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61Ashwell, Lena — ▪ British actress original name Lena Margaret Pocock born Sept. 28, 1872, on board ship in the River Tyne, Eng. died March 13, 1957, London British actress and theatrical manager well known for her work in organizing entertainment for… …
62Bellamy, George Anne — ▪ English actress born c. 1727, , Fingal, Ire. died Feb. 16, 1788, London, Eng. English actress whose stage career and personal life were, in their irregularity, not entirely atypical of her era. Her best performances were in such tragic… …
63Brady, Alice — ▪ American actress born Nov. 2, 1892, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Oct. 28, 1939, New York City American actress whose talents on the stage aided her successful transition from silent movies to talking pictures. The daughter of… …
64HARRIS, SAM HENRY — (1872–1941), U.S. theatrical manager. Born in New York, Harris produced many successful plays. Several of them won Pulitzer Prizes, such as Icebound (1923) by Owen Davis and Of Thee I Sing (1931) by george s. kaufman . His partnership with… …
65Hallam family — ▪ theatrical family family of Anglo American actors and theatrical managers associated with the beginning of professional theatre in what is now the United States. Lewis Hallam (1714–56) was the founder of the family. With his wife,… …
66Cines — Production company. The studio that would remain one of the pillars of the Italian film industry during its first half century, albeit with a number of near deaths and resuscitations, Cines was born in April 1906 out of Alberini & Santoni, the …
67Cines — Production company. The studio that would remain one of the pillars of the Italian film industry during its first half century, albeit with a number of near deaths and resuscitations, Cines was born in April 1906 out of Alberini & Santoni, the …
68theatre — /thee euh teuhr, theeeu /, n. theater. * * * I Building or space in which performances are given before an audience. It contains an auditorium and stage. In ancient Greece, where Western theatre began (5th century BC), theatres were constructed… …
69theatre, Western — ▪ art Introduction history of the Western theatre from its origins in pre Classical antiquity to the present. For a discussion of drama as a literary form, see dramatic literature and the articles on individual national literatures.… …
70performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …
