41) Bejart. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...French family of actors associated with Moliere, who joined their amateur company, Les Enfants de Famille. Their professional debut in Paris (1643) was as the Illustre-Theatre;...
42) Bentley, Eric. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...American critic, editor, and translator, b. Bolton, England, grad. Oxford, 1938, Ph.D. Yale, 1941. A highly regarded and rigorously intellectual critic, particularly...
43) Artaud, Antonin. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...French poet, actor, and director. During the 1920s and 30s he was associated with various experimental theater groups in Paris, and he cofounded the Theatre Alfred...
44) Clurman, Harold. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...American director, manager, critic, and author, b. New York City. In his early years he acted in minor roles, becoming associated with New York's Group Theatre as...
45) Brustein, Robert Sanford. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Robert Sanford, 1927-, American educator and drama critic, b. New York City. As dean of the Yale Univ. Drama School (1966-78), he made it one of the major American...
46) Cibber, Colley. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...English dramatist and actor-manager. Joining the company at the Theatre Royal in 1690, Cibber became successful as a comedian, playing the fops of Restoration comedy....
47) Gwyn, Nell. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Eleanor Gwyn), 1650-87, English actress. Once an orange-seller at the Theatre Royal, she became a member of Killigrew's company, making her debut there in 1665. Her...
48) Craig, Edward Gordon. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Edward Gordon, 1872-1966, English scene designer, producer, and actor. The son of Ellen Terry, Gordon Craig began acting with Henry Irving's Lyceum company (1885-97)....
49) Houbraken, Arnold. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Dutch painter, etcher, and author of The Great Theatre of Dutch Painters (3 vol., 1718-21), containing important biographies. His son Jacobus Houbraken, 1698-1780,...
50) Jouvet, Louis. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...French actor, producer, and director. A member of Copeau's Theatre du Vieux Colombier after 1913, he left in 1922 to organize his own theater. He was director of...
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