DRINKWATER, JOHN

1882–1937, English author. A founder of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, he was associated with it as actor, director, and general manager for many years. He is best known for his chronicle plays, including Abraham Lincoln (1918), Mary Stuart (1921), and Robert E. Lee (1923). Bird in Hand, a highly successful comedy, was produced in 1927. His other works include biographical studies, a novel, and several collections of poems.

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John Craige's Mathematical Principles of Christian Theology
Book by Richard Nash, John Craig; Southern Illinois University Press, 1991
Subjects: Craig, John--d. 1731--Theologiae Christianae principia mathematica--English, Eschatology--History of doctrines--18th century, Probabilities, Religion and science--History--18th century, Theology--Methodology--History--18th century
...Pascal, but from John Lockes restatement...Lubbock and Drinkwater in the nineteenth...FIRST PUBLISHED JOHN Craiges Theologiae...of Lubbock and Drinkwater in the nineteenth...by Lubbock and Drinkwater of a mentally unbalanced...the day. 2 John Craiges Life...
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John Singleton Copley: American Portraits in Oil, Pastel, and Miniature
Book by Barbara Neville Parker; Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1938
Subjects: Copley, John Singleton--1738-1815, Portraits, American, United States--Biography
...Miss ETHEL AMORY JOHN SINGLETON AMORY...ARTHUR AND WILLIAM DRINKWATER ALLAN FORBES...METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART JOHN HILL MORGAN FREDERICK...England 86. MRS. JOHN WINTHROP HANNAH FAYERWEATHER...by Arthurand William Drinkwater, Cambridge, Massachusetts...
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John Maynard Keynes and International Relations: Economic Paths to War and Peace
Book by Donald Markwell; Oxford University Press, 2006
Subjects: Economic History--1918-1945, International Economic Relations, Keynes, John Maynard--1883-1946, Keynes, John Maynard--1883-1946--Economic Consequences Of The Peace, Keynesian Economics, Treaty Of Versailles--(1919), World War, 1914-1918--Economic Aspects
...Aldershot, 1999); see also, e.g. D. Drinkwater, Sir Harold Nicolson and International...throughout the nineteenth century.82 John Stuart Mills Principles of Political Economy...109-11, 251, 351. 1 . from his father, John Neville Keynes.101 Thus he wrote, after...
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John Irving: A Critical Companion
Book by Josie P. Campbell; Greenwood Press, 1998
Subjects: Fiction, Irving, John--1942---Criticism And Interpretation
JOHN IRVING John Irving. Photograph Cook Neilson. JOHN IRVING A Critical Companion Josie P. Campbell CRITICAL COMPANIONS TO POPULAR CONTEMPORARY WRITERS Kathleen Gregory Klein, Series Editor Greenwood Press Westport, Connecticut...
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The Quest of the Historical Gospel: Mark, John, and the Origins of the Gospel Genre
Book by Lawrence M. Wills; Routledge, 1997
...OF THE HISTORICAL GOSPEL The question of John and the synoptics should evoke a consideration...QUEST OF THE HISTORICAL GOSPEL Mark, John, and the origins of the gospel genre...The quest of the historical gospel: Mark, John, and the origins of the gospel genre...
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The British Armed Forces and the Hindu Perspective
Journal article by Asifa Hussain; Journal of Political and Military Sociology, Vol. 30, 2002
Subjects: Armed forces, Citizens, England, Hinduism, Perceptions
...made by the 7% who said the Forces should "promote non-combat roles in the Forces". This concurs with a point stressed by Dr. John Reid, who as Minister for the Armed Forces in 1997 wrote: "We need to place more emphasis on high-lighting aspects of the Forces...
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Ignoring Jim Crow: The Turbulent Appointment of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island Lifesavers
Journal article by David Wright, David Zoby; The Journal of Negro History, Vol. 80, 1995
Subjects: African Americans--Social aspects, Etheridge, Richard--Conduct of life, Lifeguards--Social aspects, Outer Banks--Social aspects, Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.--Technique
...the next season. John J. Guthrie, the...to Keeper Edward Drinkwater of the station at...duty of lifesavers. Drinkwater responded to the...Ottavia, Keeper John G. Gale of the Jones...Banks, 170. 8 John J. Guthrie, District...Superintendent, to Edward Drinkwater, Keeper, Bodie Island...
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Ethnic Business Development: Toward a Theoretical Synthesis and Policy Framework
Journal article by Gamal Ibrahim, Vaughan Galt; Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. 37, 2003
...Meyer 1996; Clark and Drinkwater 2000). Well-known examples...175-186. Aldrich, Howard, John Cater, Trevor Jones...Kenneth, and Stephen Drinkwater. "Pushed Out or Pulled...313-36. Commons, John R. Institutional Economics...Small Firms, edited by John Atkinson and David Storey...
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Communal Tenure in Zimbabwe: Divergent Models of Collective Land Holding in the Communal Areas
Journal article by Michael O'Flaherty; Africa, Vol. 68, 1998
Subjects: Collective farms--Zimbabwe, Collective settlements--Zimbabwe, Imperialism--History, Land tenure--History, Zimbabwe--History
...Lancaster, Harare: University of Zimbabwe, 13-15 February 1990. Drinkwater, Michael. 1989. `Technical development and peasant impoverishment...354-85. Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin. Rennie, John Keith. 1973. `Christianity, Colonialism and the Origins of...
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THE POLITICS OF LAND ACQUISITION AND STRUGGLES OVER LAND IN THE 'COMMUNAL' AREAS OF ZIMBABWE: THE GOKWE REGION IN THE 1980s AND 1990s
Journal article by Pius Shungudzapera Nyambara; Africa, Vol. 71, 2001
Subjects: Agricultural policy--Analysis, Farm life--Analysis
...and rules and engage in what John W. Bruce calls `land grabbing...Year Plan was only 144,000 (Drinkwater, 1991: 325). Unemployment rates...Studies 32 (1), 81-110. Bruce, John. 1988. `A perspective on indigenous...Oxford: University of Oxford. Drinkwater, Michael. 1989. `Technical...
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The Fantasy Man: The Strange Brilliance of John Crowley
Magazine article by Suzanne Keen; Commonweal, Vol. 133, August 11, 2006
Subjects: Authors--Evaluation, Authors--Works, Crowley, John--Evaluation, Crowley, John--Works, Writers--Evaluation, Writers--Works
...I bought a paperback copy of John Crowleys Little, Big in an English...the characters--Daily Alice Drinkwater, Smoky Barnable, and the oracular...though: no one had heard of John Crowleys gem, not even the wonky...including Renaissance mage John Dee, Giordano Bruno, and Friedrich...
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Onstage November 08
Magazine article; American Theatre, Vol. 25, November 2008
Subjects: Broadway theater--Calendars, Drama--Calendars, Plays--Calendars
...Lincoln, adapt: Robert Brock from John Drinkwater. Thru Nov 1. Cash on Delivery, Michael...Wilson. Jan 15-Mar 22. Defiance, John Patrick Shanley. Nov 6-Dec 31. Meadow...9. A Servants Christmas, lyrics: John Fenn (also book), Drew Jansen (also...
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Robert Frost: A Life
Magazine article by Richard Whittington-Egan; Contemporary Review, Vol. 274, February 1999
Subjects: Books--Reviews
...of native singing birds, the Dymock Poets - Lascelles Abercrombie, Wilfrid Gibson, Edward Thomas, Rupert Brooke, John Drinkwater, and one visiting American migrant songbird, Robert Frost. It is with this alien songster who went on to become the...
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The English Years of Robert Frost
Magazine article by Linda Hart; Contemporary Review, Vol. 290, Summer 2008
Subjects: Frost, Robert--Biography, Poets--Biography
...Rupert Brooke, Wilfrid Gibson, John Drinkwater) decided to produce an anthology...poets. The poet and playwright John Drinkwater (best known for his chronicle...his English years. References John Walsh, Into My Own: The English...
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The Georgian Poets in Dymock
Magazine article by Richard Whittington-Egan; Contemporary Review, Vol. 278, March 2001
Subjects: Abercrombie, Lascelles--Conduct of life, Authors, English--History, Dymock, England--History, Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson--Conduct of life, Poets--Conduct of life
...Poets. They include Edward Thomas, Rupert Brooke, John Drinkwater, Eleanour Farjeon, and W. H. Davies. Edward Thomas...Regular visitors to Dymock included Rupert Brooke and John Drinkwater, who were associated with Abercrombie and Gibson in...
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Madagascar's Flying Circus; ... Starring the Amazing John Cleese Woolly Lemur; Carol Drinkwater Is Overawed by the Amazing and Unique Wildlife in the Land That Time Forgot; A Man Came Speeding through the Forest ... He'd Spotted the World's Largest Chameleon
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), June 14, 2009
Subjects: Airlines, Kenya Airways, Lemurs
...Starring the Amazing John Cleese Woolly Lemur; Carol Drinkwater Is Overawed by...Byline: Carol Drinkwater IT WAS early...there exists a John Cleese Woolly...Tree, by Carol Drinkwater, is out now in...lemur named after John Cleese, who has...
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Madagascar's Flying Circus; ... Starring the Amazing John Cleese Woolly Lemur; Writer Carol Drinkwater Is Overawed by the Incredible Menagerie of Wildlife in the Land That Time Forgot
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), June 21, 2009
Subjects: Airlines, Kenya Airways, Lemurs
...Starring the Amazing John Cleese Woolly Lemur; Writer Carol Drinkwater Is Overawed by the...Byline: Carol Drinkwater It was early morning...that there exists a John Cleese Woolly Lemur...Olive Tree, by Carol Drinkwater, is out now in Phoenix...
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THE REAL WAKING THE DEAD; Tragic Victim: Twelve-Year-Old Muriel Drinkwater
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 8, 2008
Subjects: Murder, Uniforms
...her daughter so close to home, Margaret Drinkwater initially thought Muriel must have gone...and all through that night, her father John, a smallholder and forestry worker, searched...with South Wales Police, the name Muriel Drinkwater needed no explanation for Chief Inspector...
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My Zeppelin Letdown; ACTRESS CAROL DRINKWATER ON A DISASTROUS ROCK STAR DATE AND MARRYING ONA SOUTH SEA ISLAND/FEMAIL DRESSED TO KILL
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 8, 1996
...figure Hal Prince and announced: `This is Carol Drinkwater. Utterly flustered, I looked at Hal Prince and...taxi pretty fast. * YOUR FIRST PROPER DATE? John Baldwin, otherwise known as John Paul Jones, the guitarist with Led Zeppelin...
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Wild Horses Do Drag Me to the Camargue; Carol Drinkwater Is Captivated by the Untamed Beauty - and Unique Wildlife - of France's Forgotten Delta
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), April 24, 2005
...two saints: Mary Salome, mother of the apostles, James and John, and Mary Jacob, the sister of the Virgin Mother of Christ...world away from the fast lane. The Olive Harvest by Carol Drinkwater is published in paperback by Orion on May 19. Price pounds...
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encyclopedia articles on: Drinkwater John  - 1 result

 
 
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Drinkwater, John
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DRINKWATER, JOHN 1882 1937, English author. A founder of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, he was associated with it as actor, director, and...


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