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Perdita Polygonellae
Perdita (Italian for "loss", from Latin for "lost woman"), may refer to: People * Perdita (given name), the history and usage of the name * Perdita Barran, English chemist * Perdita Buchan (born 1940), Anglo-American author * Perdita Felicien (born 1980), Canadian track athlete * Perdita Huston (1936–2001), American women's rights activist * Perdita Stevens (born 1966), British mathematician and computer scientist *Perdita Weeks (born 1985), British actress Science * ''Perdita'', a genus of North American native bees *Perdita (moon), a minor satellite of the planet Uranus Fiction * Perdita (''The Winter's Tale''), the heroine of Shakespeare's play ''The Winter's Tale'' *Perdita Boyte, a character from the 1936 novel '' And Berry Came Too'' by Dornford Yates * Perdita Hyde-Sinclair, a character from the British soap opera ''Emmerdale'' *Perdita Nitt, aka Agnes Nitt, a character in the ''Witches'' subset of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series *Perdita Willoughby-Lloyd, a minor ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perdita (given Name)
Perdita is a feminine given name derived from ''perditus'', meaning '' lost''. It was used by William Shakespeare for an abandoned princess, the heroine of his 1610 play ''The Winter's Tale'', and for a canine heroine of Dodie Smith's 1956 book ''The Hundred and One Dalmatians'' and the Walt Disney Pictures 1961 film adaptation of the book, ''One Hundred and One Dalmatians''. Women * Perdita Barran, English chemist * Perdita Buchan (born 1940), Anglo-American author * Perdita Felicien (born 1980), Canadian track athlete * Perdita Huston (1936–2001), American women's rights activist * Perdita Stevens (born 1966), British mathematician and computer scientist *Perdita Weeks (born 1985), British actress Fiction * Perdita (''The Winter's Tale''), the heroine of Shakespeare's play ''The Winter's Tale'' *Perdita Boyte, a character from the 1936 novel '' And Berry Came Too'' by Dornford Yates *Perdita Halley Reisden, a character in Sarah Smith's historical mystery series''The Vanished Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
And Berry Came Too
''And Berry Came Too'' is a 1936 collection of comic short stories by the English author Dornford Yates (Cecil William Mercer), featuring his recurring 'Berry' characters. Plot The book consists of eight short stories, mostly set in Hampshire. According to an introductory note by the author, the action of the book may be presumed to have taken place during the summer between the events of chapters 1 and 2 of '' Berry and Co.'', ie some 16 years earlier. In addition to the regular "Berry & Co" characters this book also features the family's two-year-old Alsatian "The Knave", and a visiting American, Perdita Boyte. Background All of the stories in ''And Berry Came Too'' had originally appeared in ''The Windsor Magazine'' between May and December 1935. They were written while Mercer was settled at Pau with his second wife, Elizabeth (whom he thought of as 'Jill', and to whom the book was dedicated). Chapters Four of the stories were serialised in ''Woman's Home Compan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
101 Dalmatians (other)
101 Dalmatians may refer to: * ''The Hundred and One Dalmatians'', a 1956 novel written by Dodie Smith * 101 Dalmatians (franchise), a Disney film franchise based on the novel ** ''One Hundred and One Dalmatians'', a 1961 animated film based on the novel ** ''101 Dalmatians'' (1996 film), a live-action remake of the 1961 film ** '' 101 Dalmatians: Escape from DeVil Manor'', a 1997 video game based on the 1996 film ** '' 101 Dalmatians: The Series'', a Disney television series that aired from 1997 to 1998 ** '' 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure'', a 2003 direct-to-video sequel to the 1961 film ** ''101 Dalmatian Street'', a 2019 television series that focuses on the descendants of Pongo and Perdita * ''The 101 Dalmatians Musical'', a 2009 stage musical written by Dennis DeYoung and B.T. McNicholl * ''101 Dalmatians'' (2022 musical), a 2022 stage musical by Zinnie Harris and Douglas Hodge See also * ''102 Dalmatians ''102 Dalmatians'' is a 2000 American crime comedy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hundred And One Dalmatians
''The Hundred and One Dalmatians'' is a 1956 children's novel by Dodie Smith about the kidnapping of a family of Dalmatian puppies. It was originally serialized in ''Woman's Day'' as ''The Great Dog Robbery'', and details the adventures of two dalmatians named Pongo and Missis as they rescue their puppies from a fur farm. A 1967 sequel, '' The Starlight Barking'', continues from the end of the novel. Plot Dalmatians Pongo and Missis live with the newly married Mr. and Mrs. Dearly and their two nannies, Nanny Cook and Nanny Butler. Mr. Dearly is a "financial wizard" who has been granted lifelong tax exemption and lent a house on the Outer Circle in Regent's Park in return for wiping out the government debt. The dogs consider the humans their pets but allow them to think that they are the owners. One day, while walking Pongo and Missis, Mr. and Mrs. Dearly have a chance meeting with an old schoolmate of Mrs. Dearly, Cruella de Vil, a wealthy woman so fixated on fur clothing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Justice (TV Series)
''Young Justice'' is an American superhero animated television series developed by Brandon Vietti and Greg Weisman for Cartoon Network and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television. The show, instead of a direct adaptation of Peter David, Todd Dezago and Todd Nauck's '' Young Justice'' comic series (despite the title), is an original story with a focus on teenage and young adult superheroes. The series follows the lives of teenage superheroes and sidekicks, namely Robin, Kid Flash, Aqualad, Superboy, Miss Martian, and Artemis, who are members of a fictional covert operation group. Within the show, "the Team" is a group of young heroes attached to the famous adult team, the Justice League, but operating outside of the bureaucracy that constrains the more established superhero team. The main setting is a fictional universe apart from the DC Animated Universe and other continuities, designated at one point as Earth-16 in the DC Comics multiverse. It is set in a ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Haunting Of Bly Manor
''The Haunting of Bly Manor'' is an American gothic romance supernatural horror drama television miniseries created by Mike Flanagan, and released on Netflix on October 9, 2020. The second entry in Flanagan's '' The Haunting'' anthology series, it mostly acts as an adaptation of the 1898 novella ''The Turn of the Screw'' by Henry James, but also includes other elements either based on James' other works or created for the show. It features much of ''Hill House''s crew and some of the same cast, such as Victoria Pedretti, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Amelia Eve, T'Nia Miller, Rahul Kohli, Tahirah Sharif, Amelie Bea Smith, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, and Henry Thomas. Although Pedretti, Jackson-Cohen and Thomas returned from ''Hill House'' as different characters, as did Kate Siegel, Carla Gugino, and Catherine Parker in recurring roles, the two series' narratives are not connected. Following a nonlinear narrative, ''The Haunting of Bly Manor'' follows the events occurring in the epon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witches (Discworld)
A major subset of the ''Discworld'' novels of Terry Pratchett involves the witches of Lancre. Appearing alone in 1987's ''Equal Rites'', 'crone' Esme Weatherwax is joined in ''Wyrd Sisters'' by 'mother' Nanny Ogg and 'maiden' Magrat Garlick, and together can be seen as a spoof on the Three Witches in Shakespeare's ''Macbeth'', and a tongue-in-cheek reinterpretation of the Neopagans' Triple Goddess. Granny Weatherwax "especially tends to give voice to the major themes of Pratchett's work." Overview Witch magic is very different from the wizard magic taught in the Unseen University, and consists largely of finding clever and efficient ways to achieve the right results, often without using magic at all to do so. In contrast to wizard magic, witch magic relies more on common sense, hard work, and a peculiar brand of psychology known as ''headology'', most commonly employed by Granny Weatherwax, and more commonly used on people. Witch magic is less energy-intensive than wizard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perdita Hyde-Sinclair
Perdita Hyde-Sinclair is a fictional character from the British soap opera ''Emmerdale'', played by Georgia Slowe. Slowe joined the main cast alongside Christopher Villiers as Perdy's husband Grayson Sinclair. She made her first appearance in the lead up to the wedding between Sadie King (Patsy Kensit) and Grayson's brother Alasdair Sinclair (Ray Coulthard), which was broadcast on 1 March 2006. Perdy received immediate comparisons to Sadie, and an ''Inside Soap'' columnist pointed out that just like her, Perdy also "loves money, men and getting her way." Slowe bemoaned her and Villiers' slow introduction to the show, saying they had nothing to do for the first six months as producers let viewers get used to their characters. Perdy is characterised as the stuck-up, stoic, obeying wife of Grayson. She has a "gutsy get-up-and-go attitude", as well as "a taste for the finer things". On the surface, it appears Perdy and Grayson are a perfect match, but Grayson is secretly bisexual and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |