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William Shakespeare: Henry V, Act III

Act IIIPrologueEnter ChorusChorusThus with imagined wing our swift scene flies In motion of no less celerity Than that of thought. Suppose that you have seen The well-appointed king at…

William Shakespeare: Henry V, Dramatis Personae

Dramatis PersonaeKing Henry, the Fifth. Brothers to the King.Duke of GloucesterDuke of BedfordOthers.Duke of Exeter, uncle to the King. Duke of York, cousin to the King. Earl of SalisburyEarl…

Top 50 Greatest Screen Legends

The following list includes the top 50 greatest actors in the history of film, according to the American Film Institute. The American Film Institute defines an American screen legend as “an…

1948 Tony Awards

PlayMister RobertsHenry FondaArchive PhotosActors—PlayHenry Fonda, Mister RobertsPaul Kelly, Command DecisionBasil Rathbone, The HeiressActresses—PlayJudith Anderson, MedeaKatharine Cornell,…

2006 World History

2006 Coalition forces battle insurgents on the streets of Iraq, as secretarian violence intensifies; see Iraq Timeline 2006 for details (all…

Brewer's: Petruchio

A gentleman of Verona who undertakes to tame the haughty Katharine, called the Shrew. He marries her, and without the least personal chastisement brings her to lamb-like submission. (…

Brewer's: Pegg

(Katharine). One of the mistresses of Charles II., daughter of Thomas Pegg, of Yeldersey, in Derbyshire, Esquire. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Pegging…

Oscar Trivia

by Beth Rowen Meryl Streep Source: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP Related Links Minority Oscar Winners Slideshow Movie Timeline More Movie Awards   Films that won…

Brewer's: Dumps

To be in the dumps. Out of spirits; in the “sullens.” According to etymological fable, it is derived from Dumops, King of Egypt, who built a pyramid and died of melancholy. Gay's Third…

Brewer's: Goosebridge

Go to Goosebridge. “Rule a wife and have a wife.” Bocaccio (ix. 9) tells us that a man who had married a shrew asked Solomon what he should do to make her more submissive; and the wise…