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Book: David Henry Hwang and Linda Woolverton Director: Robert Falls Cast: Heather Headley, Adam Pascal, Sherie Ren Scott, Daniel Oreskes Opened: 3/00 at the Palace Theatre…The Wild Party
Book: David Henry Hwang and Linda Woolverton Director: Robert Falls Cast: Heather Headley, Adam Pascal, Sherie Ren Scott, Daniel Oreskes Opened: 3/00 at the Palace Theatre…Edward VI
(Encyclopedia) Edward VI, 1537–53, king of England (1547–53), son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour. Edward succeeded his father to the throne at the age of nine. Henry had made arrangements for a…Blair, Francis Preston, 1821–75, American political leader
(Encyclopedia) Blair, Francis Preston, 1821–75, American political leader and Union general in the Civil War, b. Lexington, Ky., son of Francis Preston Blair (1791–1876). A St. Louis lawyer, Blair…Tunstall, Cuthbert
(Encyclopedia) Tunstall or Tonstall, CuthbertTunstall or Tonstall, Cuthbertboth: tŭnˈstəl [key], 1474–1559, English bishop. After studying at Oxford, Cambridge, and Padua, he entered the church and…Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
(Encyclopedia) Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797–1851, English author; daughter of William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft. In 1814 she fell in love with the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, accompanied…Graves, Robert Ranke
(Encyclopedia) Graves, Robert Ranke, 1895–1985, English poet, novelist, and critic; son of Alfred Percival Graves. He established his reputation with Good-bye to All That (1929), an outspoken book on…Sullivan, Sir Arthur Seymour
(Encyclopedia) Sullivan, Sir Arthur Seymour, 1842–1900, English composer, famous for a series of brilliant comic operas written in collaboration with the librettist W. S. Gilbert. As a boy he sang in…Stucley, Thomas
(Encyclopedia) Stucley or Stukely, ThomasStucley or Stukely, Thomasboth: sty&oomacr;ˈklē [key], 1525?–1578, English adventurer. He was rumored to be an illegitimate son of Henry VIII. He was in…Raymond Kurzweil
Raymond KurzweilBorn: Feb. 12, 1948 Reading machine—When entrepreneur Kurzweil introduced the Kurzweil Reading Machine in 1976, it was hailed as the most important advance in reading for the…Trending
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