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I have an original oil painting by Edith Le Breton called; "A Christmas Market." I believe the place is Altrincham. On the back of the canvas is a poem, written and signed by the above artist. Does...
A long time ago in the 70s I think I read a paperback novel about the story of a young man in America who joined the US Navy. The story is about his life and loves while serving. The front cover pic...
I am trying to identify a print which has been on my folks' wall since the 1960s. It is of a woman's face rising from a lake by moonlight. .It's predominantly dark blue and black and, I would say,...
There's the Pulitzer Prize for novelists, the Turner Prize for artists. Is there a single most important award/prize for playwrights? (ie: those who write the plays... NOT for the performance of a...
ive read a question stating how theatre censorship was re introduced in the 17 hundreds but i was wondering if anybody can tell me when censorship first came into existence?
does anyone know where i can find information on the debate about the author of Teleny (or The Reverse of the Medal)? I know it is often attributed to Wilde, but who were the other possibilities?
What is the operatic song that one of the Italian gangsters is singing during the scene in which said gangster and his associates are taking Tom into the woods to find the body of Mink, who he was...