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51Red Barn Murder — For other uses, see Red Barn (disambiguation). Murder in the Red Barn redirects here. For the 1935 film, see Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn. Maria Marten redirects here. For films and plays of the same name Maria Marten… …
52performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …
53soap opera — /op euhr euh, op reuh/ a radio or television series depicting the interconnected lives of many characters often in a sentimental, melodramatic way. [1935 40, Amer.; so called because soap manufacturers were among the original sponsors of such… …
54painting, Western — ▪ art Introduction history of Western painting from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the present. Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment (but see also drawing for discussion of depictions in …
55Cousin Bette — La Cousine Bette   …
56comedy — Aristotle s articulation of the distinct genres of tragedy and comedy in Ars Poetica was largely ignored in the long evolution of comedy on the American stage. Occasional productions ranging from classical Greek and Roman comedies to those of… …
57histrionic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. theatrical; affected, exaggerated, dramatic. See drama, affectation. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. dramatic, melodramatic, artificial, theatrical; see affected 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus)… …
58melodramatical — adjective see melodramatic * * * melodramatical, a. rare. (mɛləʊdrəˈmætɪkəl) [f. melodramatic a. + al1.] = melodramatic. in Century Dict …
59dra|mat|ic — «druh MAT ihk», adjective. 1. of drama; having to do with plays: »a dramatic actor, a dramatic success. The players are all accomplished…but the total effect they give is that of performing a rather difficult exercise at an advanced school of… …
60SMOLENSKIN, PEREZ — (1840 or 1842–1885), Hebrew novelist, editor, and publicist. A leading exponent of the haskalah in Eastern Europe and an early advocate of Jewish nationalism, Smolenskin is best known for the important Hebrew monthly Ha Shaḥar which he founded in …
