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21Olympic Theatre — Coordinates: 51°30′47″N 0°07′07″W / 51.513056°N 0.118611°W / 51.513056; 0.118611 …
22George E. Stone — (born George Lichtenstein May 18, 1903 in Łódź, Congress Poland d. May 26, 1967 in California) was a character actor in movies, radio, and television.Stone s slight build and very expressive face first attracted attention in 1927, in the popular… …
23Dan'l Druce, Blacksmith — Programme from the original 1876 production Dan l Druce, Blacksmith is a play by W. S. Gilbert, styled A Three Act Drama of Puritan times . It opened at the Haymarket Theatre in London on 11 September 1876, starring Hermann Vezin, Johnston Forbes …
24Samite — was a luxurious and heavy silk fabric worn in the Middle Ages, of a twill type weave, often including gold or silver thread. The word was derived from Old French samit , from medieval Latin samitum, examitum deriving from the Byzantine Greek… …
25burlesque — burlesquely, adv. burlesquer, n. /beuhr lesk /, n., adj., v., burlesqued, burlesquing. n. 1. an artistic composition, esp. literary or dramatic, that, for the sake of laughter, vulgarizes lofty material or treats ordinary material with mock… …
26comedy — comedial /keuh mee dee euhl/, adj. /kom i dee/, n., pl. comedies. 1. a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance,… …
27epistolary novel — a novel written in the form of a series of letters. * * * Novel in the form of a series of letters written by one or more characters. It allows the author to present the characters thoughts without interference, convey events with dramatic… …
28caricature and cartoon — ▪ graphic arts Introduction in graphic art, comically distorted drawing or likeness, done with the purpose of satirizing or ridiculing its subject. Cartoons are used today primarily for conveying political commentary and editorial opinion… …
29Dobell, Sydney Thompson — ▪ British poet born April 5, 1824, Cranbrook, Kent, Eng. died Aug. 22, 1874, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire English poet of the so called Spasmodic school. The long dramatic poem The Roman (1850), which Dobell published under the name Sydney… …
30JAMES, G. P. R. — historical novelist, born in London; wrote as many as a hundred novels, beginning with Richelieu in 1829, which brought him popularity, profit, and honour; was burlesqued by Thackeray (1801 1860) …
