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Chinon

(Encyclopedia) ChinonChinonshēnôNˈ [key], town (1993 est. pop. 8,961), Indre-et-Loire dept., W central France, in Touraine, on the Vienne River. Chinon was an important medieval town and many…

Jones, Robert Edmond

(Encyclopedia) Jones, Robert Edmond, 1887–1954, American scene designer, b. Milton, N.H. With his design in 1915 for The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife, a new era of scene design began in the United…

monologue

(Encyclopedia) monologue, an extended speech by one person only. Strindberg's one-act play The Stronger, spoken entirely by one person, is an extreme example of monologue. Soliloquy is synonymous,…

Warner Robins

(Encyclopedia) Warner Robins, city (1990 pop. 43,726), Houston co., central Ga., in an agricultural region; inc. 1943. The surrounding area yields peanuts, grain, fruit, and livestock. There is…

William Shakespeare: Hamlet, Act I, Scene V

Scene VAnother part of the platformEnter Ghost and HamletHamletWhere wilt thou lead me? speak; I'll go no further.GhostMark me.HamletI will.GhostMy hour is almost come, When I to sulphurous…

William Shakespeare: Hamlet, Act IV, Scene V

Scene VElsinore. A room in the castleEnter Queen Gertrude, Horatio, and a GentlemanQueen GertrudeI will not speak with her.GentlemanShe is importunate, indeed distract: Her mood will needs be…

Devrient, Ludwig

(Encyclopedia) Devrient, LudwigDevrient, Ludwigl&oobreve;tˈvĭkh dəvrēăNˈ [key], 1784–1832, German actor. He abandoned a commercial career in 1804 to join a traveling theatrical company. In Berlin…

Walpole, Sir Hugh Seymour

(Encyclopedia) Walpole, Sir Hugh Seymour, 1884–1941, English novelist, b. New Zealand, educated at Cambridge. His first two novels were failures, but with Fortitude (1913) he achieved financial and…

Słowacki, Juliusz

(Encyclopedia) Słowacki, JuliuszSłowacki, Juliuszy&oomacr;lˈy&oomacr;sh slôvätsˈkē [key], 1809–49, Polish writer, one of the foremost Polish romantic poets. A revolutionist, he joined the…

Helsingør

(Encyclopedia) Helsingør Helsingør hĕlˌsĭng-örˈ [key] or Elsinore Helsingør…