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The Algonquin Round Table New York: a Historical Guide the Algonquin Round Table New York: a Historical Guide
(Read free ebook) The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide QxKpnBVVk The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide GF-51433 USmix/Data/US-2015 4.5/5 From 294 Reviews Kevin C. Fitzpatrick DOC | *audiobook | ebooks | Download PDF | ePub 13 of 13 people found the following review helpful. A great way to introduce yourself to a group who made literary historyBy Greg HatfieldIt seems my entire life has been connected to the Algonquin Round Table. When I first discovered Harpo Marx, as a youngster, it led me to his autobiography, Harpo Speaks,where I then learned about the Round Table. Alexander Woollcott, George S. Kaufman, Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, Franklin P. Adams, Edna Ferber, Heywood Broun, and all the rest who made up the Vicious Circle, became an obsession to me and I had to learn about their lives and, more importantly, their work.Kevin Fitzpatrick has done a remarkable job with this book, putting the group into a historical perspective, and giving the reader a terrific overview of what made the Algonquin Round Table unique and worthy of your time. They were the leading writers and critics of the 1920's, who really did enjoy one another's company, meeting practically every day for lunch for ten years at the Algonquin Hotel.Fitzpatrick says, in one section, that there isn't a day, in this modern era, where someone, somewhere, mentions one of the group in a glowing context (I'm paraphrasing here). The fact remains that the work of Kaufman, Mrs. -
Orson Welles: CHIMES at MIDNIGHT (1965), 115 Min
October 18, 2016 (XXXIII:8) Orson Welles: CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT (1965), 115 min. Directed by Orson Welles Written by William Shakespeare (plays), Raphael Holinshed (book), Orson Welles (screenplay) Produced by Ángel Escolano, Emiliano Piedra, Harry Saltzman Music Angelo Francesco Lavagnino Cinematography Edmond Richard Film Editing Elena Jaumandreu , Frederick Muller, Peter Parasheles Production Design Mariano Erdoiza Set Decoration José Antonio de la Guerra Costume Design Orson Welles Cast Orson Welles…Falstaff Jeanne Moreau…Doll Tearsheet Worlds" panicked thousands of listeners. His made his Margaret Rutherford…Mistress Quickly first film Citizen Kane (1941), which tops nearly all lists John Gielgud ... Henry IV of the world's greatest films, when he was only 25. Marina Vlady ... Kate Percy Despite his reputation as an actor and master filmmaker, Walter Chiari ... Mr. Silence he maintained his memberships in the International Michael Aldridge ...Pistol Brotherhood of Magicians and the Society of American Tony Beckley ... Ned Poins and regularly practiced sleight-of-hand magic in case his Jeremy Rowe ... Prince John career came to an abrupt end. Welles occasionally Alan Webb ... Shallow performed at the annual conventions of each organization, Fernando Rey ... Worcester and was considered by fellow magicians to be extremely Keith Baxter...Prince Hal accomplished. Laurence Olivier had wanted to cast him as Norman Rodway ... Henry 'Hotspur' Percy Buckingham in Richard III (1955), his film of William José Nieto ... Northumberland Shakespeare's play "Richard III", but gave the role to Andrew Faulds ... Westmoreland Ralph Richardson, his oldest friend, because Richardson Patrick Bedford ... Bardolph (as Paddy Bedford) wanted it. In his autobiography, Olivier says he wishes he Beatrice Welles .. -
The Role of Stanislavsky and the Moscow Art Theatre's 1923 And
CULTURAL EXCHANGE: THE ROLE OF STANISLAVSKY AND THE MOSCOW ART THEATRE’S 1923 AND1924 AMERICAN TOURS Cassandra M. Brooks, B.A. Thesis Prepared for the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS August 2014 APPROVED: Olga Velikanova, Major Professor Richard Golden, Committee Member Guy Chet, Committee Member Richard B. McCaslin, Chair of the Department of History Mark Wardell, Dean of the Toulouse Graduate School Brooks, Cassandra M. Cultural Exchange: The Role of Stanislavsky and the Moscow Art Theatre’s 1923 and 1924 American Tours. Master of Arts (History), August 2014, 105 pp., bibliography, 43 titles. The following is a historical analysis on the Moscow Art Theatre’s (MAT) tours to the United States in 1923 and 1924, and the developments and changes that occurred in Russian and American theatre cultures as a result of those visits. Konstantin Stanislavsky, the MAT’s co-founder and director, developed the System as a new tool used to help train actors—it provided techniques employed to develop their craft and get into character. This would drastically change modern acting in Russia, the United States and throughout the world. The MAT’s first (January 2, 1923 – June 7, 1923) and second (November 23, 1923 – May 24, 1924) tours provided a vehicle for the transmission of the System. In addition, the tour itself impacted the culture of the countries involved. Thus far, the implications of the 1923 and 1924 tours have been ignored by the historians, and have mostly been briefly discussed by the theatre professionals. This thesis fills the gap in historical knowledge. -
The Transnational Sound of Harpo Marx
Miranda Revue pluridisciplinaire du monde anglophone / Multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal on the English- speaking world 22 | 2021 Unheard Possibilities: Reappraising Classical Film Music Scoring and Analysis Honks, Whistles, and Harp: The Transnational Sound of Harpo Marx Marie Ventura Electronic version URL: http://journals.openedition.org/miranda/36228 DOI: 10.4000/miranda.36228 ISSN: 2108-6559 Publisher Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès Electronic reference Marie Ventura, “Honks, Whistles, and Harp: The Transnational Sound of Harpo Marx”, Miranda [Online], 22 | 2021, Online since 02 March 2021, connection on 27 April 2021. URL: http:// journals.openedition.org/miranda/36228 ; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/miranda.36228 This text was automatically generated on 27 April 2021. Miranda is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Honks, Whistles, and Harp: The Transnational Sound of Harpo Marx 1 Honks, Whistles, and Harp: The Transnational Sound of Harpo Marx Marie Ventura Introduction: a Transnational Trickster 1 In early autumn, 1933, New York critic Alexander Woollcott telephoned his friend Harpo Marx with a singular proposal. Having just learned that President Franklin Roosevelt was about to carry out his campaign promise to have the United States recognize the Soviet Union, Woollcott—a great friend and supporter of the Roosevelts, and Eleanor Roosevelt in particular—had decided “that Harpo Marx should be the first American artist to perform in Moscow after the US and the USSR become friendly nations” (Marx and Barber 297). “They’ll adore you,” Woollcott told him. “With a name like yours, how can you miss? Can’t you see the three-sheets? ‘Presenting Marx—In person’!” (Marx and Barber 297) 2 Harpo’s response, quite naturally, was a rather vehement: you’re crazy! The forty-four- year-old performer had no intention of going to Russia.1 In 1933, he was working in Hollywood as one of a family comedy team of four Marx Brothers: Chico, Harpo, Groucho, and Zeppo. -
An Educational Guide Filled with Youthful Bravado, Welles Is a Genius Who Is in Love with and Welles Began His Short-Lived Reign Over the World of Film
Welcome to StageDirect Continued from cover Woollcott and Thornton Wilder. He later became associated with StageDirect is dedicated to capturing top-quality live performance It’s now 1942 and the 27 year old Orson Welles is in Rio de Janeiro John Houseman, and together, they took New York theater by (primarily contemporary theater) on digital video. We know that there is on behalf of the State Department, making a goodwill film for the storm with their work for the Federal Theatre Project. In 1937 their tremendous work going on every day in small theaters all over the world. war effort. Still struggling to satisfy RKO with a final edit, Welles is production of The Cradle Will Rock led to controversy and they were This is entertainment that challenges, provokes, takes risks, explodes forced to entrust Ambersons to his editor, Robert Wise, and oversee fired. Soon after Houseman and Welles founded the Mercury Theater. conventions - because the actors, writers, and stage companies are not its completion from afar. The company soon made the leap from stage to radio. slaves to the Hollywood/Broadway formula machine. These productions It’s a hot, loud night in Rio as Orson Welles (actor: Marcus In 1938, the Mercury Theater’s War of the Worlds made appear for a few weeks, usually with little marketing, then they disappear. Wolland) settles in to relate to us his ‘memoir,’ summarizing the broadcast history when thousands of listeners mistakenly believed Unless you’re a real fanatic, you’ll miss even the top performances in your early years of his career in theater and radio. -
Journalist Biographie Archibald, John
Report Title - p. 1 of 303 Report Title Amadé, Emilio Sarzi (Curtatone 1925-1989 Mailand) : Journalist Biographie 1957-1961 Emilio Sarzi Amadé ist Korrespondent für Italien in China. [Wik] Archibald, John (Huntley, Aberdeenshire 1853-nach 1922) : Protestantischer Missionar, Journalist Biographie 1876-1913 John Archibald arbeitet für die National Bible Society of Scotland in Hankou. Er resit in Hubei, Hunan, Henan, Anhui und Jiangxi. [Who2] 1913 John Archibald wird Herausgeber der Central China post. [Who2] Bibliographie : Autor 1910 Archibald, John. The National Bible Society of Scotland. In : The China mission year book ; Shanghai (1910). [Int] Balf, Todd (um 2000) : Amerikanischer Journalist, Senior Editor Outside Magazine, Mitherausgeber Men's journal Bibliographie : Autor 2000 Balf, Todd. The last river : the tragic race for Shangi-la. (New York, N.Y. : Crown, 2000). [Erstbefahrung 1998 für die National Geographic Society durch wilde Schluchten des Brahmaputra (Tsangpo) in Tibet, die wegen Strömungen und Tod von Douglas Gordon (1956-1998) scheitert]. [WC,Cla] Balfour, Frederic Henry (1846-1909) : Kaufmann, Journalist in China Bibliographie : Autor 1876 Balfour, Frederic Henry. Waifs and strays from the Far East ; being a series of disconnected essays on matters relating to China. (London : Trübner, 1876). https://archive.org/details/waifsstraysfromf00balfrich. 1881 Chuang Tsze. The divine classsic of Nan-hua : being the works of Chuang Tsze, taoist philosopher. With an excursus, and copious annotations in English and Chinese by Frederic Henry Balfour. (Shanhgai ; Hongkong : Kelly & Walsh, 1881). [Zhuangzi. Nan hua jing]. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100328385. 1883 Balfour, Frederic Henry. Idiomatic dialogues in the Peking colloquial for the use of students. (Shanghai : Printed at the North-China Herald Office, 1883). -
Guide to the Harpo Marx Papers
Guide to the Harpo Marx papers NMAH.AC.1290 NMAH Staff Archives Center, National Museum of American History P.O. Box 37012 Suite 1100, MRC 601 Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 [email protected] http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives Table of Contents Collection Overview ........................................................................................................ 1 Administrative Information .............................................................................................. 1 Container Listing ............................................................................................................. 2 Series : Sound Recordings: Original Audio Discs, 1947, 1949, 1956...................... 2 Series : Working Box 1............................................................................................ 6 Series : Working Box 2............................................................................................ 8 Series : Working Box 3.......................................................................................... 11 Series : Working Box 4.......................................................................................... 13 Series : Working Box 5.......................................................................................... 14 Series : Working Box 6.......................................................................................... 15 Harpo Marx Papers NMAH.AC.1290 Collection Overview Repository: Archives Center, National Museum of American History Title: Harpo Marx Papers -
Innovators: Songwriters
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES INNOVATORS: SONGWRITERS David Galenson Working Paper 15511 http://www.nber.org/papers/w15511 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 November 2009 The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research. NBER working papers are circulated for discussion and comment purposes. They have not been peer- reviewed or been subject to the review by the NBER Board of Directors that accompanies official NBER publications. © 2009 by David Galenson. All rights reserved. Short sections of text, not to exceed two paragraphs, may be quoted without explicit permission provided that full credit, including © notice, is given to the source. Innovators: Songwriters David Galenson NBER Working Paper No. 15511 November 2009 JEL No. N00 ABSTRACT Irving Berlin and Cole Porter were two of the great experimental songwriters of the Golden Era. They aimed to create songs that were clear and universal. Their ability to do this improved throughout much of their careers, as their skill in using language to create simple and poignant images improved with experience, and their greatest achievements came in their 40s and 50s. During the 1960s, Bob Dylan and the team of John Lennon and Paul McCartney created a conceptual revolution in popular music. Their goal was to express their own ideas and emotions in novel ways. Their creativity declined with age, as increasing experience produced habits of thought that destroyed their ability to formulate radical new departures from existing practices, so their most innovative contributions appeared early in their careers. -
STUDY GUIDE Inside
McGuire Proscenium Stage / Jan 28 – Mar 19, 2017 by GEORGE S. KAUFMAN and EDNA FERBER directed by RACHEL CHAVKIN STUDY GUIDE Inside THE AUTHORS When Edna met George...and wrote some plays • 3 Selected Chronology on the Life and Times of George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber • 4 Comments by and about the Authors • 9 THE PLAY Synopsis, Characters and Setting • 13 Comments about the Play • 14 The Barrymores: The (Real) Royal Family of Broadway • 16 Myself as I Think Other See Me by Ethel Barrymore • 16 CULTURAL CONTEXT The Lingo of the Stage • 21 People and Things of the Period • 24 THE GUTHRIE PRODUCTION Notes from the Creative Team • 26 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION For Further Understanding • 28 Play guides are made possible by Guthrie Theater Study Guide Copyright 2016 DRAMATURG Carla Steen GRAPHIC DESIGNER Akemi Waldusky RESEARCH Stephanie Engel, Carla Steen All rights reserved. With the exception of classroom use by teachers and Guthrie Theater, 818 South 2nd Street, Minneapolis, MN 55415 individual personal use, no part of this Play Guide may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including ADMINISTRATION 612.225.6000 photocopying or recording, or by an information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Some materials BOX OFFICE 612.377.2224 or 1.877.44.STAGE TOLL-FREE published herein are written especially for our Guide. Others are reprinted guthrietheater.org • Joseph Haj, artistic director by permission of their publishers. Jo Holcomb: 612.225.6117 | Carla Steen: 612.225.6118 The Guthrie Theater, founded in 1963, is an American center for theater performance, The Guthrie Theater receives support from the National Endowment production, education and professional training. -
Castleton Town Plan Is a Framework and Guide for Reaching Community Goals
CASTLETON, VERMONT 2018 TOWN PLAN 2017 NEW TOWN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW……………………………………………..3 HISTORY…………………………………………………………………………...4 COMMUNITY PROFILE…………………………………………………………..6 LAND USE AND GROWTH……………………………………………………....8 COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES………………………………….11 EDUCATION……………………………………………………………………...17 ENERGY…………………………………………………………………………..21 NATURAL RESOURCES………………………………………………………...25 HOUSING…………………………………………………………………………35 RECREATION, HISTORIC AND CULTURAL RESOURCES…………………40 TRANSPORTATION……………………………………………………………..43 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT…………………………………………………..47 IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM……………………………………………….52 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS……………………………………………………….52 _________________________________________________________________________________________________ - 2 - INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY The Castleton Town Plan is a framework and guide for reaching community goals. The policies and programs stated within this comprehensive plan were developed to preserve and protect the town’s assets while providing a future vision for town officials, businesses, and citizens of Castleton. The Plan should be a basis for community programs and decision-making. For example, it should influence the town’s budget and capital expenditures, community development efforts, and natural resource protection initiatives. As required by law, it should also serve as a foundation for local land use controls such as zoning, subdivision, and health regulations. In terms of its significance in relation -
Orson Welles, the War of the Worlds Copyright, and Why We Should Recognize Idea-Contributors As Joint Authors
Case Western Reserve Law Review Volume 66 Issue 3 Article 4 2016 An Idea of Authorship: Orson Welles, The War of the Worlds Copyright, and Why We Should Recognize Idea-Contributors as Joint Authors Timothy J. McFarlin Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/caselrev Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation Timothy J. McFarlin, An Idea of Authorship: Orson Welles, The War of the Worlds Copyright, and Why We Should Recognize Idea-Contributors as Joint Authors, 66 Case W. Rsrv. L. Rev. 701 (2016) Available at: https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/caselrev/vol66/iss3/4 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Journals at Case Western Reserve University School of Law Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Case Western Reserve Law Review by an authorized administrator of Case Western Reserve University School of Law Scholarly Commons. Case Western Reserve Law Review·Volume 66·Issue 3·2016 An Idea of Authorship: Orson Welles, The War of the Worlds Copyright, and Why We Should Recognize Idea- Contributors as Joint Authors Timothy J. McFarlin† Abstract Did Orson Welles co-author the infamous War of the Worlds broad- cast? The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has told us no, primarily because he only contributed the idea behind the broadcast, and ideas alone can’t be copyrighted. “An Idea of Authorship” challenges this premise—that ideas, no matter how significant, cannot qualify for joint authorship in collaborative works—and argues that we as a society should, under certain circumstances, recognize idea-contributors like Welles as joint authors. -
The American Enlisted Man
The American Enlisted Man TIIE AMERICAN El The Rank and File in Today’s Military Charles C. Moskos, Jr. Russell Sage Foundation, New York 1970 U766 jritXo Publications of Russell Sage Foundation Russell Sage Foundation was established in 1907 by Mrs. Russell Sage for the improvement of social and living conditions in the United States. In carrying out its purpose the Foundation conducts research under the direction of members of the staff or in close collaboration with other institutions, and supports programs designed to develop and demonstrate productive working relations between social scientists and other professional groups. As an integral part of its operations, the Foundation from time to time publishes books or pamphlets resulting from these activities. Publication under the imprint of the Foundation does not necessarily imply agreement by the Foundation, its Trustees, or its staff with the inter¬ pretations or conclusions of the authors. © 1970 by Russell Sage Foundation Designed by Bennett Robinson Printed in the United States of America by Connecticut Printers, Inc., Hartford, Connecticut Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 77-96113 Standard Book Number: 607-8 Contents ix Acknowledgments 1 Chapter 1: Images of Enlisted Life 37 Chapter 2: The Enlisted Man in the “New” Military 64 Chapter 3: The Enlisted Culture 78 Chapter U: The Overseas Serviceman 108 Chapter 5: Racial Relations in the Armed Forces 134 Chapter 6: Behavior of Combat Soldiers in Vietnam 157 Chapter 7: The War and the Gi 166 Chapter 8: The Emergent Military Establishment 183 A Personal Statement 188 Appendix 1: Military Pay Grades and Rank Titles 190 Appendix 2: The NORC Manpower Survey Sample 193 Tables 231 Notes 249 Bibliography 263 Index vii Acknowledgments Many men who have served in the armed forces have thought at one time or another how they would like to write a book about the military.