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Berlioz, Louis-Hector

(Encyclopedia) Berlioz, Louis-HectorBerlioz, Louis-Hectorlwē ĕktôrˈ bĕrlyôzˈ [key], 1803–69, French romantic composer. He abandoned medical study to enter the Paris Conservatory as a composition…

Ferrari, Enzo Anselmo

(Encyclopedia) Ferrari, Enzo AnselmoFerrari, Enzo Anselmoĕnˈtsō änsĕlˈmō fār-räˈrē [key], 1898–1988, Italian designer, manufacturer, and driver of racing and sports cars, b. Modena. Following service…

Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeyevich

(Encyclopedia) Prokofiev, Sergei SergeyevichProkofiev, Sergei Sergeyevichsyĭrgāˈ syĭrgāˈəvĭch prōkôfˈēĕf [key], 1891–1953, Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. Prokofiev achieved wide popularity…

Fair Verona

The Question: The story of Romeo and Juliet happened in Verona. Is there any place or thing in Verona, in connection to the play, that I could go see…

Lights! Camera! Learning! - Shakespeare

Shakespeare on the Silver Screen Kenneth Branagh as the mad prince DiCaprio's Romeo dukes it out with the Capulets Hamlet It was no small feat putting Shakespeare's magnum opus on the…

Brewer's: Laurence

(Friar). The Franciscan friar who undertakes to marry Romeo and Juliet. To save Juliet from a second marriage he gives her a sleeping draught, and she is carried to the family vault as…

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…