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The first theatre in New York City to bear the name The Winter Garden Theatre had a brief but important seventeen-year history (beginning in 1850) as one of New York's premier showcases for a wide range of theatrical fare, from variety shows to extravagant productions of the works of Shakespeare. Initially known as Tripler's Hall or ...
311 pp. The Winter of Our Discontent is John Steinbeck's last novel, published in 1961. The title comes from the first two lines of William Shakespeare 's Richard III: "Now is the winter of our discontent / Made glorious summer by this sun [or son] of York". It is Steinbeck's only work to entirely take place on the East Coast of the United ...
St Crispin's Day Speech. The St Crispin's Day speech is a part of William Shakespeare 's history play Henry V, Act IV Scene iii (3) 18–67. On the eve of the Battle of Agincourt, which fell on Saint Crispin's Day, Henry V urges his men, who were vastly outnumbered by the French, to imagine the glory and immortality that will be theirs if they ...
Pete's Tavern has been around since 1864, so it's the place to be if you want some time-honored holiday cheer. The bar is known for surviving Prohibition by disguising as a flower shop and for it ...
Shakespeare in the Park in July 2021. The production is Merry Wives. Shakespeare in the Park (or Free Shakespeare in the Park) is a theatrical program that stages productions of Shakespearean plays at the Delacorte Theater, an open-air theater in New York City 's Central Park. The theater and the productions are managed by The Public Theater ...
The 2022 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, a Norway spruce, has arrived in New York City after it was chopped down from its home in Queensbury, New York.
Evacuation Day on November 25 marks the day in 1783 when the British Army departed from New York City on Manhattan Island, after the end of the American Revolutionary War.In their wake, General George Washington triumphantly led the Continental Army from his headquarters north of the city across the Harlem River, and south through Manhattan to the Battery at its southern tip.
Allow these 85 holiday quotes to instill you with plenty of spirit. Whether you're celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or even just counting down the days to the New Year, the perfect quote ...