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- Sir Thomas Browne (October 19, 1605 – October 19, 1682) was an English ... by the Royal Court, visited Norwich. Sir Thomas Browne died on October ...13 KB (2,017 words) - 22:34, 29 January 2023
- Thomas Kyd (1558 – 1594) was an English dramatist who gained great ... Through his play Spanish Tragedy, Kyd introduced the genre of "revenge ...12 KB (1,976 words) - 21:20, 30 April 2023
- performed in churches but later becoming more linked to the secular celebrations ... of the private theaters, drama became more oriented toward the tastes ...22 KB (3,354 words) - 07:42, 5 February 2022
- had already been printed at the end of Sir Philip Sidney's Astrophil ... (originally printed in 1602) in answer to Thomas Campion's Observations ...9 KB (1,447 words) - 02:58, 23 December 2022
- was baptized in the church of St. Thomas's Salisbury on November ... name cannot be definitely affixed to any play until years later, when The ...24 KB (3,692 words) - 03:47, 24 November 2022
- Thomas Reid (1710-1796) developed a philosophical perspective which ... Two philosophers, Thomas Reid and G. E. Moore, are most famous for ...13 KB (2,021 words) - 04:14, 24 November 2022
- Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (May 9, 1860 – June 19 ... The story in play or movie form has captivated millions and provided ...16 KB (2,361 words) - 08:18, 13 March 2024
- and the result was one of the more libertine periods in English ... John Dryden. While performing in the Dryden play, an accident on stage put ...15 KB (2,294 words) - 17:44, 26 January 2023
- One of Henry's more educated wives, Catherine displayed a keen ... became the wife of her former suitor, Thomas Seymour and gave birth to ...20 KB (3,017 words) - 16:16, 3 December 2023
- Thomas Middleton (1580 – 1627) was an English Jacobean playwright ... a lengthy battle over the inheritance of Thomas and his siblings. Little ...15 KB (2,278 words) - 21:23, 30 April 2023
- In Dr. Faustus, Marlowe's greatest play, he directly addresses the ... was operating as a secret agent working for Sir Francis Walsingham's ...25 KB (3,850 words) - 21:42, 10 December 2023
- baptized on November 4, 1751; his father Thomas Sheridan was an actor-manager ... acquired, according to the same authority, more learning than he is usually ...24 KB (3,861 words) - 20:13, 8 December 2022
- The Elizabethan era also saw England begin to play a leading role ... Day is noted in William Shakespeare's play King Henry V, when the king ...11 KB (1,816 words) - 21:47, 22 September 2022
- Bishop Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Oxford Robert Harley, Francis James ... Other types of ballads, including fairy ballads such as "Thomas ...9 KB (1,452 words) - 05:56, 26 August 2023
- Scotland and an English army commanded by Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk ... and damp powder, mostly they missed. The more limber, and much better-trained ...7 KB (1,083 words) - 17:39, 28 March 2024
- Sir Thomas More ( February 7, 1478 - July 6, 1535) was an English ... In 1935, four hundred years after his death, More was canonized in ...28 KB (4,440 words) - 21:23, 30 April 2023
- Two Noble Kinsmen, and the lost Cardenio; a play he wrote singly around this ... the preface to the printed edition of his play, Fletcher explained the failure ...14 KB (2,129 words) - 06:38, 8 April 2024
- Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH (April 14, 1904 – May 21, 2000) ... a famed theater director. Although he was more distinguished for his theater ...34 KB (5,145 words) - 05:10, 3 August 2022
- and density of allusions, but because more often than not he addresses ... was a Puritan preacher by the name of Thomas Hill who had been a rector ...14 KB (2,199 words) - 04:57, 3 August 2022
- Trollope has always remained a popular novelist. Some of more famous ... Anthony Trollope's father, Thomas Anthony Trollope, worked as ...17 KB (2,461 words) - 05:26, 31 July 2023
