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Williams, Tennessee

(Encyclopedia) Williams, Tennessee (Thomas Lanier Williams), 1911–83, American dramatist, b. Columbus, Miss., grad. State Univ. of Iowa, 1938. One of America's foremost 20th-century playwrights and…

The Worm Turns

The Worm TurnsTwo very superior bicycles went twinkling up the road to Plumfield one September afternoon, bearing two brown and dusty riders evidently returning from a successful run, for…

Poems: The Chimney-Sweeper

by WilliamBlakeThe BlossomThe Little Boy LostThe Chimney-Sweeper When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry "Weep! weep! weep!…

Ten Years Later

Ten Years Later“If anyone had told me what wonderful changes were to take place here in ten years, I wouldn't have believed it,” said Mrs Jo to Mrs Meg, as they sat on the piazza at Plumfield…

Weld, Theodore Dwight

(Encyclopedia) Weld, Theodore Dwight, 1803–95, American abolitionist, b. Hampton, Conn. In 1825 his family moved to upstate New York, and he entered Hamilton College. While in college he became a…

Peter Pan: The Children are Carried off

Wendy's Story Do You Believe in Fairies? The Children are Carried off The pirate attack had been a complete surprise: a sure proof that the unscrupulous Hook had conducted it…

Skylight

By: David HareDirector: Richard EyreSets and Costumes: John GunterLighting: Paul Gallo and Michael LincolnSound: Freya EdwardsProduction Stage Manager: Susie CordonTechnical Supervisor: Gene…

Brewer's: Grumbo

A giant in the tale of Tom Thumb. A raven picked up Tom, thinking him to be a grain of corn, and dropped him on the flat roof of the giant's castle. Old Grumbo came to walk on the roof…

Billy Crudup Biography

Billy Crudup actorBorn: 7/8/1968Birthplace: Manhasset, New York Critically acclaimed actor whose Broadway debut in Tom Stoppard's Arcadia (1995) earned him an Outer Critics Circle Award. His…