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(Encyclopedia) Marlowe, Christopher, 1564–93, English dramatist and poet, b. Canterbury. Probably the greatest English dramatist before Shakespeare, Marlowe, a shoemaker's son, was educated at…
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(Encyclopedia) Barrymore, Anglo-American family of actors.
Lionel and Ethel's younger brother, John Barrymore,John Barrymore, 1882–1942, b. Philadelphia, tried his hand at painting and cartooning…
Rounding out the Best Actor in a Drama category are Andre Braugher of Homicide: Life on the Street and NYPD Blue's Jimmy Smits and Dennis Franz. Both Braugher and Smits have announced they will…
