Hoping to revitalize poetic drama on the English stage, John Drinkwater began his playwriting career in 1911 by writing verse plays for Barry Jackson's amateur theater group, the Pilgrim Players, in B...
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In his own mind John Drinkwater was foremost a poet, but it was through his work as dramatist, playwright, biographer, essayist, critic, editor, and lecturer that Drinkwater gained readers for his poe...
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Although best known for his work in the theater, John Drinkwater would probably have defined himself as a poet. He was also active in the field of biography, and in fact his most successful play, Abra...
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LONDON, Nov 8 (Reuters) - A British-born woman, who liked to
use the name the "Lyrical Terrorist", became the first woman to
be convicted in Britain under new security laws after being
found guilt...
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Madrid (dpa) - Spain's national anthem, the Marcha Real (Royal
March), may get official lyrics nearly 250 years after it was first
printed, sources of the Spanish Olympic Co...
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A set of lyrics proposed only last week for Spain's wordless national anthem were yanked Wednesday amid criticism that they smacked of the country's right-wing past and did not reflect its rich cul...
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Madrid (dpa) - Spain's national anthem, the Marcha Real (Royal
March), may get official lyrics nearly 250 years after it was first
printed, sources of the Spanish Olympic Co...
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Soprano Angela Gheorghiu was fired from her role as Mimi in "La Boheme" by the Lyric Opera of Chicago on Friday, the latest in a string of flare-ups that have marked her brilliant but tempestuous c...
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Madrid (dpa) - The Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) on Wednesday
withdrew its proposal for the lyrics of the country's national
anthem, one of the few in the world not to hav...
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Middle-aged and elderly Japanese fans are boosting sales of a
song called ''Sen no Kaze ni natte,'' or ''a thousand winds,'' to
mega-hit levels.
It is a Japanese song based on an English-l...
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Avril Lavigne has denied a claim by a member of a 1970s rock band that her hit "Girlfriend" rips off one of his tunes. Songwriters Tommy Dunbar and James Gangwer allege in a lawsuit filed in U.S. D...
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Jerry Hadley, the world-class tenor known for his agile and lyric voice, died Wednesday, a week after he shot himself in an apparent suicide attempt.The 55-year-old singer died two days after docto...
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Prime-Time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for July 30-Aug. 5. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An...
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The Lyric
John Drinkwater
UK woman, the "Lyrical Terrorist", found guilty
