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- ...g his local school, he departed for Paris, where he worked as a journalist on a number of papers, including ''[[Paris-Midi]]'' and ''[[L'Homme libre]]''. ...s of enforced bed rest, Bertrand returned to his writing and completed two works before he finally succumbed to his wounds over three years after he receive ...6 KB (893 words) - 10:32, 29 October 2024
- ...re saying? One guy wrote a review about how ''Candy'' was a satire on ''[[Candide]]''. So right away I went back and reread [[Voltaire]] to see if he was ri Southern had a different take on the novel's genesis, claiming it was based on a short story he had written about a girl living in New York's Greenwich Vi ...8 KB (1,326 words) - 17:47, 6 June 2025
- ...Chorus''' (abbreviated to LSC) is a large [[symphonic]] concert [[choir]] based in London, UK, consisting of over 150 amateur singers, and is one of the ma ...re|archivedate=15 March 2015}}</ref> The Chorus has performed and recorded works such as Elgar's ''[[The Dream of Gerontius]]'', Mahler's [[Symphony No. 2 ( ...12 KB (1,705 words) - 16:41, 11 June 2025
- |notable works = ''[[Doc and Raider]]'' ...rtin, who died in 2017, estimated his birth date as 29 December 1960 based on the date he was taken from a Catholic-run orphanage in [[Montreal]]. She al ...8 KB (1,186 words) - 07:33, 24 September 2024
- ...rdian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,11712,933441,00.html|title= Guardian Review of Candide|accessdate=31 October 2007 | work=The Guardian | location=London | first=An ...tatus=dead | archive-date=21 February 2013 | title=Birmingham Post article on funding cuts to Birmingham Opera | accessdate=27 September 2012 | work=Birm ...14 KB (1,794 words) - 20:44, 26 September 2024
- ...outh-symphonies|accessdate=May 10, 2017}}</ref> with participation's based on an annual audition. All levels of MYS perform at [[Orchestra Hall (Minneapo Participation is based on an [[audition]] in which the prospective student must perform an appropriat ...10 KB (1,412 words) - 18:17, 12 April 2025
- {{Short description|1710 book on philosophy by Gottfried Leibniz}} ...nversation with [[Sophia Charlotte of Hanover]], with whom Leibniz carried on a debate for many years.<ref>{{cite book|title=''Introduction to'' Theodicy ...5 KB (750 words) - 13:24, 24 May 2025
- ...adway plays and musicals as well as the author of several books, generally on the subject of theater and cinema. ...ic-walter-kerr-dies-at-83/3dfa3436-98d7-4a6f-804a-9835818c9540/?noredirect=on|title = Lauded Theatre Critic Walter Kerr Dies at 83|newspaper = [[The Wash ...15 KB (2,148 words) - 03:56, 12 April 2025
- ...s started in cabaret at Oxford and began his television career as a writer on ''[[That Was The Week That Was]]'', the 1960s weekly satire show that launc ...Lyric Theatre]] in the West End, London.<ref>{{Citation |title=Works based on Alice in Wonderland |date=2024-09-09 |work=Wikipedia |url=https://en.m.wiki ...9 KB (1,240 words) - 14:26, 16 May 2025
- ...61 Equity Library Theatre <br> 1962 York Playhouse <br> 1995 [[Light Opera Works]] <br> 2014 Lyric Stage Dallas ...irmer Books]]|year=2001|pages=785-786}}</ref> The musical's story is based on parts of the ''[[Iliad]]'' and ''[[Odyssey]]''. The musical premiered [[Off ...12 KB (1,692 words) - 16:51, 1 February 2025
- ...ote in 1757. Voltaire wrote similar [[sarcasm|sarcastic]] remarks in other works. Through all his writings on the subject, Voltaire's basic idea about France's Canadian [[colony]] alway ...21 KB (3,435 words) - 17:16, 16 August 2024
- ...atio Alger myth]] of success, the novel is evocative of [[Voltaire]]’s ''[[Candide]]'', which satirized the philosophical [[optimism]] of [[Gottfried Wilhelm ...t one foot on the ladder of success and they were always moving the ladder on him, but they couldn’t touch the dream.<ref>quoted in Martin, Jay. ''Nathan ...6 KB (857 words) - 05:17, 28 March 2025
- ...play ''[[Juno and the Paycock]]'' by [[Seán O'Casey]]. The story centers on the disintegration of an Irish family in [[Dublin]] in the early 1920s, dur The original production opened on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in 1959 and closed after only 16 performances ...10 KB (1,380 words) - 07:19, 28 October 2024
- ...Babington, Lord Macaulay]]. Between the two world wars, Cameron associated on [[Majorca]] with [[Robert Graves]] and [[Laura Riding]]. Later, as a part-t He went on to [[Oriel College, Oxford]], and his verse was published in ''[[Oxford Poe ...5 KB (819 words) - 21:53, 9 November 2024
- ...e5KJMgvAsC&q=Helen+Kestner&pg=PT318 |title=Women of Mystery: The Lives and Works of Notable Women Crime Novelists |date=11 December 2000 |first=Martha Haile Cournos and Satterthwaite, under her pseudonym Sybil Norton, collaborated on several books, including ''Famous Modern American Novelists'', ''Famous Bri ...7 KB (901 words) - 17:54, 18 March 2025
- ...tory. Glimmerglass is well known for producing new, lesser-known, and rare works, many of which in years past have been co-produced with the [[New York City ...era, and Thirteen/[[WNET]]'s ''[[Great Performances]]'', which telecast it on [[PBS]] in January 2000. The telecast was nominated for an [[Emmy Award]]. ...15 KB (1,954 words) - 17:44, 15 March 2025
- ...Britain. It was made in the UK and Belgium and three series were broadcast on [[BBC One|BBC1]] between 7 September 1977 and 15 December 1979. ...d War II|Spain]]. She is helped by Albert Foiret, proprietor of the ''Cafe Candide'', his mistress Monique Duchamps, and waitress Natalie Chantrens. ...22 KB (3,303 words) - 02:16, 25 April 2025
- ...[[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] [[Musical theater|musical]]s, including the works of [[Stephen Sondheim]]. Shepard is also a composer, conductor, music arra ...orksbroadway.com/artist/thomas-z-shepard "Thomas Z. Shepard"]. Masterworks on Broadway, accessed October 25, 2010</ref> ...16 KB (2,267 words) - 15:38, 5 April 2025
- ...studies at Oxford he travelled through Germany, Italy, Denmark and Austria on his journey back to India in 1932. ....<ref name=TheWire>{{Cite web|title=Sajjad Zaheer's Progressive Ideas Live on in Writers' Dissent|url=https://thewire.in/books/sajjad-zaheer-progressive- ...14 KB (1,908 words) - 00:45, 11 June 2025
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