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Holbrook, Hal

(Encyclopedia) Holbrook, Hal (Harold Rowe, Jr.), 1925-2021, American actor, b. Cleveland, Oh. (Denison Univ., BA, 1947). Holbrook was raised by his…

Group Theatre

(Encyclopedia) Group Theatre, organization formed in New York City in 1931 by Harold Clurman, Cheryl Crawford, and Lee Strasberg. Its founders, who had worked earlier with the Provincetown Players,…

Byron, George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron

(Encyclopedia) Byron, George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th BaronByron, George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baronbīˈrən [key], 1788–1824, English poet and satirist. Ranked with Shelley and Keats as one of the…

1998 MTV Video Awards

MTV Video Awards: Technical Nomineesprev | cinematography | direction | choreography | special effects | art direction | editing CINEMATOGRAPHY"Criminal"Fiona AppleHarris Svides"Push It"…

Members of Congress: New Mexico, Congress,

Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from New Mexico Member Name Birth-Death ANDERSON, Clinton Presba 1895-1975 ANDREWS, William Henry 1846-1919 BINGAMAN, Jesse Francis,…

Members of Congress: Idaho, Congress,

Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from Idaho Member Name Birth-Death AINSLIE, George 1838-1913 BENNETT, Thomas Warren 1831-1893 BORAH, William Edgar 1865-1940…

Alsop, Marin

(Encyclopedia) Alsop, MarinAlsop, Marinôlˈsəp [key], 1956–, American conductor, b. New York City. The daughter of professional musicians, she began playing the piano at two and the violin at five.…

Sussex

(Encyclopedia) Sussex, former county, SE England, since 1888 divided for administrative purposes into East Sussex and West Sussex. Lewes is the county seat of East Sussex; Chichester of West Sussex.…

DK History: Decolonization

WHEN DID WINDS OF CHANGE BLOW? APARTHEIDFIND OUT MOREAfter 1945, European nations began to give up their colonies. In some places, power was handed back to local people peacefully. White South…

Atwood, Margaret Eleanor

(Encyclopedia) Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939–, Canadian novelist and poet. Atwood is a skilled and powerful storyteller whose novels, set mainly in the near future, sometimes make use of such…