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The World's Most Notorious Despots, Part 3
The World's Most Notorious Despots by Borgna Brunner Top Ten Despots TamerlaneIvan the TerribleRobespierreJoseph StalinAdolph HitlerMao ZedongFrancois DuvalierNicolae CeausescuIdi…Florence Wilkinson: Students
StudentsFlorence WilkinsonJohn Brown and Jeanne at Fontainebleau — 'T was Toussaint, just a year ago; Crimson and copper was the glow Of all the woods at Fontainebleau. They peered into that…1993 Tony Awards
PlayAngels in America: Millennium ApproachesMusicalKiss of the Spider Woman—The MusicalRevivalAnna ChristieActor—PlayRon Leibman, Angels in America: Millennium ApproachesActress—PlayMadeline…Brewer's: Ravelin
(The or demi-lune, in fortification. A work with two faces, forming a salient angle, placed beyond the main ditch, opposite the curtain (q.v.), and separated from the covered way (q.v.) by…Brewer's: Ring Down
Conclude, end at once. A theatrical phrase, alluding to the custom of ringing a bell to give notice for the fall of the curtain. Charles Dickens says, “It is time to ring down on these…Brewer's: Proscenium
The front part of the stage, between the drop-curtain and orchestra. (Greek, proskenion; Latin, proscenium.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894ProscriptionPro…Brewer's: Fall of the Drop
(The), in theatrical parlance, means the fall of the drop-curtain at the end of the act or play. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Fall Out ofFall of Man A B…The Elves and the Shoemaker
The Elves and the Shoemaker There was once a shoemaker, who worked very hard and was very honest: but still he could not earn enough to live upon; and at last all he had in the world was gone…Robert Haven Schauffler: The White Comrade
The White ComradeRobert Haven SchaufflerUnder our curtain of fire, Over the clotted clods, We charged, to be withered, to reel And despairingly wheel When the bugles bade us retire From the…1995–1996 Obie Awards
Best PlayAdrienne Kennedy, June and Jean in Concert and Sleep Deprivation ChamberPlaywritingAin Gordon, Wally's GhostDonald Margulies, The Model ApartmentSuzan-Lori Parks, VenusDoug Wright,…