Samson and
Delilah are Biblical
figures.
Samson and Delilah may also refer to:
In music
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''Samson and Delilah'' (opera), an opera by Camille Saint-Saëns
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''Samson & Delilah'' (album), released in 2013 by V V Brown
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"Samson and Delilah" (traditional song), a song most famously played by the Grateful Dead
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Samson and Delilah (Middle of the Road song)
"Samson and Delilah" is a song by Scottish band Middle of the Road, released as a single in January 1972. It peaked at number 26 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's final charting single there.
Release
"Samson and Delilah" was first ...
Films
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''Samson and Delilah'' (1922 film)
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''Samson and Delilah'' (1949 film)
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''Samson and Delilah'' (1984 film)
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''Samson and Delilah'' (1985 film), nominated for the 1984
BAFTA Award for Best Short Film
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''Samson and Delilah'' (1996 film)
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''Samson and Delilah'' (2009 film)
Art
* There have been many depictions in art,
some listed here
* The subject is one of those commonly found in the
Power of women trope in art and literature
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''Samson and Delilah'' (painting), a painting by Peter Paul Rubens
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Samson and Delilah (van Dyck, London)
''Samson and Delilah'' is a 1620 painting by Anthony van Dyck.It was heavily inspired by his tutor Rubens's version of the same subject and for a long time was attributed to Rubens. Van Dyck inverted the composition and showed Delilah in white ...
, a painting by Anthony van Dyck
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Samson and Delilah (van Dyck, Vienna)
''Samson and Delilah'' is a 1630 painting by Anthony van Dyck. Like his 1620 version of the subject, it is in the style of his former master Peter Paul Rubens. Unlike Rubens, however, van Dyck shows Delilah seemingly appalled at her own betrayal ...
, a painting by Anthony van Dyck
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Samson and Delilah (Guercino)
''Samson and Delilah'' is a 1654 painting by the Italian Baroque painter Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (il Guercino). It is on display in the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Strasbourg, France. Its inventory number is 316.
This work (and its pendant ''L ...
, a painting by Guercino
Other uses
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''Samson and Delilah'' (play), a 1911 play by
Johannes Linnankoski
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"Samson and Delilah" (''Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles''), an episode of the TV series ''Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles''
* Samson and Delilah, the club mascots of the
Sunderland A.F.C. English football club
*"Samson and Delilah" is a short story by D. H. Lawrence in his short story collection ''
England, My England and Other Stories
''England, My England'' is a collection of short stories by D. H. Lawrence. Individual items were originally written between 1913 and 1921, many of them against the background of World War I. Most of these versions were placed in magazines or pe ...
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See also
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Sansão e Dalila
''Sansão e Dalila'' (English: ''Samson and Delilah'') is a Brazilian miniseries produced and broadcast by RecordTV. It premiered on January 4, 2011 and ended on February 2, 2011. The series is based on the Book of Judges.
Plot
Sansão is a br ...
, a 2011 Brazilian miniseries
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Simpson and Delilah
"Simpson and Delilah" is the second episode of the second season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 18, 1990. In the episode, Homer uses the Springfie ...
", a 1990 episode of the TV series ''The Simpsons''
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Sam and Delilah
"Sam and Delilah" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin. It was introduced by Ethel Merman in the 1930 musical ''Girl Crazy''. The song is an interpretation of the biblical story of Samson and Delilah in the Book of Ju ...
", a song by George and Ira Gershwin
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