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Comédie Française

(Encyclopedia) Comédie FrançaiseComédie Françaisekōmādēˈ fräNsĕzˈ [key] or Théâtre FrançaisComédie Françaisetāäˈtrə fräNsāˈ [key], state theater of France. Also known as La Maison de Molière, it was…

Auteuil

(Encyclopedia) AuteuilAuteuilōtöˈyə [key], old town between the Seine and the Bois de Boulogne, absorbed (1860) into Paris, France. A favorite resort for writers (Molière, La Fontaine, Boileau) in…

Crowne, John

(Encyclopedia) Crowne, John, c.1640–c.1703, English playwright. The favorite playwright of Charles II, he is remembered for several rather mediocre comedies. Crowne was influenced by the French…

1996 Academy Awards

The 1996 Academy Awards were presented March 24, 1997 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles.Best PictureThe English Patient, Saul Zaentz, producer (Miramax)Fargo, Ethan Coen, producer (…

Anstey, F.

(Encyclopedia) Anstey, F., pseud. of Thomas Anstey Guthrie, 1856–1934, English author. He relinquished his law practice to write humorous fiction. His best and most successful works are marked by an…

Griboyedov, Aleksandr Sergeyevich

(Encyclopedia) Griboyedov, Aleksandr SergeyevichGriboyedov, Aleksandr Sergeyevichəlyĭksänˈdər sĭrgāˈəvĭch grēbəyĕˈdəf [key], 1795–1829, Russian playwright and diplomat. His fame rests upon his finest…

Notable Scientists: Life Sciences

  Biologists, botanists, geneticists, medical scientists, microbiologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and zoologists       Related Links Cloning: Facts and Fallacies…

Wilbur, Richard

(Encyclopedia) Wilbur, Richard, 1921–2017, American poet and translator, b. New York City, B.A. Amherst, 1942, M.A. Harvard, 1947. A virtuoso craftsman who wrote with grace and precision in…

Performing Arts Timeline

534 B.C.Thespis wins the first public contest for tragic poets in Greece, and the term thespian derives from his name. He also introduces masks, which become a staple of Greek and Roman…