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The Three Sisters

By: Anton ChekhovTranslation: Lanford WilsonDirector: Scott ElliottSets: Derek McLaneCostumes: Theoni V. AldredgeLighting: Peter KaczorowskiSound: Raymond D. SchilkeHair and Wig Design: Paul…

The Three Sisters (Russian production)

By: Anton ChekhovDirector: Galina VolchekSets: Pytor Kirillov and Vyacheslav ZaitsevCostumes: Vyacheslav ZaitsevMusic: Moisey VainbergOpened: 11/96 at the Lunt-Fontanne TheaterCast: Boris…

Arthur Davison Ficke: The Three Sisters

The Three SistersArthur Davison FickeGone are the three, those sisters rare With wonder-lips and eyes ashine. One was wise and one was fair, And one was mine.Ye mourners, weave for the…

The Fox Sisters

The Fox Sisters are considered to be the founders of the Modern Spiritualist movement. Leah, Margaretta and Kate Fox were three sisters from 19th-century New York who claimed to communicate with the…

Norns

(Encyclopedia) Norns, the Norse Fates. Like the Fates of Greek religion and mythology, the Norns spun and wove the web of life. Belief in the Norns was of great importance in Germanic religion and…

Gorgon

(Encyclopedia) GorgonGorgongôrˈgən [key], in Greek mythology, one of three monstrous sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa; daughters of Ceto and Phorcus. Their hair was a cluster of writhing snakes,…

Brontë

(Encyclopedia) BrontëBrontëbrŏnˈtē, family of English novelists, including Charlotte Brontë, 1816–55, English novelist, Emily Jane Brontë, 1818–48, English novelist and poet, and Anne Brontë, 1820–49…

Grimké, Angelina Emily

(Encyclopedia) Grimké, Angelina EmilyGrimké, Angelina Emilygrĭmˈkē [key], 1805–79, American abolitionist and advocate of women's rights, b. Charleston, S.C. Converted to the Quaker faith by her elder…

Williams, Venus Ebone Starr

(Encyclopedia) Williams, Venus Ebone Starr, 1980–, b. Lynwood, Calif., and Serena Jameka Williams, 1981–, b. Saginaw, Mich., African-American tennis players. Coached by their father, Richard, both…

Cornell, Katharine

(Encyclopedia) Cornell, Katharine, 1898–1974, American actress, b. Berlin. Cornell made her debut in 1916 with the Washington Square Players. In 1921 she married Guthrie McClintic, a producer-…