Who is the lead singer of British rock band the Stone Roses?

The Stone Roses - Music on Google Play The Stone Roses About the artist The Stone Roses are an English rock band, formed in Manchester in 1983. They were one of the pioneering groups of the Madchester movement that was active during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The band's most prominent lineup consists of vocalist Ian Brown, guitarist John Squire, bassist Mani, and drummer Reni. The band released their debut album, The Stone Roses, in 1989. The album was a breakthrough success for the band and garnered critical acclaim, with many critics regarding it as one of the greatest British albums ever recorded. At this time the group decided to capitalise on their success by signing to a major label. Their current record label, Silvertone, would not let them out of their contract, which led to a long legal battle that culminated with the band signing with Geffen Records in 1991. The Stone Roses then released their second album, Second Coming, which was met with mixed reviews in 1994. The group soon disbanded after several lineup changes throughout the supporting tour, which began with Reni first departing in late 1995, followed by Squire in April 1996. 1 $6.99 Second Coming is the second, and to date final, studio album by English rock band The Stone Roses, released through Geffen Records on 5 December 1994 in the UK and in early 1995 in the US. It was r... 1 1 $9.49 The Stone Roses is the debut album by English rock band the Stone Roses, released in May 1989 by Silvertone Records. The group recorded most of the album at Battery Studios in London with producer ... 1 1 $9.49 The Remixes is a compilation album by English rock band The Stone Roses, released in 2000 and featuring remixes by various producers such as Utah Saints and Paul Oakenfold. 1 1 $9.49 The Complete Stone Roses is a compilation of singles and B-sides by English rock band The Stone Roses. It was released in 1995 without the band's input by their record company Silvertone, with whom... 1 1 $9.49 Turns Into Stone is a compilation album by English rock band The Stone Roses, released in 1992. It consists of early singles and B-sides that did not feature on their self-titled debut album. The c... 1 Sally Cinnamon is a 1987 album by The Stone Roses. 1 Ian Brown 0 Ian George Brown is an English musician. He is the lead singer of the alternative rock band the Stone Roses from their formation in 1983 until they broke up in 1996. Following the split he began a ... 0 Happy Mondays 0 Happy Mondays are an English alternative rock band from Salford, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1980, the band's original line-up was Shaun Ryder, his brother Paul Ryder, Mark Day, Paul Davis, and G... 0 0 Chaosmosis. New album. Out 18th March 2016 In an old black and white photograph, Bobby Gillespie is clutching an aerosol spray, grinning at the product of his handiwork now emblazoned on the jet p... 0 The Charlatans 0 The Charlatans are an English indie rock band. The band's line-up currently comprises lead vocalist Tim Burgess, guitarist Mark Collins, bassist Martin Blunt and keyboardist Tony Rogers. Former mem... Inspiral Carpets 0 Inspiral Carpets are an English alternative rock band, formed in 1983 in Oldham, Greater Manchester. The band's most successful lineup featured frontman Tom Hingley, drummer Craig Gill, guitarist G... 0 Oasis 0 Oasis are widely regarded as one of the most significant bands to emerge from the UK in the last two decades and one of the few acts who can genuinely claim to have defined a generation. Over thei... 0 Shed Seven 0 Shed Seven are an English alternative rock band, formed in York in 1990. One of the groups which contributed to the Britpop music scene of the 1990s, they never received the degree of mainstream su... 0 Cast 0 Cast are an English rock band from Liverpool, formed in 1992 by John Power and Peter Wilkinson after Power left The La's and Wilkinson's former band Shack had split. Following early line-ups with d... 0 Ocean Colour Scene 0 Ocean Colour Scene are an English rock band formed in Moseley, Birmingham, in 1989. They have had five Top 10 album


Which US television drama series is based on chemistry teacher Walter White, who turns to making and selling crystal meth after finding out he has lung cancer?

Breaking Bad (TV Series 2008–2013) - IMDb IMDb 18 January 2017 6:08 PM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error on Amazon Video ON DISC A high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine in order to secure his family's future. Creator: Walt goes on the run. Jesse is taken hostage. Marie convinces Skyler to tell Flynn the truth. 10.0 Jesse is brought to the FBI for questioning on his knowledge of Ricin. In a last effort to kill Gus, Walt must ask for help from an old enemy. 9.9 Walter White makes one last attempt to secure his family's future, while also visiting some old enemies, during his final return to Albuquerque. 9.9 a list of 34 titles created 27 May 2012 a list of 23 titles created 17 Oct 2013 a list of 30 titles created 27 Apr 2014 a list of 30 titles created 06 Jun 2015 a list of 49 titles created 21 Aug 2015 Search for " Breaking Bad " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Title: Breaking Bad (2008–2013) 9.5/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won     2     Golden Globes. Another    137 wins & 219 nominations. See more awards  » Videos Game of Thrones (TV Series 2011) Adventure | Drama | Fantasy Nine noble families fight for control over the mythical lands of Westeros. Meanwhile, a forgotten race hell-bent on destruction returns after being dormant for thousands of years. Stars: Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington House of Cards (TV Series 2013) Drama A Congressman works with his equally conniving wife to exact revenge on the people who betrayed him. Stars: Kevin Spacey, Michel Gill, Robin Wright Dexter Morgan is a Forensics Expert, a loyal brother, boyfriend, and friend. That's what he seems to be, but that's not what he really is. Dexter Morgan is a Serial Killer that hunts the bad. Stars: Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, David Zayas Better Call Saul (TV Series 2015) Crime | Drama The trials and tribulations of criminal lawyer, Jimmy McGill, in the time leading up to establishing his strip-mall law office in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Stars: Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Rhea Seehorn The Walking Dead (TV Series 2010) Drama | Horror | Thriller Sheriff Deputy Rick Grimes leads a group of survivors in a world overrun by the walking dead. Fighting the dead, fearing the living. Stars: Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride A chronicled look at the criminal exploits of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. Stars: Wagner Moura, Boyd Holbrook, Pedro Pascal The survivors of a plane crash are forced to work together in order to survive on a seemingly deserted tropical island. Stars: Jorge Garcia, Josh Holloway, Yunjin Kim True Detective (TV Series 2014) Crime | Drama | Mystery An anthology series in which police investigations unearth the personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within and outside the law. Stars: Vince Vaughn, Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.5/10 X   Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother, who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out, from the inside. Stars: Dominic Purcell, Wentworth Miller, Amaury Nolasco Stranger Things (TV Series 2016) Drama | Fantasy | Horror When a young boy disappears, his mother, a police chief, and his friends must confront terrifying forces in order to get him back. Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard Follows the personal and professional lives of six 20 to 30-something-year-old friends living in Manhattan. Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow Various chronicles of deception, intrigue and murder in and around frozen Minnesota. Yet all of these tales mysteriously lead back one way or a


In the Shakespeare play ‘Hamlet’ the skull of which character is held by Hamlet?

Hamlet: The Character Hamlet: The Character   HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE: Jones, Baudelaire. "Hamlet: The Character." Hamlet Prince of Denmark. 2 May, 2012. <http://www.hamlet-shakespeare.com/characters/hamlet-character.html> The protagonist of Shakespeare's greatest tragedy, and perhaps the grandest creation of his unparalleled genius, Hamlet has stymied critics for centuries with the complexity and apparent contradictions of his enigmatic character. Is he mentally unstable, as some critics believe, a suicidal youth driven to the brink of madness by the foul revelations of his ghostly father -- or is he merely "mad in craft" as he himself suggests in the interview with his mother? Is he a habitual procrastinator incapable of any meaningful action -- or a brash and sadistic spirit of vengeance who reigns in his impulsive nature, delays his vengeance until a moment when Claudius, caught in an act that "has no relish of salvation in't," will pay the steepest price for his transgressions? Trickster or philosopher? Dreamer or realist? Lovesick puppy or callous manipulator? Pawn of the Devil or Heaven's divine scourge and minister? The list of questions is almost endless, and no two scholars seem to agree precisely on the same set of answers. Inscrutable as the Sphinx, Hamlet guards his secrets jealously, presents a riddle that not only his fellow dramatis personae, but also playgoers for centuries have been unable to crack. He is the beloved prince of Denmark, that much is certain, popular with the general population "who, dipping all his faults in their affection, would, like the spring that turneth wood to stone, convert his gyves to graces." He is the son of the late King Hamlet and reigning Queen Gertrude, and nephew to the usurper, King Claudius, but beyond this few critics seem capable of any consensus. One authority compiles a list of the prince's inconsistencies: Hamlet, as a character, was notorious as an example of the union of the most incompatible qualities: impetuous, tho' philosophical; sensible of injury, yet timid of resentment; shrewd, yet void of policy; full of filial piety, yet tame under oppression; boastful in expression, undetermined in action ... [ 1 ] Another refers to Hamlet as: ... a sort of double person; one which, covered with the darkness of its imagination, looks not forth into the world, nor takes any concern in vulgar objects or frivolous pursuits; another, which he lends, as it were, to ordinary men, which can accommodate itself to their tempers and manners, and indulge, without feeling any degradation from the indulgence, a smile with the cheerful, and a laugh with the giddy. [ 2 ] This second analysis implies a certain insincerity in the young prince, as if he connivingly employs a different mask for each encounter, choosing a character as one might choose a necktie, to suit the occasion. There may be some truth to this analogy, but it does not necessarily brand him as a conscious schemer, for we all show a different face from time to time, and such subtle shifts in character are not always consciously deployed. Hamlet, however, wears so many different masks, some of them necessarily false, and changes his disguise so frequently, that his true nature, not to mention his intent from moment to moment, is sometimes difficult to decipher. In the company of King Claudius and Queen Gertrude, he is a brooding youth, unbalanced by the death of his father. In the presence of Horatio, he transforms into a warm, if still troubled, friend. Alone with the ghost, he swears himself the avenger of injustice who "with wings as swift as meditation or the thoughts of love" will sweep to his revenge. With Polonius he degenerates into a trader of shallow witticisms, with Ophelia the frustrated (and then abusive) lover, with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern a paranoid schizophrenic and conspiracy theorist, with Laertes an over-competetive swordsman, with the players a theatre enthusiast, and so on and so forth until the end of the play when he lays dying and bemoans his "wounded name, things standing thus unknown."


Who did the late Princess Diana famously dance with on stage at the Royal Opera House in London in 1985?

Wayne Sleep: His legacy, a new project and dancing with Diana | Daily Mail Online Wayne Sleep: His legacy, a new project and dancing with Diana comments Ballet star WAYNE SLEEP has performed with everyone from Nureyev to Princess Diana – but his latest venture, turning amateurs into dancers for a production of Swan Lake, may be his boldest move yet. He tells Liz Jones about his incredible career, his famous friends and why he ‘married for money’ Princess Diana dancing with Wayne at the Royal Opera House in 1985 Wayne Sleep is hunkered down in a big coat, sitting on the wall overlooking the Thames, just across the road from his cottage, which is such a bright pink it might as well be wearing a tutu. He never sits for long. He’s now standing up, demonstrating what happened when he was doing another shoot in this spot, and the photographer wanted swans in the background. ‘So I was up by the bridge, throwing bread, saying, “C’mon! Move it!”’ And he’s gesturing how, through sheer force of will, he persuaded the swans, real ones, to do as they were told. 'I feel Diana every time I laugh. She was funnier than people thought' It’s both ironic and apt, given his latest TV venture: to turn several…not ugly ducklings, exactly, but nonprofessional, largely overweight amateurs into dancers for a 22-minute performance of scenes from Swan Lake: ‘My God, did we carve up Tchaikovsky – don’t listen too hard! It’s a good job he’s dead!’ Describing these dancers, he has professional ballet’s uncompromising eye: ‘I would say “fat” to start with. I said, “These people are big, they’re wide!” But, by God, did I get a bad response from the girls [in the show], so I said: “Let’s clear up this situation. You are in this show because you’re big.”’ Wayne today with YOU's Liz Jones The working title for the three-part programme is Big Ballet, which to me brings to mind Disney elephants in tutus. Do we have to democratise absolutely everything? Not everyone can be a jockey, a model, a painter or a writer. For the programme, 500 applicants were whittled down to 16 women and two men, aged from 18 to 52, and who range in size from a 12 to a 20, to be coached by Wayne and dancer Monica Loughman, with insight from the former creative director of the Royal Opera House Deborah Bull, now director of Cultural Partnerships at King’s College London. Wayne today outside his Thames-side home ‘At first, I didn’t want to do it, because I didn’t want it to be a mockery, and for people to laugh. They [the participants] had all been dancers, but had to give up because they put on weight aged nine or ten, or [later] had a baby or were injured. Who has the right to tell a child they can’t go to a dance class?’ Like Wayne, who at 5ft 2in was told he was too small to be a dancer, they are overcoming the odds. Did they succeed? Communication was a problem. ‘I was telling them off a lot. They’re quite tough, these girls: they have to be, with the abuse they got from me! I said to one dancer, “Look, you in the corner, you’ve got to do all the steps and travel across the room, don’t jump across to the corner on the first step, you’ll be in the car park”, but she never got it. Even on the day of the performance I said, “I don’t know what’s wrong with you!”’ Can big people ever do ballet, really? ‘Well, mind you, [dancer] Isadora Duncan was big! Enormous! I’m not saying the dancers in the programme would get in a ballet company, because they’re far too big. They don’t wear tutus: they cost £2,000 each to make – especially on them! It took me ages to get them to look in the mirror: as a dancer, it’s not narcissism, you are looking to improve. But the girl who danced the swan, she was so pretty, her feeling for the part…well, you can’t make people do that. I’d say, “Swans are enormous birds – be big, you’re not big enough!” The traffic warden, she had lovely legs.’ Was the finale a success? ‘The performance, in Bradford, got a standing ovation. I cried, I had to run away from the camera.’ With Freddie Mercury and Elton John at the Live Aid concert, 1985 We go back to the pretty h


The residents of which German town put on a world-famous Passion Play every ten years?

The Passion Play :: Welcome to the official English language website for the Oberammergau Passion Play 2010 Mayor of Oberammergau A promise. Living history. An experience. Gripped by war, poverty and plague, the villagers of Oberammergau, in Bavaria, southern Germany vowed to put on a 'passion play' every ten years… That was back in 1633. They survived, and performed the first Oberammergau Passion Play in 1634. Ever since, their descendants have carried out that pledge. For the past four centuries the tradition has continued, every ten years. Only villagers have been allowed to take part. And that is what will happen yet again in 2010, from 15th May until 3rd October. They devote a year of their lives to re-enacting the life, death and resurrection of Christ. All performers are laymen and pursue their usual careers as wood carvers, house wives and so forth... In real life for instance Jesus is a psychologist and Mary Magdalene works as a flight attendant. Like everyone else in the village, 'Jesus' and 'Mary' are ordinary people. By taking on these roles, they are fulfilling the promise to God made by their ancestors, celebrating their faith and sharing it with the world... ...as Oberammergauers have for some 375 years.


Which US singer/actress produced the Broadway production of ‘Priscilla Queen of the Dessert’?

‘Priscilla Queen of the Desert’ on Broadway - Review - The New York Times The New York Times Theater Reviews |With Song in Heart, Pompoms on Head Search Theater Reviews | Theater Review | 'Priscilla Queen of the Desert' With Song in Heart, Pompoms on Head Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical Broadway, Gay and Lesbian, Comedy, Musical Closing Date: June 24, 2012 Palace Theatre, 1564 Broadway Continue reading the main story Photo An outback kickline in “Priscilla Queen of the Desert,” the musical based on the 1994 movie about three Australian drag queens on an epic road trip. Credit Sara Krulwich/The New York Times Every conceivable surface has been decked with sequins, spattered with colored lights, plastered in mirrored chips or trimmed in feathers and fringe in “Priscilla Queen of the Desert,” the new musical that shimmied open Sunday night at the Palace Theater. Probably a few inconceivable surfaces have been accessorized with equally exotic detail, but I hesitate to inquire. Adapted from the 1994 movie about three Australian drag queens on an epic road trip through the outback, this hyperactively splashy show wants so desperately to give audiences a gaudy good time that the results are oddly enervating. Instead of ecstatic high-midnight, when the dance floor is packed and the energy in the room hits a peak, Broadway’s newest karaoke-inspired musical more regularly evokes the later, more dispiriting hours at a nightclub, when the D.J. is on autopilot and only the really hardened club crawlers are still churning away. Originally produced in Australia and still running in the West End of London, “Priscilla” combines the campy sentimentality about drag life epitomized by “La Cage Aux Folles” (currently in revival on Broadway) with a singalong soundtrack spanning a bewildering array of pop from at least three decades. It’s the kind of mix you might find blaring from the jukebox in a Florida gay bar if patrons of varying ages and argumentative tastes were on hand: everything from Dionne Warwick to Donna Summer and the Village People, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper and Pat Benatar. Let’s not forget the contribution from that immortal dance-floor diva John Denver. But while it is performed with gleaming verve and infusions of bawdy humor — Tony Sheldon, who has been with the show from its Australian debut, is particularly winning as the gracious-lady transsexual Bernadette — “Priscilla” feels monotonous and mechanical. It lacks the narrative complexity of “La Cage” (egad, did I just write those words?) and isn’t as impishly clever as guilty-pleasure indulgences like “Mamma Mia!” and “Xanadu,” similarly ditzy musicals inviting audiences to take a mindless boogie down memory lane. Continue reading the main story The “Priscilla” film, written and directed by Stephan Elliott, was also a fairly synthetic mash-up of road movie and fish-out-of-water tale. Its chief distinction, aside from the novelty of watching Terence Stamp play a transsexual, was the madcap, Oscar-winning wardrobe dreamed up by Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner, who recreate their greatest hits for the stage version: the gargantuan club-kid rubber platforms, the topiary headpieces, the hot-pink-and-orange sheath constructed entirely of flip-flops. Advertisement Continue reading the main story Mr. Elliott also participates in the stage version, as co-author of the book with Allan Scott. As in the movie a Sydney drag performer, Tick (Will Swenson), professionally and personally known as Mitzi, receives a stern summons from Marion (Jessica Phillips), the wife he left back in the sticks, who is determined to bring about a meeting between Tick and the son he has never known. (The stage version is less coy about the details of Tick’s past.) Happily for all, Marion runs a casino in remote Alice Springs, and invites Tick to put on a show. He recruits two performing pals to join the trek, without telling them of his ulterior motives: Bernadette (Mr. Sheldon), a mostly retired veteran of the drag scene who views the trip as a useful distraction from his grief over the death of h


Which US President had a cloakroom converted into a movie theatre in the White House?

The Family Theater | The White House Search Home • The Family Theater With the construction of the East Wing, President Franklin D. Roosevelt had an East Terrace cloakroom converted into a movie theater. Here the president enjoyed watching news reels and took special interest in the battles fought in Europe and Asia. With 42 seats in tiered rows, the First Family and their guests can view current movies, sports games and TV shows. In March 2010, Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks joined President Obama, members of Congress, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and Women in the Military Service for America Memorial for a screening of The Pacific, a series that tells the story of the Pacific front during World War II.


The Pomegranate Theatre is in which English town?

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Which English playwright was the first person to use the word ‘bloody’ over the air at the BBC in his song ‘Let’s Not Be Beastly to the Germans’?

Theatre Facts - Quick Theatre Facts - Fun Facts, Ticket Deals & Offers Kicky Wicky is a Shakespearean word meaning wife. There are over 5000 books on the subject of the disputed authorship of Shakespeare's works. The largest operating theatrical wardrobe department in the world is at Walt Disney World, Florida housing 1.2 million costumes. Disney's The Lion King closely follows the plot of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Sheridan's “The Rivals” was an instant flop, so he rewrote it in just 10 days and it became a hit. André Tchaikowsky bequeathed his skull to the RSC, which was used to play the famous Yorick in the 2008 production of Hamlet. Cambridge Footlights is rumoured to be the only Cambridge club big and profitable enough to pay corporation tax. Princess Diana once danced with Wayne Sleep to a Billy Joel record on stage at The Royal Opera House. Dublin theatre manager James Daly allegedly invented the word "quiz" on a bet that he could introduce a new word into the English language. The world's tallest proscenium arch in a theatre is at the Siam Niramit, Bangkok. It is 11.95m high. David Garrick was taught at school by Samuel Johnson, the writer of the dictionary. The first theatre to be named after an actor was the Garrick Theatre , London. (1889). The Kit Kat Club in Berlin took it's name from the club in Kander & Ebb's “Cabaret”. Playwright Bertolt Brecht was exiled from Nazi Germany. Later while in the USA, he was interrogated by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. If a prompt desk is on stage right it is known as a Bastard Prompt. The world record for most full costume changes for a leading character in a theatre production goes to Joe Casey (played by Michael Jibson) in the Madness musical Our House. He had 29 quick changes. The actor Patrick Stewart lost his hair at age 18. In England, during the reign of Oliver Cromwell (1642-1660), theatre was outlawed, but music was not, so many playwrights started writing libretto for opera. Actor, Brian Blessed is the oldest man to have trekked to the North Pole, he has survived a plane crash and has even had a boxing match with the Dalai Lama! The complete works of Shakespeare uses a vocabulary of 17,677 words. About 1,700 of these are words believed to have been invented by Shakespeare. American playwright Tennessee Williams is buried in St Louis, Missouri, despite his own wishes to be buried at sea. The residents of Oberammergau, Germany, put on an epic passion play every 10 years, which they have been doing since the town survived a plague outbreak in 1634. The Peacock Theatre stands on the site of a 17th century tennis court. When Rogers & Hammerstein’s “Carousel” opened previews in 1945 the ballet sequence was over an hour long and the show came down at 1:30 am! In The Phantom Of The Opera it takes the phantom 2 hours to apply makeup before the show. The Lyceum and New Amsterdam, both built 1903, are the oldest theatres on Broadway. Elizabethan theatre was so popular that in 1591 a law forced London theatres to close on Thursdays to give other entertainments, like the declining bear baiting industry, a chance. The Broadway production of Priscilla Queen of the Desert was produced by Bette Midler. In the original stage production of Singin’ In The Rain, Tommy Steele had to mime the title song as the rain was too noisy and would have damaged the microphone. Rick Lyon, the actor who originally played Trekkie Monster and Nicky in Avenue Q, also designed all of the puppets for the show. Architect of Sydney Opera House, Jørn Utzon, never visited the finished venue owing to a disagreement with the managers. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the president responsible for the theatre being built in the White House. Elizabethan playwright, Christopher Marlowe, was killed in argument over who would pay a bill. Elizabethan audiences were known to bang their chairs on the ground to show appreciation. There has been a theatre on the site of Theatre Royal Drury Lane since 1663. The current building is the 4th theatre, after 2 fires and 1 demolition. In 1971, The Who performed a serie


Which actress, while dressed as the queen, left the Guilgud Theatre in London to shout at drummers outside who were disturbing the play?

Helen Mirren on the terrifying headmistress who inspired her rise to fame - and why she almost refused a damehood | Daily Mail Online comments Dame Helen Mirren doesn’t do demure. Indeed, she’s made a very successful career out of playing formidable characters that you wouldn’t mess with. From Queens — including Cleopatra, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth II (twice) — to uncompromising women like Lady Macbeth, Madame Bovary and the ice-cool Detective Chief Superintendent Jane Tennison in Prime Suspect, she can face down even the strongest opponent with an imperious flick of an eyelid. She famously demonstrated her forbidding demeanour only last month, when she stomped off the stage to confront a group of drummers in the street outside who were providing unwelcome musical accompaniment to her performance in The Audience at the Gielgud Theatre in London’s West End. Helen Mirren says her terrifying headmistress inspired her rise to fame The fact that she was dressed for the part of Elizabeth II, complete with pearls and tiara, only added regal menace to the angry piece of mind she delivered.   According to comedian Chris Dangerfield, who captured the entire incident on video, Oscar-winning Dame Helen, 67, ‘terrified the life out of the conductor, throwing her rattle out of the pram and flailing her arms around’. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share So it is hardly a surprise that in her latest movie, Monsters University — in which she is heard but not seen — she easily digs deep into those natural reserves of unchallengeable authority.     Helen plays Dr Abigail Hardscrabble, dean at the School of Scaring in Monsters University, a prequel to the enormously successful 2001 Disney Pixar animated movie Monsters Inc. From pigtails to pin-up: Helen Mirren pictured centre in her school uniform ‘She is easily the most intimidating woman I’ve ever played,’ she assures me when we meet at a London hotel where she was preparing for the film’s release.    For extra inspiration, she confides, she drew on her memory of her old school headmistress — ‘who used to terrify me, frighten me to death’. It was at St Bernard’s Convent High School, in her native Southend-On-Sea, Essex, almost 60 years ago that Dame Mother Mary Mildred scared young Helen and inspired her in equal measure. She said: ‘The funny thing is, I didn’t consciously think about her when I was voicing the part of Dean Hardscrabble in a Hollywood studio, even though she made such a big impression on my early life.  Helen said her headteacher both scared her and inspired her in equal measure ‘It was only when I came back to England and somebody asked me whether I had anybody in mind when I was playing her that I realised that she’d been in my thoughts. To me, she was really scary, sitting there dressed in black and white and exuding this sort of strict kindness. ‘But — and here’s my really important memory of Dame Mother Mary Mildred — she was very wise, and I like to think I’ve imbued the character of Dean Hardscrabble with a mixture of her scariness and wisdom. ‘At the age of ten, she gave me not only the best piece of advice that anyone has ever given me but advice which I’ve lived by ever since and which has helped me enormously in life — and that advice was to understand fear, to recognise that the worst thing about fear is fear itself. 'Once you recognise that, and can deal with it, even if it’s just by pretending you’re not frightened, life isn’t nearly as frightening. ‘Without those words of wisdom from my old headmistress, I don’t think I would have had the courage to take on some of the really challenging roles in my career.’ Fast forward to 2013 and Helen, now a Dame herself, re-imagines her fear-struck pre-teen schooldays by playing an animated character with a reputation for frightening her students.  ‘The dean has 30 legs and rather spectacular wings,’ chuckles Dame Helen, who is married to American film director Taylor Hackford.  ‘The filmmakers at Pixar based her looks on this extraordinary actual creature called the Amazonian giant centipede — Scolopendra Gigantea —


Playwright Alan Bennett taught medieval history at which university?

Alan Bennett - Genealogy Genealogy Join the world's largest family tree Gender Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love Build your family tree online Share photos and videos Partner of <private> (Thomas) and Anne Bennett Brother of <private> Bennett Lilian Mary Peel, Walter Bennett Wife: Walter Bennett, Lilian Bennett (born Peel) Brother: About Alan Bennett Alan Bennett Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English playwright, screenwriter, actor and author. He was born in Leeds and attended Oxford University where he studied history and performed with the Oxford Revue. He stayed to teach and research medieval history at the university for several years. His collaboration as writer and performer with Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller and Peter Cook in the satirical revue Beyond the Fringe at the 1960 Edinburgh Festival brought him instant fame. He gave up academia, and turned to writing full-time, his first stage play Forty Years On being produced in 1968. His work includes The Madness of George III and its film adaptation, the series of monologues Talking Heads, the play and subsequent film The History Boys, and popular audio books, including his readings of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Winnie-the-Pooh. Early life Bennett was born in Armley in Leeds.[1] The son of a co-op butcher, Walter, and his wife Lilian Mary (née Peel), Bennett attended Christ Church, Upper Armley, Church of England School (in the same class as Barbara Taylor Bradford), and then Leeds Modern School (now Lawnswood School), learned Russian at the Joint Services School for Linguists during his national service and gained a place at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.[2] However, having spent time in Cambridge during national service, and partly wishing to follow the object of his unrequited love, he decided to apply for a scholarship at Oxford University. He was accepted by Exeter College, Oxford, from which he graduated with a first-class degree in history. While at Oxford he performed comedy with a number of eventually successful actors in the Oxford Revue. He was to remain at the university for several years, where he researched and taught Medieval History, before deciding he was not cut out to be an academic. Career In August 1960 Bennett, along with Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller and Peter Cook, achieved instant fame by appearing at the Edinburgh Festival in the satirical revue Beyond the Fringe. After the festival, the show continued in London and New York. He also appeared in My Father Knew Lloyd George. His highly regarded television comedy sketch series On the Margin (1966) was unfortunately erased; the BBC re-used expensive videotape rather than keep it in the archives. However, in 2014 it was announced that copies of the entire series had been found. Around this time Bennett often found himself playing vicars and claims that as an adolescent he assumed he would grow up to be a Church of England clergyman, for no better reason than that he looked like one. Bennett's first stage play Forty Years On, directed by Patrick Garland, was produced in 1968. Many television, stage and radio plays followed, with screenplays, short stories, novellas, a large body of non-fictional prose, and broadcasting and many appearances as an actor. Bennett's distinctive, expressive voice (which bears a strong Leeds accent) and the sharp humour and evident humanity of his writing have made his readings of his work very popular, especially the autobiographical writings. Bennett's readings of the Winnie the Pooh stories are also widely enjoyed. Many of Bennett's characters are unfortunate and downtrodden. Life has brought them to an impasse or else passed them by. In many cases they have met with disappointment in the realm of sex and intimate relationships, largely through tentativeness and a failure to connect with others. Despite a long history with both the National Theatre and the BBC - Bennett never writes on commission, declaring "I don't work on commission, I just do it on spec. If people don't want it then it's too bad."[3] Bennett


The song ‘Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher’ is from which British stage musical?

Margaret Thatcher death song goes ahead in Billy Elliott musical - BBC News BBC News Margaret Thatcher death song goes ahead in Billy Elliott musical 9 April 2013 Read more about sharing. Close share panel Image caption Margaret Thatcher is featured in a number of stage productions in the West End including Billy Elliot The Musical Billy Elliot The Musical went ahead in London's West End on Monday with a song referring to celebrating the death of Baroness Thatcher. The song, Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher, kicks off the second act of the musical which is set during the 1984-85 miners' strike. It was included in the performance as normal after the audience voted "overwhelmingly" to keep it in. Lady Thatcher died after suffering a stroke aged 87. Director Stephen Daldry said after "much discussion" about the performance at the Victoria Palace Theatre, a decision was taken to give the audience the opportunity to decide whether the song should be performed. "After an explanation of the song's content and historical context from the stage, the audience voted overwhelmingly for its inclusion in the second act," he said. The 1984-85 miners' strike affecting the British coal industry was the background for the 2000 film upon which the award-winning musical is based. The bitter year-long stand-off between Margaret Thatcher, Arthur Scargill and the National Union of Mineworkers has come to be seen as one of the defining events of the era. The song, which was composed by Sir Elton John with lyrics by Lee Hall, is performed by miners during a party sequence and includes the lyric: "We all celebrate today 'cause it's one day closer to your death."


Before he became pope, which Pope wrote a play called ‘The Jeweller’s Shop’?

Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II): Poet, Poetry, Picture, Literary Bio the community responsible for the legacy of the keys of the Kingdom. They come here, to this very place. And once more Michelangelo wraps them in his vision. "In him we live and move and have our being." The colors of the Sistine will then speak the word of the Lord: Tu es Petrus (Mt 16:18) — once heard by Simon, son of John. "To you I will give the keys of the Kingdom." During the Conclave Michelangelo must teach them — Do not forget: Omnia nuda et aperta sunt ante oculos Eius. You who see all, point to him! He will point him out … —From "Meditations on the Book of Genesis: At the Threshold of the Sistine Chapel" Known to family and friends as Lolek (a nickname that translates as "Chuck"), the future John Paul II learned about suffering at an early age when his mother died of heart and kidney problems in 1929, shortly before his ninth birthday. Over this, your white grave the flowers of life in white— so many years without you— how many have passed out of sight? Over this your white grave covered for years, there is a stir in the air, something uplifting and, like death, beyond comprehension. Over this your white grave oh, mother, can such loving cease? for all his filial adoration a prayer: Give her eternal peace— —"Over This, Your White Grave" The poem above and the one below, both written by the time he was twenty, show the heart of a motherless young boy through the pen of talented poet. Don't lower the wave of my heart, it swells to your eyes, mother; don't alter love, but bring the wave to me in your translucent hands. I am John the fisherman. There isn't much in me to love. I feel I am still on that lake shore, gravel crunching under my feet— and, suddenly—Him. You will embrace His mystery in me no more, yet quietly I spread round your thoughts like myrtle. And calling you Mother—His wish— I beseech you: may this word never grow less for you. True, it's not easy to measure the meaning of the words He breathed into us both so that all earlier love in those words should be concealed. —"John Beseeches Her" When he was twelve, Wojtyla's brother Edmund, a 26-year-old physician in the town of Bielsko, died of scarlet fever. Wojtyla himself had two brushes with death as a youth. He was hit once by a streetcar and again by a truck. "The pope's youth wasn't happy," Father Joseph Vandrisse, a former French missionary and now a journalist, told TIME Magazine. "He has meditated a lot on the meaning of suffering..." As a young scholar, Karol Wojtyla "drank in the suffering Poland" through literature and history. He loved the 19th century poets Slowacki and Mickiewicz, "in whom the beauty and pain of Poland was so alive." He memorized Slowacki's "The Slavic Pope," a prophetic poem (which proved to be truly prophetic!) about a pope from the East who "will not flee the sword ... Like God, he will bravely face the sword." [Readers of our Ronald Reagan poetry page will find highly interesting instances of things similarly prophetic: i.e., the Tampico double rainbow over Reagan's birthplace the day before he was elected president, an actual prophecy made by George Otis, and the parallels of Reagan's life to That Printer of Udell's by Harold Bell Wright. It seems the Evil Empire never had a chance, and that there were signs and miracles to that effect in the lives of a Polish Catholic pope and an Irish Protestant president!] Like Ronald Reagan, Wojtyla was an actor. And a dark-haired, ruggedly handsome actor at that, as his picture to the left attests. In the early 1930's, he met Mieczyslaw Kotlarczyk, who would teach him (and isn't it an interesting "method" for a future Pope!) "the Living Word," a style of performance rooted in Polish songs and  Polish poetry as sung and recited after dinner in country manor houses. In Pope John Paul II: The Life of Karol Wojtyla, Fr. Mieczyslaw Malinski recounts that it was during this time that Wojtyla first came to the attention of the Archbishop of Krakï¿½w, Adamo Stefano Sapieha. Sapieha was visiting his school and young W


Which stage musical was forced to close in 1973 when the roof of the Shaftesbury Theatre in London collapsed?

Safety checks at London's historic theatres after ceiling collapse | Reuters Fri Dec 20, 2013 | 7:06 PM EST Safety checks at London's historic theatres after ceiling collapse By Belinda Goldsmith | LONDON LONDON Historic theatres in London's West End were undergoing checks on Friday after the ceiling of one collapsed, injuring dozens and raising fears about safety at some of the world's oldest and most elegant playhouses. Up to 90 people were injured, seven seriously, after a section of ornate plaster ceiling measuring about 10 meters (33 feet) by 10 meters fell onto the audience at the 112-year-old Apollo Theatre during an evening performance on Thursday. Some of the 720-strong audience watching the popular play "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" told Reuters of panic and screams as the ceiling collapsed, filling the theatre with dust as they rushed for the exits. It was the worst accident in London's main theatre district in 40 years, since part of a ceiling at the Shaftesbury Theatre fell in 1973, forcing the closure of the long-running musical "Hair". The Shaftesbury opened in 1911. Mayor of London Boris Johnson said investigations into the cause of the ceiling collapse at the Apollo were continuing. Westminster City Council and the Society of London Theatre (SOLT) had assured him that safety checks were up-to-date at all the West End's 30 or so theatres. "But, as a precaution, further checks have already started and will continue throughout the day," Johnson said. Some of the theatres date back to the 19th century and feature plush red velvet seating, ornate plaster ceilings, massive chandeliers and royal boxes. A spokesman for SOLT said all major theatre owners met on Friday and confirmed their safety inspections and certificates were current, adding that such incidents were extremely rare. "(They) will co-operate fully with the authorities to reassure the public that their theatres are safe," the spokesman said in a statement. While the Apollo - situated in Shaftesbury Avenue, in the heart of the West End - will be closed this weekend, all other London theatres remain open for business. London's West End is one of the world's largest and most prestigious theatre districts, rivaling New York's Broadway and entertaining over 32,000 people in central London every night, including many tourists. Annual attendances total 14 million. SOLT estimates the 52 major theatres across London and countless smaller venues account for about 41,000 jobs in the capital, bringing in 2 billion pounds ($3.2 billion) a year. But with many auditoriums aging, the industry has called repeatedly over the past decade for public investment to bring them up-to-date. A 2003 report by the Theatres Trust called for 250 million pounds to be ploughed into the venues. "It got quite close to the government funding them and then the (2012 London) Olympics happened and the money went away," Alistair Smith, deputy editor of industry newspaper The Stage, told Reuters. "The theatre industry has been aware of the need for some kind of public funding for theatres, not necessarily for safety reasons but to ensure these historic buildings are still around for another century or so." (Editing by Catherine Evans) ADVERTISEMENT 1/8 The stage door light is seen at the back of the Apollo theatre on the morning after part of it's ceiling collapsed on spectators as they watched a performance, in central London, December 20, 2013. Reuters/Suzanne Plunkett + 2/8 A police officer stands on duty next to a notice board is wrapped in police tape outside the Apollo theatre on the morning after part of it's ceiling collapsed on spectators as they watched a performance, in central London, December 20, 2013. Reuters/Suzanne Plunkett + 3/8 A notice board is wrapped in police tape outside the Apollo theatre on the morning after part of it's ceiling collapsed on spectators as they watched a performance, in central London, December 20, 2013. Reuters/Suzanne Plunkett + 4/8 People receive medical attention on a bus after part of the ceiling at the Apollo Theatre on


Which Irish playwright was the co-founder of the London School of Economics?

George Bernard Shaw (Author of Pygmalion) George Bernard Shaw Literature & Fiction , Theater Influences edit data George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright, socialist, and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for drama. Over the course of his life he wrote more than 60 plays. Nearly all his plays address prevailing social problems, but each also includes a vein of comedy that makes their stark themes more palatable. In these works Shaw examined education, marriage, religion, government, health care, and class privilege. An ardent socialist, Shaw was angered by what he perceived to be the exploitation of the working class. He wrote many brochures and speeches for the Fabian Societ George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright, socialist, and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for drama. Over the course of his life he wrote more than 60 plays. Nearly all his plays address prevailing social problems, but each also includes a vein of comedy that makes their stark themes more palatable. In these works Shaw examined education, marriage, religion, government, health care, and class privilege. An ardent socialist, Shaw was angered by what he perceived to be the exploitation of the working class. He wrote many brochures and speeches for the Fabian Society. He became an accomplished orator in the furtherance of its causes, which included gaining equal rights for men and women, alleviating abuses of the working class, rescinding private ownership of productive land, and promoting healthy lifestyles. For a short time he was active in local politics, serving on the London County Council. In 1898, Shaw married Charlotte Payne-Townshend, a fellow Fabian, whom he survived. They settled in Ayot St. Lawrence in a house now called Shaw's Corner. He is the only person to have been awarded both a Nobel Prize for Literature (1925) and an Oscar (1938). The former for his contributions to literature and the latter for his work on the film "Pygmalion" (adaptation of his play of the same name). Shaw wanted to refuse his Nobel Prize outright, as he had no desire for public honours, but he accepted it at his wife's behest. She considered it a tribute to Ireland. He did reject the monetary award, requesting it be used to finance translation of Swedish books to English. Shaw died at Shaw's Corner, aged 94, from chronic health problems exacerbated by injuries incurred by falling. ...more


Who are Vladimir and Estragon waiting for in a 1950’s play by Samuel Beckett?

SparkNotes: Waiting for Godot: Summary Waiting for Godot Context Characters Two men, Vladimir and Estragon, meet near a tree. They converse on various topics and reveal that they are waiting there for a man named Godot. While they wait, two other men enter. Pozzo is on his way to the market to sell his slave, Lucky. He pauses for a while to converse with Vladimir and Estragon. Lucky entertains them by dancing and thinking, and Pozzo and Lucky leave. After Pozzo and Lucky leave, a boy enters and tells Vladimir that he is a messenger from Godot. He tells Vladimir that Godot will not be coming tonight, but that he will surely come tomorrow. Vladimir asks him some questions about Godot and the boy departs. After his departure, Vladimir and Estragon decide to leave, but they do not move as the curtain falls. The next night, Vladimir and Estragon again meet near the tree to wait for Godot. Lucky and Pozzo enter again, but this time Pozzo is blind and Lucky is dumb. Pozzo does not remember meeting the two men the night before. They leave and Vladimir and Estragon continue to wait. Shortly after, the boy enters and once again tells Vladimir that Godot will not be coming. He insists that he did not speak to Vladimir yesterday. After he leaves, Estragon and Vladimir decide to leave, but again they do not move as the curtain falls, ending the play. More Help


Which British theatre hosted the 2013 Royal Variety Performance?

Royal Variety Performance 2013 Chas & Dave: 'Chas & Dave on the Royal Variety Performance? About time too, we say!'   Gareth Malone: 'All My Life I have dreamed of performing on The Royal Variety. It's great to be performing with Voices and is a huge honour for us all. I can't wait.'   Jimmy Carr: 'It's a great honour and privilege to have me at the Royal Variety. I can't believe their luck.’   Jessie J: 'I have watched the Royal Variety Show since I was a little girl and always dreamt of being on it. It will be a real special moment for me. I can't wait.'   Olly Murs: 'I'm thrilled to be performing at this year's Royal Variety Performance. It's been one of my dreams since I started my career in music to perform for the Royal family, and I can't wait – hopefully I'll get a cheeky kiss from the Royals!'   The star studded spectacular, hosted by award winning comedian and actor John Bishop, takes place on Monday 25th November and will be screened on ITV in December. It is being produced by ITV Studios.   The event is staged in aid of the Entertainment Artistes’ Benevolent Fund, whose patron is Her Majesty The Queen.  The money raised from the show helps those people from the world of entertainment in need of care and assistance.   The 2013 Royal Variety Performance is commissioned by ITV’s Controller of Entertainment John Kaye Cooper and executive produced by ITV Studios’ Fiona Clark and Glenn Coomber.   Attraction:   Attraction are a nine strong Hungarian group who won Britain's Got Talent with their mesmerising Shadow Act. Attraction were the first foreign performers to win Britain's largest talent competition. Their first performance instantly grabbed the attention of  the public and was seen by more than 50 million viewers around the world. Attraction's power and unique charm is down to the emotional content of their performances.     They cross all language and age barriers and touch different audiences whenever they perform. Leader of the troupe, Zoltán Szücs, is a professional dancer, teacher and choreographer, who formed the group in 2004.   Bryn Terfel:   Bryn Terfel has built his towering international reputation by singing key roles by Mozart, Verdi and Puccini, and in recent years has distinguished himself as one of the great Wagnerian singers of the age. He’s also that rare phenomenon: a thoroughbred classical singer who can comfortably tackle songs by Rodgers and Hammerstein or music-theatre roles such as the lead in Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd. Nevertheless, Bryn felt that his trip to the Rocky Mountains to make Homeward Bound with the Mormon Tabernacle choir was another new departure. It gave him, he has said, “an incredible feeling of adventure, because this is something new,” as well as the sense of “an acceptance by a group of people who are incredibly loving, accepting and supporting”. Bryn is joined onstage by his fellow Welsh countrymen, Only Men Aloud.   Caro Emerald:   The stylish multi-award winning Caro Emerald makes her debut Royal Variety Performance today. The Dutch singer’s second album ‘The Shocking Miss Emerald’ topped the UK charts earlier this year, rivalling the amazing success of her debut record, 2010’s ‘Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor’. Caro’s signature blend of vintage jazz mixed with calypso, bossa nova, hip-hop and lashings of brass has become a favourite on both the airwaves and the dance floor. A talented performer who oozes style and panache, Caro will return to Britain in 2014 for an extensive tour.   Charlie & The Chocolate Factory:   Roald Dahl’s deliciously dark tale of young Charlie Bucket and mysterious confectioner Willy Wonka comes to life in a new West End musical directed by Sam Mendes, with Douglas Hodge playing Willy Wonka. When Charlie wins a golden ticket to the Wonka Chocolate Factory, it's the chance to feast on the sweets he's always dreamed of. But beyond the gates astonishment awaits, as the five lucky winners discover not everything is as sweet as it seems.  Featuring ingenious stagecraft, the story that has captivated the world for almost 50 ye


Which French cabaret theatre has a windmill on its roof?

Cabaret C Cabaret Cabaret is a form of entertainment featuring comedy , song , dance , and theatre , distinguished mainly by the performance venue—a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting at tables (often dining or drinking) watching the performance being introduced by a master of ceremonies, or MC. Cabaret also refers to a Mediterranean-style brothel—a bar with tables and women who mingle with and entertain the clientele. Traditionally these establishments can also feature some form of stage entertainment, often singers and dancers. French cabaret The first cabaret was opened in 1881 in Montmartre , Paris: Rodolphe Salís' "cabaret artistique." Shortly after it was founded, it was renamed Le Chat Noir (The Black Cat). It became a locale in which up-and-coming cabaret artists could try their new acts. The Moulin Rouge, built in 1889 in the red-light district of Pigalle near Montmartre, is famous for the large red imitation windmill on its roof. The Folies-Bergère continued to attract a large number of people even though it was more expensive than other cabarets. People felt comfortable at the cabaret: They did not have to take off their hat, could talk, eat, and smoke when they wanted to, etc. They did not have to stick to the usual rules of society. At the Folies-Bergère, as in many cafés-concerts, there were a variety of acts: singers, dancers, jugglers, and clowns. Le Lido, on the Champs-Elysées has been a venue of the finest shows with the most famous names since 1946 including Edith Piaf , Laurel & Hardy, Shirley MacLaine, Elton John, Marlene Dietrich , Maurice Chevalier , and Noel Coward among them. American Cabaret In the United States, cabaret diverged into several different styles of performance mostly due to the influence of Jazz Music. Chicago cabaret focused intensely on the larger band ensembles and reached its peak in the speakeasies, and steakhouses (like The Palm) of the Prohibition Era. New York cabaret never developed to feature a great deal of social commentary. When New York cabarets featured jazz, they tended to focus on famous vocalists like Nina Simone, Bette Midler, Eartha Kitt, Peggy Lee, and Hildegarde rather than instrumental musicians. Cabaret in the United States began to disappear in the sixties, due to the rising popularity of rock concert shows and television variety shows. The art form still survives in two popular entertainment formats: Stand-up comedy and in the drag show performances. Cabaret is currently undergoing a renaissance of sorts in the United States, particularly in New Orleans, Seattle, Philadelphia and Portland, as new generations of performers reinterpret the old forms in both music and theatre. Many contemporary cabaret groups in the United States and elsewhere feature a combination of original music, burlesque and political satire, as can be found in such groups as Cabaret Red Light and Leviathan: Political Cabaret. Dutch cabaret In the Netherlands, cabaret or kleinkunst is a popular form of entertainment. In its capital city Amsterdam, there is the Kleinkunstacademie (English: Cabaret Academy). It is often a mixture of (stand up) comedy, theatre, and music. In the twentieth century, 'the big three' are Wim Sonneveld, Wim Kan, and Toon Hermans. Other popular artists are Youp van 't Hek, Freek de Jonge, Herman Finkers, Brigitte Kaandorp, Bert Visscher, Hans Liberg, Hans Teeuwen, Theo Maassen, Herman van Veen, and Paul Van Vliet. Famous cabarets The Butterfly Club in Melbourne , Australia Le Lido, Moulin Rouge and Lapin Agile in Paris, France [http://www.jacbowie.com The Jac Bowie Agency], famous international cabaret & burlesque agents and producers Cabaret Voltaire in Zürich The Blue Angel in New York, New York [http://www.therrubyrevue.com The Ruby Revue], cabaret variety night in Sydney & Mebourne Australia [http://www.thecancan.com Can Can] in Seattle , Washington Bistro by the Sea in Matunuck, Rhode Island Cabaret Red Light in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Metro Chicago in Chicago, Illinois (Wikipedia)


A decennial event occurs every how many years?

About Redistricting About Redistricting ABOUT REDISTRICTING Legislative Redistricting Legislative redistricting is the process of redrawing the boundary lines of legislative districts.  The purpose of legislative redistricting is to ensure that each person is equally represented in our democracy by the creation of districts that are as equal in population as practicable, consistent with other state constitutional parameters, so as to achieve the principle of “one person – one vote.” The legislative redistricting process must occur every ten years, at the beginning of each decade, after a state officially receives the results of the federal decennial census, which provides the demographic and geographic data from which the districts are created. The Census, Congressional Apportionment, and the United States Constitution Before legislative redistricting can occur in any state, the federal decennial census of the United States must be taken.  The Secretary of the federal Department of Commerce and its Bureau of the Census are required to take a decennial census of the population as of the first day of April of each year ending in zero, in such form and content as the Secretary may determine, and to complete the tabulation and report the results, by state, to the President of the United States by December 31 of the same year.  The Secretary is to report the census results no later than April 1 of the following  year to each state's "Governor...and to the officers or public bodies having responsibility for legislative apportionment or districting." The reports contain the population data for various geographical areas within the state, including the smallest area, the census block. Census data is the basis for creating legislative districts.  However, the United States Constitution leaves it to each state to establish its own method of redrawing legislative boundaries at the start of each decade.  In the majority of states, the legislative district plan takes the form of a bill passed by the Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.  In over a dozen other states, responsibility for legislative redistricting is assigned to a group other than the legislature.  Such is the case in New Jersey, where a plan is created by an Apportionment Commission provided for in the New Jersey Constitution. Legislative Redistricting Under the New Jersey State Constitution In 1966, the State Constitutional Convention recommended, and a majority of voters approved at the general election in that year, an amendment to the New Jersey Constitution shifting the responsibility of drawing the legislative districts from the Legislature to an Apportionment Commission. Under Article IV, Section III, paragraph 1, the State Constitution provides that the Apportionment Commission is to be composed of 10 members with five each appointed by the State chairmen of the two largest political parties.  The appointments must be made with consideration given to the representation of the various geographical areas of the State.  They must also be made by November 15 of the year in which the census is taken and certified to the Secretary of State on or before December 1 of that year. The Apportionment Commission is directed to certify a redistricting plan within one month of receipt by the Governor of the census, or on or before February 1st of the year following the year in which the census is taken, whichever is later. Under Article IV, Section III, paragraph 2, the State Constitution further provides that if a majority of the commission is unable to agree on a plan within this period, it must so certify to the Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, who will then appoint an eleventh member.  With this new member, the reconstituted commission has one month to certify a plan to the Secretary of State.  Under Article IV, Section III, paragraph 3, the State Constitution provides that, once established, the plan remains unaltered until the following decennial census of the State is received by the Governor. Legislative Redistricting Timeframe in New Jersey


In which Agatha Christie novel does Hercule Poirot commit murder?

Agatha Christie | All The Tropes Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia All The Tropes Wiki Share Ad blocker interference detected! Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers Wikia is not accessible if you’ve made further modifications. Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected. File:Agatha christie 8194.jpg Donna: Agatha, people love your books, they really do, they’re gonna be reading them for years to come. — Doctor Who , "The Unicorn and the Wasp" The Queen of the classic mystery, ranked with Arthur Conan Doyle as the greatest mystery writer of all time. Her stories are elaborately plotted puzzle pieces, full of false identities and faked deaths. She enjoyed a very long career; her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, was published in 1920, while her final novel, Sleeping Murder, was published posthumously in 1976. Among the best-selling authors of all time [1] . Her principal detectives were: Hercule Poirot , a retired Belgian police detective turned P.I. Fastidiously neat, he pretended to be a Funny Foreigner in order to put his clients and suspects off their guard. Agatha Christie herself eventually tired of the character, but since fans enjoyed him, she continued to write Poirot stories. He appeared in 33 novels and 51 short stories. Miss Jane Marple . Seemingly a fluffy old spinster, her mind was as sharp as her knitting needles; having lived in small towns her whole life, nothing about human nature ever surprised her. She appeared in 12 novels and 20 short stories. Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, a husband and wife team. Their adventures were more like spy novels than straight mysteries, though they did contain elements of classic detective novels. They appeared in five books: four novels and a short story collection, Partners in Crime. Christie also wrote 16 novels which did not feature any of her series detectives. These ranged from traditional mysteries with one-shot detectives to Thrillers which placed more emphasis on action than detection. The latter were almost universally the most poorly received of Christie's works. While most of the stories are nominally set in the year of publication, in practice they all take place in the time of the Genteel Interbellum Setting . Of Christie's series detectives, only the Beresfords age in real time. Poirot and Marple both begin as elderly characters and over the course of Christie's 56-year career, age roughly 20 years at most. (This matches a line from the final Poirot novel Curtain, in which it is stated that it has been "over twenty years" since the first adventure, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, which came out in 1920 and presumably was set in the present day.) Christie possessed an uncanny ability to subvert the reader's expectations. Being well aware of the mystery conventions of the time, she was frequently able to subvert them for a Twist Ending . For example, Christie knew that there were certain characters, who by virtue of their role in the story, the reader would not suspect. To drive home the point that the reader should suspect everybody , she would frequently make one of these characters the murderer, writing books where (all examples might not be listed): The way too obvious suspect (who therefore of course won't turn out to be the real killer, now will they?) really was the killer after all, ( The Mysterious Affair at Styles), (The Hollow), (Towards Zero), (arguably Cards on the Table), (Death on the Nile), (Hickory Dickory Dock) one of the murder victims was guilty, ( And Then There Were None ), (Curtain) the supposed intended target was guilty, (Peril at End House), (The Mirror Crack'd), ( A Murder Is Announced ), (Crooked House) a child was guilty, (Crooked House) the murders looked like the work of an Ax Crazy killer, but the murderer was neurotypical,( The ABC Murders ) She invented most of the above twist endings. For a list of her works see: Agatha Christie Bibliography Most of the books in the main series have been televised, and ma


A group of which birds is known as an Unkindness?

Group Names for Birds Group Names for Birds: A Partial List By Terry Ross A bevy of quail A bouquet of pheasants [when flushed] A brood of hens A building of rooks A cast of hawks [or falcons] A charm of finches A colony of penguins A company of parrots A congregation of plovers A cover of coots A covey of partridges [or grouse or ptarmigans] A deceit of lapwings A descent of woodpeckers A dissimulation of birds A dole of doves An exaltation of larks A fall of woodcocks A flight of swallows [or doves, goshawks, or cormorants] A gaggle of geese [wild or domesticated] A host of sparrows A kettle of hawks [riding a thermal] A murmuration of starlings A murder of crows A muster of storks A nye of pheasants [on the ground] An ostentation of peacocks A paddling of ducks [on the water] A parliament of owls A party of jays A peep of chickens A pitying of turtledoves A raft of ducks A rafter of turkeys A siege of herons A skein of geese [in flight] A sord of mallards A spring of teal A tidings of magpies A trip of dotterel An unkindness of ravens A watch of nightingales A wedge of swans [or geese, flying in a "V"] A wisp of snipe Any of these group names may properly be used by birders who wish to display their erudition, although it is probably linguistically inaccurate (and it certainly is bad manners) to upbraid someone who refers to "a bunch of ravens" by saying, "Surely you mean `an unkindness of ravens,' my good fellow." Most of these terms date back at least 500 years. Some of them have been in continuous use since then; others have gone out of fashion and been resurrected in the last century or two; still others only exist on lists. Most of these terms are listed in James Lipton's An Exaltation of Larks. Lipton's list is substantially based on very old sources. There were manuscript lists of group names in the 15th century, and these lists appeared in some of the first books printed in England. Many of them make their first appearance in John Lydgate's Debate between the Horse, Goose, and Sheep (1440); and Lydgate's terms along with others appear in The Book of Hawking and Hunting (also known as The Book of St. Albans) by Dame Juliana Barnes (1486). Whether Lydgate and Barnes coined any of these terms, or whether they were setting down the terms that were considered proper in their day is not known. Many of the terms did catch on, and the lists they appeared on were frequently reprinted. The best source I know for investigating the histories of English words is the Oxford English Dictionary. Unfortunately, on the question whether these terms ever were or still are appropriate, the OED is not entirely helpful. To make sense of the matter, I have placed the group names into groups-- GROUP A--The following group names are standard: A bevy of quail A bouquet of pheasants  A brood of hens A cast of hawks A charm of finches A covey of partridges A flight of swallows A gaggle of geese A nye of pheasants A siege of herons A skein of geese A trip of dotterel A wisp of snipe GROUP B--These terms are not group names for a particular type of bird, but have been commonly used for many different types:  Colony Company Flock Parliament Party GROUP C--These terms are archaic; they were once obsolete, but they have been revived somewhat in the 19th or 20th centuries: A building of rooks A murmuration of starlings A muster of peacocks A peep of chickens A sord of mallards A spring of teal A watch of nightingales GROUP D--These terms are obsolete; they appeared on the old lists, but almost nobody has used them in centuries:  A congregation of plovers A dissimulation of birds A dole of doves A fall of woodcock A host of sparrows A paddling of ducks An unkindness of ravens GROUP E--These terms are not in the OED at all as group names for birds: A cover of coots A kettle of hawks A murder of crows An ostentation of peacocks A pitying of turtledoves A rafter of turkeys A tidings of magpies My categories are imprecise, but they provide some guidance about usage. Have no qualms about usin


Janet Weiss, Brad Majors and Magenta are all characters from which 1975 musical film?

Janet Weiss | Rocky Horror Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Janet Majors (née Weiss) is a character from the musical productions of The Rocky Horror Show since 1973, from the 1975 movie , from the 2015 tribute production celebrating 40 years, from the 2016 reimagining movie , from Shock Treatment and its 2015 musical , and from the never made sequels Rocky Horror Shows His Heels , The Brad and Janet Show , Revenge of the Old Queen and Rocky Horror: The Second Coming . She is the only character to appear in all made and never made projects. She was portrayed by Julie Covington and Belinda Sinclair in the 1973 Original London Production, by Abigale Haness in the 1974 Roxy Production and the 1975 Broadway Production, by Susan Sarandon in the 1975 film adaptation, by Alice Ripley in the 2001 Broadway Revival, by Haley Flaherty in the 2015 live tribute production, and by Victoria Justice in the 2016 reimagining movie. In unrelated Rocky Horror projects, she was portrayed in 1981 by Jessica Harper in Shock Treatment and in 2015 by Julie Atherton in Shock Treatment: The Musical. Contents [ show ] The Rocky Horror Picture Show At the beginning of the film, Janet and Brad attend the wedding of Ralph and Betty Hapschatt , two of their friends. Brad, after seeing Janet catch the bouquet, confesses his love for her (" Dammit Janet ") and the two become engaged. They later drive away from Denton to visit their old friend, Dr. Everett V. Scott . Their car breaks down, forcing them to seek help in a nearby castle (" Over at the Frankenstein Place "). They knock on the door and the handyman Riff Raff invites them in. They watch a party going on (" Time Warp "), which reveals Janet's scared and naive nature. Janet wishes to go, with Brad trying to comfort her, until they run into the master of the mansion, Dr. Frank N Furter , a transvestite from Transexual, Transylvania. They are invited up to a laboratory to witness an experiment, being stripped down to their underwear. Once there, Frank N Furter reveals to them that they are about to witness the birth of his creation. A man dressed like a mummy steps out of a bed and his bandages are removed by Riff Raff, the maid Magenta and a groupie named Columbia . The creation is a muscular man with blonde hair, and is named " Rocky Horror ". He performs a musical number ("The Sword of Damocles"), before Frank N Furter begins revealing his plans for him ("I Can Make You a Man"). This is soon interruped by the appearance of Eddie , Columbia's boyfriend, preserved in a freezer. When he gets Rocky's attention, Frank slaughters him with an ice axe and then leaves with Rocky to a bridal suite near the lab. Brad and Janet are then shown to seperate bedrooms where Frank disguises himself as their respective lovers to sexually seduce them. Janet wanders off in search of Brad only to discover that he was sleeping with Frank. Feeling cheated on, she then notices Rocky cowering in his birth tank, wounded from tormenting by Riff Raff. Janet tends to his wounds with strips from her torn skirt and then seduces him ("Touch-A, Touch-A, Touch-A, Touch Me"). They are soon discovered by all other characters, including the intruding Dr. Scott. He had come in search of Eddie, his nephew, but Frank suspects him to be working for the government to find unidentified flying objects, and Janet and Brad to be working for him. Everyone is then served dinner, which first appears to be ham (" Eddie's Teddy "), but is later revealed to be pieces of Eddie's body. Janet is welcomed into Rocky's arms before an enraged Frank N Furter chases after her ("Planet Schmanet Janet"). Janet, Brad, Rocky and Columbia are turned to stone via a Medusa machine, that strips them of their clothes. Frank dresses them up to perform a floor show (" The Floor Show : Rose Tint My World , Don't Dream It, Be It and Wild and Untamed Thing ") when Riff Raff and Magenta enter the ballroom. Frank attempts to explain his actions (" I'm Going Home "), but they are not convinced, and so Riff Raff shoots him with an antimatter beam to kill him, and also kills C


‘You’re doing fine’ is the call for which Bingo number?

Bingo Calls - Eyes down for all you need to know about the game of Bingo Bingo Calls Traditional bingo calls Bingo calls have been an essential part of the game of bingo for years. It is hard to say when the bingo calls we know today were introduced. But we know they were already in use when bingo become popular in the 1960s. In recent years the bingo halls have struggled to survive which is obviously not good news for us bingo players. Less bingo halls means less competition and less choice. On the positive side the world of online bingo has emerged in recent years presenting a wealth of choice. Although there is a multitude out there, we follow them all pretty closely and keep our eyes open (and down!) for the best sites and promotions. Below are our top 5 recommended bingo sites. Bingo Site Keep coming back to us because we update this information regularly as promotions change.   Traditional Bingo Calls Words or phrases in brackets after a bingo call refer to the traditional shouted response from the bingo players. This is sometimes known as bingo lingo. You will also find that some bingo calls refer to more than one number – such as ‘Danny LaRue’. There is no ‘correct’ way round to call the numbers. Some bingo callers will call the number and then the saying. Others will call the saying then the number. But most will mix them as certain bingo calls just ‘sound right’ a certain way. Those calls listed below tend to be British in origin. Though anyone looking closely at the history of bingo will see that it has been – and still is – played all over the world. While this site as a whole tends to concentrate upon bingo sites UK , there are also many other quality bingo operators available where you can choose from many bingo games . The games themselves will be similar in that 90 ball bingo (the British version) and 75 ball bingo (the U.S. version) tend today to be available on all sites along with 80 ball bingo, speed bingo and many other variations.   1       :     Kelly’s eye | at the beginning | buttered scone 2       :    one little duck | me and you | Little Boy Blue 3       :    you and me | cup of tea | one little flea | goodness me 4       :     knock at the door | the one next door 5       :     man alive | one little snake 6      :     Tom Mix | chopsticks | Tom’s tricks | half a dozen | chopping sticks 7       :     lucky | one little crutch | God’s in Heaven 8       :     garden gate | one fat lady | she’s always late | Golden Gate 9       :     doctor’s orders | doctor’s joy 10     :     David’s den | uncle Ben | cock and hen 11     :     legs 12     :     one dozen | monkey’s cousin 13     :     unlucky for some | bakers dozen | the Devil’s number 14     :     the lawnmower | Valentines day 15     :     young and keen 17     :     often been kissed | dancing queen | old Ireland 18     :     coming of age | now you can vote 19     :     end of the teens | goodbye teens 20     :     one score 21     :     key of the door | royal salute 22     :     two little ducks (quack quack) | ducks on a pond | dinkie-doo 23     :     The Lord is My Shepherd | thee and me | a duck and a flea 24     :     knock at the door | two dozen 25     :     duck and dive 26     :     half a crown | pick and mix | bed and breakfast 27     :     duck and a crutch | gateway to heaven 28     :     in a state | overweight | The Old Braggs | a duck and its mate 29     :     rise and shine | in your prime | you’re doing fine 30     :     Dirty Gertie | Burlington Bertie 31     :     get up and run 32     :     buckle my shoe 50     :     half a century | bullseye | Hawaii five oh 51     :     tweak of the thumb | The Highland Div 52     :     Danny La Rue | The Lowland Div | pack of cards | weeks in a year 53     :     here comes Herbie (beep beep) | stuck in a tree | The Welsh Div | the joker 54     :     house with a bamboo door | clean the floor 55     :     snakes alive | bunch of fives 56     :     Shotts bus | was she worth it? (she was) 57     :     Heinz | Heinz varieties | beans means Heinz 58     :     make them wait | choo cho


In which month in 1990 was Nelson Mandela released from prison in South Africa?

Nelson Mandela released from prison - Feb 11, 1990 - HISTORY.com This Day In History: 02/11/1990 - Nelson Mandela Released The Yalta Conference ends, the first Gold Record is earned by Glenn Miller, Dick Cheney accidentally shoots his friend, and Nelson Mandela is released from prison for anti-apartheid activities in This Day in History video. The date is February 11th. Nelson Mandela was in prison for 27 years and went on to become the President of South Africa. Lead Story Nelson Mandela released from prison Share this: Nelson Mandela released from prison Author Nelson Mandela released from prison URL Publisher A+E Networks Nelson Mandela, leader of the movement to end South African apartheid, is released from prison after 27 years on February 11, 1990. In 1944, Mandela, a lawyer, joined the African National Congress (ANC), the oldest black political organization in South Africa, where he became a leader of Johannesburg’s youth wing of the ANC. In 1952, he became deputy national president of the ANC, advocating nonviolent resistance to apartheid–South Africa’s institutionalized system of white supremacy and racial segregation. However, after the massacre of peaceful black demonstrators at Sharpeville in 1960, Nelson helped organize a paramilitary branch of the ANC to engage in guerrilla warfare against the white minority government. In 1961, he was arrested for treason, and although acquitted he was arrested again in 1962 for illegally leaving the country. Convicted and sentenced to five years at Robben Island Prison, he was put on trial again in 1964 on charges of sabotage. In June 1964, he was convicted along with several other ANC leaders and sentenced to life in prison. Mandela spent the first 18 of his 27 years in jail at the brutal Robben Island Prison. Confined to a small cell without a bed or plumbing, he was forced to do hard labor in a quarry. He could write and receive a letter once every six months, and once a year he was allowed to meet with a visitor for 30 minutes. However, Mandela’s resolve remained unbroken, and while remaining the symbolic leader of the anti-apartheid movement, he led a movement of civil disobedience at the prison that coerced South African officials into drastically improving conditions on Robben Island. He was later moved to another location, where he lived under house arrest. In 1989, F.W. de Klerk became South African president and set about dismantling apartheid. De Klerk lifted the ban on the ANC, suspended executions, and in February 1990 ordered the release of Nelson Mandela. Mandela subsequently led the ANC in its negotiations with the minority government for an end to apartheid and the establishment of a multiracial government. In 1993, Mandela and de Klerk were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. One year later, the ANC won an electoral majority in the country’s first free elections, and Mandela was elected South Africa’s president. Mandela retired from politics in 1999, but remained a global advocate for peace and social justice until his death in December 2013. Related Videos


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The song ‘Tea For Two’ is from which 1925 musical?

Tea for Two – Institute for Music and Health For all the boys to see. We will raise a family – A boy for you And a girl for me – Can’t you see How happy we would be? Background “Tea for Two” is a song from the 1925 musical No, No, Nanette – a duet sung by Nanette and Tom in Act II as they imagine their future. The story may be untrue, but Irving Caesar once indicated that the lyrics were intended to be temporary. Performances Here is a performance by Doris Day from the film adaptation of No, No, Nanette (which was actually called Tea for Two, probably due to the popularity of the song): And here is a very interesting version. In 1927, the conductor Nikolai Malko challenged Dmitri Shostakovich to do an arrangement of a piece in 45 minutes – and he succeeded! His “Tea for Two” arrangement, Opus 16, was incorporated into “Tahiti Trot” from his ballet The Golden Age: And here is the  Sing-A-long version for listening to and downloading:


Who played Jodie Foster’s lawyer, Kathryn Murphy, in the 1988 film ‘The Accused’?

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Which creature represents the Deadly Sin of Avarice?

What are the symbols of the seven deadly sins? | Reference.com What are the symbols of the seven deadly sins? A: Quick Answer The Seven Deadly Sins according to Christianity are: pride, symbolized by the lion, peacock and horse; envy, symbolized by a dog; anger, symbolized by a bear; sloth, symbolized by a goat; greed, symbolized by a frog; gluttony, symbolized by the pig; and lust, symbolized by the cow and snake. Each sin has a color and punishment that it is also associated with. Full Answer Pride is considered the greatest of all sins, and is symbolized by the lion, peacock, and horse. The color that it is associated with is violet, and the punishment for committing this sin is being broken on the wheel. Envy is represented by the dog, as well as the color green. The punishment awarded this sin is constant freezing water. The symbol of anger is the bear and the color red, while its punishment is constant dismemberment. Next, the animal symbol of the fourth Deadly Sin, sloth, is the goat. The color associated with it is light blue, and the punishment for this sin is an eternal snake pit. Greed is symbolized by the frog, as well as the color yellow. The punishment procured for this sin is being boiled alive in oil. The sin of gluttony is represented by the pig, as well as the color orange, and the punishment for it is being forced to eat snakes, rats, and toads. The last Deadly Sin is lust, symbolized by the cow and snake, and is represented by the color blue. The punishment procured for this sin is eternal fire and brimstone.


Photographer Ansel Adams was famous for his photographs of what?

Intimate Nature: Ansel Adams and the Close View | Center for Creative Photography Intimate Nature: Ansel Adams and the Close View Intimate Nature: Ansel Adams and the Close View Intimate Nature: Ansel Adams and the Close View The photographs in Intimate Nature: Ansel Adams and the Close View represent an under recognized and rarely examined aspect of Ansel Adams's half-century-long career: his study of the intimate details of nature through the close view of his camera. This guide addresses historical, technical, and aesthetic issues central to Adams and to this body of work It explores issues such as the beauty of the natural world, interaction with nature on a direct and human scale. Intimate Nature is drawn exclusively from the Ansel Adams Archive at the Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona. The archive contains over 3,000 exhibition prints and a complete research collection of the artist's negatives, correspondence, contact prints, and other original material. Pine Cone and Eucalyptus Leaves, San Francisco, California 1932 1933 Curator's Overview The long career of Ansel Adams (1902-1984) represents a prolific and rich contribution to American photography including many hundreds of images that continue to profoundly influence the conception and practice of the art of photography. This selection addresses a less popularly recognized and rarely examined aspect of Adams's vision: his preoccupation with photographing the intimate details of nature. In this close-up approach, the form and surface of the natural world's particulars—the anatomy of leaves, the delicacy of a spring blossom, the murky crevice between rocks, the sunlight playing on a wet patch of sand—captivate the photographer and inspire works of strength and power equal to his more celebrated majestic views such as Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park, 1944; Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941; or Half Dome, Yosemite Valley, ca. 1956. With this lesser known but equally meaningful body of images, another side of Adams is revealed. Expressed throughout his career, Adams's vision reflects interaction with nature on a direct and human scale. These works move away from the nineteenth-century example of the idyllic panorama of the American West, where Adams himself photographed, and exhibit a more contemporary application of photography's abilities. Experimenters and modernists, Ansel Adams and his fellow California photographers developed a straight and highly formal, sometimes even abstract, approach to their subjects. Edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham, and others shared Adams's interest in photography's ability to capture nature's most intimate details, those aspects of form and texture, as realized through light and shadow, which parallel actual experience in nature—the appreciation of what is close enough to touch and smell. These elemental, personal interpretations are not offered in contrast to Adams's exalted distant views, but stand as complements—allowing for a truer understanding of the photographer's complete vision of the natural world. Trudy Wilner Stack, Curator ca. 1949 Ansel Adams Musician, teacher, scientist, advocate, conservationist—these are some of the terms that describe the most renowned photographer in American history—Ansel Adams. He grew up in San Francisco where he was born in 1902 and was introduced to the expanse of California's Yosemite Valley while on a family vacation at the age of fourteen. At this time he was also given a No. 1 Brownie Box camera. These two seemingly small events strongly influenced the course of Adams's life. Fascinated by photography and impressed with the beauty of the Sierra mountains, Adams worked with a photofinisher in commercial processing in San Francisco during the winter and returned to Yosemite every summer. For four years, beginning at age seventeen, he was the custodian of the Sierra Club's LeConte Memorial Building in Yosemite. This introduced him to an arena that became a driving force throughout the rest of his life—the preservation and conservation of wilderness a


Which vegetable is traditionally the main ingredient in a Spanish omelette?

Real Spanish omelette | BBC Good Food Real Spanish omelette Ready in about 1 hour Easy Make an omelette the Catalonian way, a classic dish made simple with only 5 ingredients. Share: New potatoes have thin, wispy skins and a crisp, waxy texture. They are young potatoes and… 1 onion , preferably white Onions are endlessly versatile and an essential ingredient in countless recipes. Native to Asia… 150ml extra-virgin olive oil The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition, packed with protein and a… Method Scrape the potatoes or leave the skins on, if you prefer. Cut them into thick slices. Chop the onion. Heat the oil in a large frying pan, add the potatoes and onion and stew gently, partially covered, for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally until the potatoes are softened. Strain the potatoes and onions through a colander into a large bowl (set the strained oil aside). Beat the eggs separately, then stir into the potatoes with the parsley and plenty of salt and pepper. Heat a little of the strained oil in a smaller pan. Tip everything into the pan and cook on a moderate heat, using a spatula to shape the omelette into a cushion. When almost set, invert on a plate and slide back into the pan and cook a few more minutes. Invert twice more, cooking the omelette briefly each time and pressing the edges to keep the cushion shape. Slide on to a plate and cool for 10 minutes before serving. Recipe from Good Food magazine, September 2003