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Brewer's: Iago

[Yago or E-a'-go]. Othello's ensign or ancient. He hated the Moor both because Cassio, a Florentine, was preferred to the lieutenancy instead of himself, and also from a suspicion that the…

Shakespeare on Film

Infoplease picks the best film adaptations of Shakespeare by Shmuel Ross Relatively Faithful Adaptations • Looser Adaptations • Shakespeare as Launching Pad   Relatively Faithful Adaptations…

Paul Robeson

Paul Robeson was a singer, actor and African-American activist whose performing career was hampered by the anti-communist craze of the 1950s. Paul Robeson attended Rutgers College on a scholarship…

O - Film

Director:Tim Blake NelsonWriter:Brad KaayaLions Gate Films; R; 91 minutesRelease:8/01Cast:Mekhi Phifer, Josh Hartnett, Julia Stiles The distinction is simple: in William Shakespeare's…

Brewer's: Oswald's Well

commemorates the death of Oswald, Christian king of Northumbria, who fell in battle before Penda, pagan king of Mercia, in 642. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

Shakespeare Quotes: Tragedies

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears William Shakespeare Related Links William ShakespeareQuiz: Famous Quotes from Shakespeare Shakespeare's PlaysShakespeare's…

Brewer's: Aglaos

The poorest man in Arcadia, pronounced by Apollo to be far happier than Gyges, because he was “contented with his lot.” Poor and content is rich and rich enough; But riches endless are as…

Brewer's: Other Day

(The). The day before yesterday. The Old English other was used for second, as in Latin, unus, alter, tertius; or proximus alter, tertius. Starting from to-day, and going backwards,…

Brewer's: Philter

(A). A draught or charm to incite in another the passion of love. The Thessalian philters were the most renowned, but both the Greeks and Romans used these dangerous potions, which…