(Encyclopedia) Gainsborough, ThomasGainsborough, Thomasgānzˈbûrˌō [key], 1727–88, English portrait and landscape painter, b. Sudbury. In 1740 he went to London and became the assistant and pupil of…
The Road to AvignonA Minstrel stands on a marble stair,
Blown by the bright wind, debonair;
Below lies the sea, a sapphire floor,
Above on the terrace a turret door
Frames a lady, listless…
The Island Come True The Home Under the Ground The Little House Foolish Tootles was standing like a conqueror over Wendy's body when the other boys sprang, armed, from their trees…
The 1964 Academy Awards were presented April 5, 1965 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.Best PictureBecket, Hal B. Wallis, producer (Paramount)Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop…
by Percy Bysshe Shelley HellasCharles the FirstFragments of an Unfinished Drama The following fragments are part of a Drama undertaken for the amusement of the individuals who composed…
Scene IVA Hall in York PlaceHautboys. A small table under a state for Cardinal Wolsey, a longer table for the guests. Then enter Anne and divers other Ladies and Gentlemen as guests, at one…
Calls"Come, Jo, it's time.""For what?""You don't mean to say you have forgotten that you promised to make half a dozen calls with me today?""I've done a good many rash and foolish things in…
Scene VInverness. Macbeth's castleEnter Lady Macbeth, reading a letterLady MacbethThey met me in the day of success: and I have learned by the perfectest report, they have more in them than…