|
Thursday's Child (other)
Thursday's Child may refer to: Literature * ''Thursday's Child'' (Streatfeild novel) * ''Thursday's Child'' (Hartnett novel) * ''Thursday's Child'' (Forrester novel), by Helen Forrester * ''Thursday's Child'', autobiography by Eartha Kitt * Thursday's Child, a group of writers that met in El Cerrito, California, which included Marion Zimmer Bradley, Ursula le Guin, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, and Anne Rice * ''Thursday's Children'', by Rumer Godden Music * "Thursday's Child" (David Bowie song) * "Thursday's Child" (Tanita Tikaram song) * '' Minisode 2: Thursday's Child'' (Tomorrow x Together EP) Television and film * ''Thursday's Child'' (1943 film) * ''Thursday's Child'' (1983 film) * ''Thursday's Child'' (television series), 1972-1973 British television series Other * Thursday's Child (racing yacht), which took part at the BOC Challenge The Velux 5 Oceans Race was a round-the-world single-handed sailing, single-handed yacht racing, yacht race, sailed in Race stage, stages, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thursday's Child (Streatfeild Novel)
''Thursday's Child'' is a children's historical novel by Noel Streatfeild, set in turn-of-the-century England. It was first published in Great Britain by William Collins, Sons in 1970 and was followed by a sequel, ''Far to Go'', in 1976. Its most recent release was a Collins paperback in 1999. The novel was adapted for television as a six-part series broadcast 1972–1973. Title The title of the novel and its sequel are taken from the traditional rhyme "Monday's Child". Plot summary The book is about a foundling, Margaret Thursday, who was named after the day she was discovered. As she tells the orphanage children, "I'm not properly an orphan. I was found on a Thursday on the church steps, with three of everything, all of the very best quality." A confident and spirited child, she is determined to make her way in the world and become famous. Margaret soon becomes the archenemy of the cruel matron at St. Luke's, where she is sent by well-meaning people when she is ten. Things rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rumer Godden
Margaret Rumer Godden (10 December 1907 – 8 November 1998) was an English author of more than 60 fiction and non-fiction books. Nine of her works have been made into films, most notably ''Black Narcissus'' in 1947 and '' The River'' in 1951. A few of her works were co-written with her elder sister, novelist Jon Godden, including '' Two Under the Indian Sun'', a memoir of the Goddens' childhood in a region of India now part of Bangladesh. Early life Godden was born in Eastbourne, Sussex, England. She grew up with her three sisters in Narayanganj, colonial India (now in Bangladesh), where her father, a shipping company executive, worked for the Brahmaputra Steam Navigation Company. Her parents sent the girls to England for schooling, as was the custom of the time, but brought them back to Narayanganj when the First World War began. Godden returned to the United Kingdom with her sisters to continue her interrupted schooling in 1920, spending time at Moira House Sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thursday's Child (racing Yacht)
Thursday's Child may refer to: Literature * ''Thursday's Child'' (Streatfeild novel) * ''Thursday's Child'' (Hartnett novel) * ''Thursday's Child'' (Forrester novel), by Helen Forrester * ''Thursday's Child'', autobiography by Eartha Kitt * Thursday's Child, a group of writers that met in El Cerrito, California, which included Marion Zimmer Bradley, Ursula le Guin, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, and Anne Rice * ''Thursday's Children'', by Rumer Godden Music * "Thursday's Child" (David Bowie song) * "Thursday's Child" (Tanita Tikaram song) * '' Minisode 2: Thursday's Child'' (Tomorrow x Together EP) Television and film * ''Thursday's Child'' (1943 film) * ''Thursday's Child'' (1983 film) * ''Thursday's Child'' (television series), 1972-1973 British television series Other * Thursday's Child (racing yacht), which took part at the BOC Challenge See also * Monday's Child "Monday's Child" is one of many fortune-telling songs, popular as nursery rhymes for children. It is supposed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thursday's Child (television Series)
''Thursday's Child'' is a British television series adaptation of Noel Streatfeild's 1970 children's historical novel of the same name. Consisting of six episodes, the series aired on BBC One between December 27, 1972 and January 31, 1973. The series stars Claire Walker as Margaret Thursday , Gillian Bailey as Lavinia Beresford, Simon Gipps-Kent as Peter Beresford, David Tully as Horatio Beresford, Caroline Harris as Miss Snelston, Althea Parker as Matron, Kit Daniels as Jem, Maxine Kalli as Susan, Anne Pichon as Miss Jones, Jill Riddick as Clara, Cindy O'Callaghan as Winifred, Edwin Brown as Filbert, Susan Field as Ma Smith, Joy Harington as Mrs. Tanner, Anne Ridler as Lady Corkberry, Peter Williams as Lord Corkberry, Will Stampe as Captain Smith, and Arthur Blake as PC Perkins. The series was entered into the 1973 Monte-Carlo Television Festival The Monte-Carlo Television Festival is held every year in June in the Principality of Monaco at the Grimaldi Forum, under the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thursday's Child (1983 Film)
''Thursday's Child'' is a 1983 American made-for-television drama film starring Rob Lowe, Gena Rowlands and Don Murray, directed by David Lowell Rich and based on the book by Victoria Poole. Plot Sam Alden is the 17-year-old high school star player in football who seems to have it all. However, his family notices that he is often bothered with fits of coughing. Worried, his parents decide to take him to the hospital, where they are shocked to find out that he has a life-threatening heart disease. Sam has trouble dealing with his illness, but he pretends to still be a joyful teenager to not have his parents worrying even more than they already do. His health is deteriorating, though, and it is eventually revealed that he needs a heart transplant if he wants to survive. This is the beginning of a long journey, which is mentally and physically exhausting. Sam has countless operations, and tests. The search for a donor seems endless to him. Even before the final operation, Sam is f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thursday's Child (1943 Film)
''Thursday's Child'' is a 1943 British comedy-drama film directed by Rodney Ackland and starring Sally Ann Howes and Wilfrid Lawson. It was produced by John Argyle and Associated British Picture Corporation. Synopsis A young girl, Fennis Wilson (Sally Ann Howes), is cast in a film which launches her career and makes her an overnight star – the very thing her older sister desperately wants. But stardom is the furthest thing from 12-year-old Fennis' mind; she is introspective and intellectual and has other goals for her life. When the hit film falls in her lap, it creates a situation that threatens to tear the family apart, while Fennis just wants everyone to be happy – especially herself. Ronald Shiner's character (Joe) plays a decisive role Casting ''Thursday's Child'' was the first film for Howes. It was written and directed by Rodney Ackland, who was a neighbor of hers. Howes auditioned and was chosen for the part after over two hundred auditions of other girls. Cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thursday's Child
Thursday's Child may refer to: Literature * ''Thursday's Child'' (Streatfeild novel) * ''Thursday's Child'' (Hartnett novel) * ''Thursday's Child'' (Forrester novel), by Helen Forrester * ''Thursday's Child'', autobiography by Eartha Kitt * Thursday's Child, a group of writers that met in El Cerrito, California, which included Marion Zimmer Bradley, Ursula le Guin, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, and Anne Rice * ''Thursday's Children'', by Rumer Godden Music * "Thursday's Child" (David Bowie song) * "Thursday's Child" (Tanita Tikaram song) * '' Minisode 2: Thursday's Child'' (Tomorrow x Together EP) Television and film * ''Thursday's Child'' (1943 film) * ''Thursday's Child'' (1983 film) * ''Thursday's Child'' (television series), 1972-1973 British television series Other * Thursday's Child (racing yacht), which took part at the BOC Challenge The Velux 5 Oceans Race was a round-the-world single-handed sailing, single-handed yacht racing, yacht race, sailed in Race stage, stages, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thursday's Child (Tanita Tikaram Song)
"Thursday's Child" is a song by British singer-songwriter Tanita Tikaram, released in 1990 as the third and last single from her second studio album, ''The Sweet Keeper''. A remixed version of the song was made for its release as a single. Critical reception Upon its release as a single, Alex Kadis of ''Smash Hits'' stated, "As usual, it's a semi-slow number which she grumbles ferociously in her super-deep 'mature' voice and, as usual, no one knows what she's going on about. That said, it is one of the better Tanita Tikaram songs – very tuneful and melodious (except when she's singing)." Jim Whiteford of '' The Kilmarnock Standard'' praised it as a "strong new single" and continued, "Her album success may well cross over to the singles chart with this outing." Everett True of ''Melody Maker'' commented that Tikaram "sounds so middle-aged" and added that the song "isn't bad, it's just so menopausal". Robin Smith of ''Record Mirror ''Record Mirror'' was a British weekly music n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thursday's Child (David Bowie Song)
"Thursday's Child" is a song recorded by David Bowie for his twenty-second studio album '' Hours'' (1999). Written by Bowie and Reeves Gabrels, the song was released as the album's lead single on 20 September 1999, by Virgin Records. Background and composition It was the first single from ''Hours'' and preceded the album by two weeks. In a performance for ''VH1 Storytellers'', Bowie revealed that the title of the song was prompted by the memory of the autobiography of actress Eartha Kitt. The book, also called ''Thursday's Child'', used to be a favourite of his when he was 14 years old. The song, just like " Ashes to Ashes", is inspired by Danny Kaye's "Inchworm". According to Nicholas Pegg the song references Ray Charles' "That Lucky Old Sun" and John Donne's poem "The Sun Rising". According to the song's songwriter and producer Reeves Gabrels, Bowie initially wanted group TLC to sing background vocals on the song. However, he convinced Bowie not to do it, and invited hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Rice
Anne Rice (born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien; October 4, 1941 – December 11, 2021) was an American author of gothic fiction, erotic literature, and Christian literature. She was best known for her series of novels ''The Vampire Chronicles''. Books from ''The Vampire Chronicles'' were the subject of two film adaptations—''Interview with the Vampire (film), Interview with the Vampire'' (1994) and ''Queen of the Damned'' (2002). Born in New Orleans, Rice spent much of her early life in the city before moving to Texas, and later to San Francisco. She was raised in an observant Catholic Church, Catholic family but became an agnostic as a young adult. She began her professional writing career with the publication of ''Interview with the Vampire'' (1976), while living in California, and began writing sequels to the novel in the 1980s. In the mid-2000s, following a publicized return to Catholicism, Rice published the novels ''Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt'' and ''Christ the Lord: The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thursday's Child (Hartnett Novel)
''Thursday's Child'' is young adult novel by the Australian writer Sonya Hartnett, published in 2000 by Penguin Books. Set during the 1930s Great Depression in Australia, it features a young woman Harper Flute and her family, who live in poverty. It won the annual Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel. Following its publication by Walker Books in the U.K., Hartnett won the 2002 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize or Guardian Award was a literary award that annual recognised one fiction book written for children or young adults (at least age eight) and published in the United Kingdom. It was conferred upon the author ..., a once-in-a-lifetime book award judged by a panel of British children's writers. Plot summary Harper Flute is an adolescent girl living with her family in Australia during the depression. Harper Flute's little brother Tin was born on Thursday and he has far to go. Harper starts out by saying how she and Tin go o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (born September 15, 1942) is an American writer. She is known for her series of historical horror novels about the vampire Count Saint-Germain. Biography Yarbro was born in Berkeley, California. She attended Berkeley schools through high school followed by three years at San Francisco State College (now University). In November 1969 she married Donald Simpson and divorced in February 1982. She has no children. Writing for over 45 years, Yarbro has worked in a wide variety of genres, from science fiction to westerns, from young adult adventure to historical horror. She is the author of over 70 novels and numerous short stories. In addition to the Count Saint-Germain novels, she also has published numerous volumes in a popular series of channeled wisdom from the entity Michael in the Messages from Michael series. Yarbro's contribution to the horror genre has been recognised in a variety of ways: she was named a Grand Master at the World Horror Convention ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |