Wigfall

	Wigfall Wigfall is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Clare Wigfall (born 1976), British writer * James Wigfall (1942–1978), African-American stage actor * Louis Wigfall (1816–1874), American politician See also * Wigfield (surname) {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Louis Wigfall Louis Trezevant Wigfall (April 21, 1816 – February 18, 1874) was an American politician who served as a Confederate States Senator from Texas from 1862 to 1865. He was among a group of leading secessionists known as Fire-Eaters, advocating the preservation and expansion of an aristocratic agricultural society based on slave labor. He briefly served as a Confederate Brigadier General of the Texas Brigade at the outset of the American Civil War before taking his seat in the Confederate Senate. Wigfall's reputation for oratory and hard-drinking, along with a combative nature and high-minded sense of personal honor, made him one of the more imposing political figures of his time. He was also a slave owner. Early life and career Youth Wigfall was born on a plantation near Edgefield, South Carolina, to Levi Durant and Eliza Thomson Wigfall. His father, who died in 1818, was a successful Charleston merchant before moving to Edgefield. His mother was of the French Huguenot Trez ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	James Wigfall James Wigfall (1942–1978) was an African-American theater artist best known for his early contributions to La MaMa ETC and his role as the Cowardly Lion in the Broadway theatre, Broadway musical ''The Wiz''. Career Wigfall appeared in several of the earliest productions staged at La MaMa—including in two separate productions of ''The Maids'' (1964 and 1972) and Tom Eyen's ''Three Drag Queens from Daytona'' in 1973. He explained his reason for wanting to reprise ''The Maids'' in 1972 to a reporter from the ''New York Daily News'' as being related to "the political aspects of the play." He believed ''The Maids'' was "about love and hate and self-hate". He later appeared on Broadway in several roles, including as The Cop/The Bishop in Julian Barry's ''Lenny'' at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre (1971–1972), and as the Cowardly Lion alongside Stephanie Mills in ''The Wiz'' at the Majestic Theatre (Broadway), Majestic Theatre and Broadway Theatre (53rd Street), Broadway Theatre ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Clare Wigfall Clare Wigfall (born 1976 in Greenwich, London) is a British writer who currently divides her time between Prague and Berlin. Her debut collection of short stories ''The Loudest Sound and Nothing'' was published by Faber and Faber in 2007 to critical acclaim. Biography Wigfall grew up in Berkeley, California, before moving back to London, and she began writing at an early age. She was educated at James Allen's Girls' School, and after an early role as assistant and editor to the late President of Mensa, she graduated from the University of Manchester in 1998. She received an MA in creative writing from the University of East Anglia. At age 21, Faber and Faber offered her a book contract, based on reading a single story she had written. She worked on her debut collection for almost a decade. Wigfall has claimed that music was a large influence on her writing of the debut collection. She mentions such various influences as the Dirty Three, John Fahey, Jolie Holland, Bonnie "Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]