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commedia dell'arte
(Encyclopedia) commedia dell'artecommedia dell'artekōm-māˈdēä dĕl-lärˈtā [key], popular form of comedy employing improvised dialogue and masked characters that flourished in Italy from the 16th to…I Pagliacci <br/>(The Clowns)
Music and Libretto:Ruggiero LeoncavalloPremiere:Milan, May 21, 1892 Leoncavallo's sentimental play-within-a-play unfolds in an Italian village, where a group of traveling actors are to…Coligny, Gaspard de Châtillon, comte de
(Encyclopedia) Coligny, Gaspard de Châtillon, comte deColigny, Gaspard de Châtillon, comte degäspärˈ də shätēyôNˈ kôNt də kōlēnyēˈ [key], 1519–72, French Protestant leader. A nephew of Anne, duc de…Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount
(Encyclopedia) Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757–1844, British statesman. He entered Parliament in 1784 and in 1789, through the sponsorship of William Pitt, became speaker of the House of…glasnost
(Encyclopedia) glasnostglasnostgläsˈnōst [key], Soviet cultural and social policy of the late 1980s. Following his ascension to the leadership of the USSR in 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev began to promote…Ionesco, Eugène
(Encyclopedia) Ionesco, EugèneIonesco, Eugèneözhĕnˈ yŏnĕsˈkō [key], 1912–94, French playwright, b. Romania. Settling in France in 1938, he contributed to Cahiers du Sud and began writing avant-garde…Maeterlinck, Maurice
(Encyclopedia) Maeterlinck, MauriceMaeterlinck, Mauricemôrēsˈ mätĕrlăNkˈ [key], 1862–1949, Belgian author who wrote in French. After practicing law unsuccessfully for several years, he went to Paris…Mnangagwa, Emmerson Dambudzo
(Encyclopedia) Mnangagwa, Emmerson Dambudzo, 1942?–, Zimbabwean political leader. A guerrilla leader during the struggle against white-minority rule, he received military training in China and was…Chun Doo-hwan
(Encyclopedia) Chun Doo Hwan Chun Doo-hwan jûn dō hwän [key], 1931–2021, Korean military leader, president of South…Bozeman, John M.
(Encyclopedia) Bozeman, John M.Bozeman, John M.bōzˈmən [key], 1835–67, American pioneer. A Georgian, he went to the gold fields of Colorado (1861) and Montana (1862). In the winter of 1862–63 he…Trending
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