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Klamath Falls

(Encyclopedia) Klamath Falls, city (1990 pop. 17,737), seat of Klamath co., SW Oreg., at the southern tip of Upper Klamath Lake; inc. 1905. It is the processing and distribution center of a lumber,…

William Shakespeare: Hamlet, Act II

Act IIScene IA room in Polonius' houseEnter Polonius and ReynaldoLord PoloniusGive him this money and these notes, Reynaldo.ReynaldoI will, my lord.Lord PoloniusYou shall do marvellous wisely…

William Shakespeare: Hamlet, Act III

Act IIIScene IA room in the castleEnter King Claudius, Queen Gertrude, Polonius, Ophelia, Rosencrantz, and GuildensternKing ClaudiusAnd can you, by no drift of circumstance, Get from him why…

William Shakespeare: Hamlet, Act IV

Act IVScene IA room in the castleEnter King Claudius, Queen Gertrude, Rosencrantz, and GuildensternKing ClaudiusThere's matter in these sighs, these profound heaves: You must translate: 'tis…

William Shakespeare: Hamlet, Dramatis Personae

Dramatis PersonaeClaudius, king of Denmark. Hamlet, son to the late, and nephew to the present king.Polonius, lord chamberlain. Horatio, friend to Hamlet.Laertes, son to Polonius.Lucianus,…

Barrault, Jean-Louis

(Encyclopedia) Barrault, Jean-LouisBarrault, Jean-LouiszhäN-lwē bärōˈ [key], 1910–94, French actor and director. A pupil of Charles Dullin, he joined the Comédie Française in 1940. After World War II…

rosemary

(Encyclopedia) rosemary [ultimately from Lat.,=dew of the sea], widely cultivated evergreen and shrubby perennial (Rosmarinus officinalis) of the family Labiatae (mint family), fairly hardy and…

Cushman, Charlotte Saunders

(Encyclopedia) Cushman, Charlotte SaundersCushman, Charlotte Saundersk&oobreve;shˈmən [key], 1816–76, one of the first outstanding American actresses, b. Boston. Cushman turned from opera to…

Quinn, Edmond Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Quinn, Edmond Thomas, 1868–1929, American sculptor and painter, b. Philadelphia, studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with Thomas Eakins, and in Paris. His monumental…

Fátima

(Encyclopedia) FátimaFátimafäˈtēmə [key], hamlet, W central Portugal, in Beira Litoral. At the nearby Cova da Iria is the national shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima. This became a great…