Randall's Thumb
''Randall's Thumb'' is a play by W. S. Gilbert that premièred in 1871 at the opening of Marie Litton's Royal Court Theatre in London. Its plot, based on a short story that Gilbert had published the year before, relates how the forger Randall blackmails the innocent Buckthorpe for a crime he did not commit, hence putting him "under Randall's thumb". In the play, several characters pretend to be different from their real selves, a theme to be repeated in later works by Gilbert.Ainger, p. 89 The play received mixed reviews (ranging from "brilliant" to "a very dreadful mistake") but lasted for a successful 123 performances in its original London run.Stedman, p. 86Moss, Simon"Randall's Thumb"at ''Gilbert & Sullivan: a selling exhibition of memorabilia'', c20th.com, accessed 16 November 2009 Gilbert had already written a considerable body of stories, plays, poems, criticism and other works by the time he wrote ''Randall's Thumb''. Its success led to an American production and to more ...
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Great Expectations
''Great Expectations'' is the thirteenth novel by Charles Dickens and his penultimate completed novel. It depicts the education of an orphan nicknamed Pip (Great Expectations), Pip (the book is a ''bildungsroman''; a coming-of-age story). It is Dickens' second novel, after ''David Copperfield'', to be fully narrated in the first person.''Bleak House'' alternates between a third-person narrator and a first-person narrator, Esther Summerson, but the former is predominant. The novel was first published as a serial (literature), serial in Dickens's weekly periodical ''All the Year Round'', from 1 December 1860 to August 1861. In October 1861, Chapman and Hall published the novel in three volumes. The novel is set in Kent and London in the early to mid-19th century and contains some of Dickens's most celebrated scenes, starting in a graveyard, where the young Pip is accosted by the escaped convict Abel Magwitch. ''Great Expectations'' is full of extreme imagery – poverty, prison ...
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List Of W
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union club Other uses * Angle of list, the leaning to either port or starboard of a ship * List (information), an ordered collection of pieces of information ** List (abstract data type), a method to organize data in computer science * List on Sylt, previously called List, the northernmost village in Germany, on the island of Sylt * ''List'', an alternative term for ''roll'' in flight dynamics * To ''list'' a building, etc., in the UK it means to designate it a listed building that may not be altered without permission * Lists (jousting), the barriers used to designate the tournament area where medieval knights jousted * ''The Book of Lists'', an American series of books with unusual lists See also * The List (other) * Listing (d ...
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Eleanor Bufton
Eleanor Bufton (2 June 1842 – 9 April 1893) was a Welsh actress of the Victorian era. She began acting in her teens and spent most of her career in London, playing in Shakespeare, Victorian burlesque, and a range of drama and comedy roles. Early life and work Bufton was born in Llanbister, Wales, to Mary Bufton.Joseph Knight, ‘Bufton, Eleanor (1842–1893)’, rev. J. Gilliland, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, January 200accessed 25 January 2015/ref> Her acting debut at the age of 14 was as a chambermaid in ''The Clandestine Marriage'' in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1854 she acted in ''Honour before Titles'' at the St. James's Vanette. She joined the Princess's Theatre in London, where she worked under Charles Kean. In 1856 she played Hermia in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''. Henry Morley described her work in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' as "whimsical" and described her as "fair". The next year, Bufton was in '' The Tem ...
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Maggie Brennan (actress)
Margaret Brennan (born 1980) is an American news correspondent. Margaret or Maggie Brennan may also refer to: Real people *Margaret Brennan (nun) (1831–1887), Canadian Roman Catholic nun *Margarret Brennan (Gaelic football), see Ladies' Gaelic football All Stars Awards * Maggie Brennan (actress) in ''Randall's Thumb'' *Maggie Brennan, WCBE radio host Fictional characters *Margaret Brennan, character in '' The Marriage of Bette and Boo'' created by Victoria Clark *Maggie Brennan, character in ''Creatures of Impulse'' *Margaret "Maggie" Brennan, character in Death (DC Comics) Death of the Endless is a fictional anthropomorphic personification who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. She first appeared in ''The Sandman (comic book), The Sandman'' vol. 2, #8 (August 1989), and was created by Neil Gaim ...

Kate Bishop (actress)
Kate Alice Bishop (1848 – 12 June 1923) was an English actress from Bristol, a member of a theatrical family. Her brother and daughter were also successful actors. Her greatest success was in ''Our Boys'', which ran for more than four years in London. She temporarily retired from the theatre in the late nineteenth century, and returned to play character roles in the early years of the twentieth century. Biography Bishop was born into a theatrical family, the daughter of Charles Bishop. She began acting as a child in Bristol in 1863.''The Times obituary notice'', 13 June 1923, p. 14 Her brother Alfred also successfully entered the theatrical profession. Their grandfather, James Would, shared with William Macready at one time the management of the historic theatre at Bath. Career As a young girl Bishop was a member of Mr J. H. Chute's Bristol company, which included Madge Kendal, Henrietta Hodson and Ellen Terry. In 1868, Bishop appeared with Edward Askew Sothern in a revival ...
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Hermann Vezin
Hermann Vezin (March 2, 1829 – June 12, 1910) was an American actor, teacher of elocution and writer. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and educated at the University of Pennsylvania. Life and work Vezin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Charles Henri/Carl Heinrich Vezin (1782–1853), a German merchant of French heritage, and his wife Emilie, née Kalinsky (1804–1858). His great-great-grandfather Pierre (de) Vezin (1654-1727) was married on the 14th August 1689 in the St. Clement's Basilica in Hanover to the seventeenth-century French actress Marie Charlotte Pâtissier de Châteauneuf (1672-1729). Rouget de Lisle, the composer of the French national anthem, "La Marseillaise," was one of his distant cousins. After studying law for several years, Vezin graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with an A.B. in 1847 and later a master's degree in 1850. Despite resistance from his family, Vezin was determined to work as an actor and departed Ameri ...
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Edward Righton (actor)
Thomas Edward Corrie Burns Righton (1838 – January 1899), known as Edward Righton, was an English actor. Righton began his career in Liverpool in 1850. Among many other London roles, Righton played the role of Verges in ''Much Ado About Nothing'' and Mr. Furnivail in ''Two Roses''. He created the role of Lutin in ''The Happy Land'', a musical burlesque written in 1872 by W. S. Gilbert. He also created the role of Boomblehardt in Gilbert's ''Creatures of Impulse ''Creatures of Impulse'' is a stage play by the English dramatist W. S. Gilbert, with music by the composer-conductor Alberto Randegger, which Gilbert adapted from his own short story. Both the play and the short story concern an unwanted and ...''. In 1876, he appeared in ''The Great Divorce Case'', a comedy, opposite Charles Wyndham. In ''The Dead Heart'', he played the comic barber, and in John O'Keeffe's comedy ''Wild Oats'', he filled the role of an old sea dog.
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Edward Righton
Edward Righton may refer to: *Edward Righton senior (1884–1964), English cricketer *Edward Righton junior (1912–1986), English cricketer, son of the above *Edward Righton (actor) Thomas Edward Corrie Burns Righton (1838 – January 1899), known as Edward Righton, was an English actor. Righton began his career in Liverpool in 1850. Among many other London roles, Righton played the role of Verges in ''Much Ado About Noth ...

New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national "newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the p ...
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Wallack's Theatre
Three New York City playhouses named Wallack's Theatre played an important part in the history of American theater, as the successive homes of the stock company managed by actors James W. Wallack and his son, Lester Wallack. During its 35-year lifetime, from 1852 to 1887, that company developed and held a reputation as the best theater company in the country. Each theater operated under other names and managers after (and in one case before) the Wallack company's tenure. All three are demolished. 485 Broadway James W. Wallack and Lester Wallack, father and son, were 19th century actors and theater managers; that is, entrepreneurs whose business was a theatrical stock company, a troupe of actors and support personnel presenting a variety of plays in one theater. Actor-managers, such as the Wallacks, were members of their own company. Often, a manager leased a theater from its owner, and since the building was deemed an important part of the playgoer's experience, typica ...
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The Happy Land
''The Happy Land'' is a play with music written in 1873 by W. S. Gilbert (under the pseudonym F. Latour Tomline) and Gilbert Arthur à Beckett. The musical play burlesques Gilbert's earlier play, ''The Wicked World''. The blank verse piece opened at the Royal Court Theatre on 3 March 1873 and enjoyed a highly successful run, soon touring, and then being immediately revived at the same theatre in the autumn of 1873.Joseph S Meisel (1999), The Importance of Being Serious: The Unexplored Connection between Gladstone and Humour', History 84 (274), p. 278–300. Rees, Terence. "''The Happy Land'': its true and remarkable history" in ''W. S. Gilbert Society Journal'' vol. 1, no. 8 (1994), pp. 228–37 The play created a scandal by breaking regulations against the portrayal of public characters, parodying William Ewart Gladstone, Robert Lowe, and Acton Smee Ayrton, respectively the Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and First Commissioner of Works. Three characters were made ...
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