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... actor who headed the important troupe of the Théâtre de l'Hôtel de Bourgogne , in Paris , where he created many roles in plays by the French masters Pierre Corneille and Jean Ra- cine . LING ITALICE ET : 58 . A. D. 1611 . The son of a ...
... actor who headed the important troupe of the Théâtre de l'Hôtel de Bourgogne , in Paris , where he created many roles in plays by the French masters Pierre Corneille and Jean Ra- cine . LING ITALICE ET : 58 . A. D. 1611 . The son of a ...
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... actor , producer , dramatist , and poet , brought a revolutionary new style of natural , interpretative acting to the 18th - cen- tury English stage . Abstract of text biography . Garrick was first a wine merchant . He got to know a num ...
... actor , producer , dramatist , and poet , brought a revolutionary new style of natural , interpretative acting to the 18th - cen- tury English stage . Abstract of text biography . Garrick was first a wine merchant . He got to know a num ...
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... actor . He was knighted in 1953 for services to the theatre . Gielgud , the grandnephew of the celebrated English actress Ellen Terry , was educated at Westminster School and at the Royal Acade- my of Dramatic Art , London . After his ...
... actor . He was knighted in 1953 for services to the theatre . Gielgud , the grandnephew of the celebrated English actress Ellen Terry , was educated at Westminster School and at the Royal Acade- my of Dramatic Art , London . After his ...
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