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Cabaret

Music: John Kander Lyrics: Fred Ebb Book: Joe Masteroff; based on the play by John van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood Director: Sam Mendes Choreographer and Co-…

Triumph of Love

Based on the play by:MarivauxBook:James MagruderMusic:Jeffrey StockLyrics:Susan BirkenheadDirector:Michael MayerChoreography:Doug VaroneSets:Heidi EttingerCostumes:Catherine ZuberLighting:…

Brewer's: Dods

(Meg). The old landlady in Scott's novel called St. Ronan's Well. An excellent character, made up of consistent inconsistencies; a mosaic of oddities, all fitting together, and forming an…

Brewer's: MacTurk

(Captain Mungo or Hecter). “The man of peace” at the Spa Hotel, and one of the managing committee. (SirWalterScott: St. Ronan's Well.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…

Brewer's: Rymar

(Mr. Robert). Poet at the Spa. (SirWalterScott: St. Ronan's Well.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894RymeRykelot A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…

Brewer's: Penfeather

(Lady Penelope). The lady patroness of the Spa. (Sir Walter Scott: St. Ronan's Well.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Peninsular WarPenetralia A B C D E…

Scott, Sir Walter

(Encyclopedia) Scott, Sir Walter, 1771–1832, Scottish novelist and poet, b. Edinburgh. He is considered the father of both the regional and the historical novel. Scott's narrative poems…

Brewer's: Kettle of Fish

A fête-champêtre in which salmon is the chief dish provided. In these pic-nics, a large caldron being provided, the party select a place near a salmon river. Having thickened some water…

Brewer's: Buchanites

(3 syl.). A sect of fanatics who appeared in the west of Scotland in 1783. They were named after Mrs. or Lucky Buchan, their founder, who called herself “Friend Mother in the Lord,”…