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Favorite Opera Stories

AïdaIl Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)La BohèmeBoris GodunovCarmenCavalleria Rusticana (Rustic Chivalry)La Cenerentola (Cinderella)Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Tales of Hoffmann)Cosi…

Britain: Rulers

See the list of Rulers of England and Great Britain. See the list of British Prime Ministers.Rulers of ScotlandKenneth I, traditional founder of the kingdom of Scotland (c. 843–858)Kenneth…

Plays by William Shakespeare

William ShakespeareContentsThe TempestDramatis PersonaeAct IScene IScene IIAct IIScene IScene IIAct IIIScene IScene IIScene IIIAct IVScene IAct VScene IEpilogueTwo Gentlemen of VeronaDramatis…

Brewer's: Shadow

A ghost. Macbeth says to the ghost of Banquo - “Hence, horrible shadow! unreal mockery, hence!” Shakespeare: Macbeth, iii. 4. He would quarrel with his own shadow. He is so irritable…

Redgrave

(Encyclopedia) Redgrave, family of English actors. Sir Michael Redgrave, 1908–85, b. Bristol, Eng., was an actor, director, and writer. After his first professional performance in Counsellor-at-Law (…

Shakespeare's Plays (table)

(Encyclopedia) Shakespeare's Plays(arranged by approximate date of composition) Play Approximate date of composition Date of first publication Sources Major characters Genre Henry VI, Part II…

Rachel Kempson 2003 Deaths

Rachel KempsonAge: 92 actress and matriarch of the Redgrave family of actors. She was a respected stage actress in England, appearing in several Shakespeare plays, including The Tempest and…

E.L. Konigsburg

Name at birth: Elaine LoblE.L. Konigsburg wrote and illustrated books for young readers, including the 1997 Newbery Medal winner, The View From Saturday. Raised in small towns in Pennsylvania, she…

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare is the grand literary figure of the Western world. During England's Elizabethan period he wrote Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, MacBeth, and dozens of other plays which continue to…