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  • 1Just Ella — Infobox Book name = Just Ella image caption = author = Margaret Peterson Haddix illustrator = cover artist = country = USA language = English genre = Romance, Speculative fiction publisher = Simon Schuster pub date = 1999 media type = Print… …

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  • 2farce — n. 1. Burlesque, caricature, travesty, parody, after piece, low comedy, ludicrous representation. 2. Mere show, ridiculous pageantry, empty parade, utter sham …

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  • 3theatre — /thee euh teuhr, theeeu /, n. theater. * * * I Building or space in which performances are given before an audience. It contains an auditorium and stage. In ancient Greece, where Western theatre began (5th century BC), theatres were constructed… …

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  • 4performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …

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  • 5Stephen Dobyns — Stephen J. Dobyns (born February 19, 1941) is an American poet and novelist born in Orange, New Jersey, and residing in Boston. [ [http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/743 Poets.org Poetry, Poems, Bios More Stephen Dobyns ] ] [… …

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  • 6Riverside Shakespeare Company — The Riverside Shakespeare Company of New York City was founded in 1977 as a professional (AEA) theatre company on the Upper West Side of New York City by W. Stuart McDowell and Gloria Skurski. On Friday, August 19, opening night of the theatre… …

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  • 7THEATER — origins post biblical period FROM 1600 TO THE 20TH CENTURY england france germany italy holland russia united states jews in the musical the jew as entertainer yiddish theater premodern performance in yiddish haskalah drama broder singers the… …

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