date of his birth are unknown, but he was around ...
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  • , was a Major League Baseball second baseman and manager. Nicknamed "The ... for any right-handed hitter in baseball and any National League player ...
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  • be seen as an encouragement to wisely accept and adapt to whatever the present ... In spite of its Epicurean and hedonistic connotations, the expression ...
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  • Virginia Woolf?, The Zoo Story, The Sandbox, and The American Dream. His works ... contributors to Theatre of the Absurd. His play, The Zoo Story, was written ...
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  • country musician, vocalist, songwriter, and fiddler, who was known as ... baseball, but a sunstroke in 1929, and a nervous breakdown in 1930 ...
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  • performed as a bandleader, a drummer and, most importantly, as a vibraphone ... Goodman to Buddy Rich to Charlie Parker and Quincy Jones. Above all, Lionel ...
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  • for his creation of the comedy of intrigue and his Restoration plays. The ... notable playwrights such as William Congreve and Richard Brinsley Sheridan ...
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  • entertainment: Television programs, computer and video games, films, music ... by the fact that learning becomes fun and teachers or speakers educate ...
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  • A Passion play is a dramatic presentation depicting the Passion of ... The plays, which became increasingly elaborate and sometimes featured ...
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  • Williams, was a major American playwright and one of the prominent playwrights ... of suspense, but to explore social issues and reveal the cultural character ...
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