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Porgy
Porgy may refer to: * ''Porgy'' (novel), a 1925 novel by DuBose Heyward * ''Porgy'' (play), a 1927 play by Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward, based upon his 1925 novel * Porgy (fish), a common name for fishes in the family Sparidae * Porgy Key, a small island in the Florida Keys * ''Porgy'' (album) See also * Porgy and Bess (other) * Georgy Porgy (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porgy (novel)
''Porgy'' is a novel written by the American author DuBose Heyward and published by the George H. Doran Company in 1925. The novel tells the story of Porgy, a disabled street beggar living in the black tenements of Charleston, South Carolina, in the 1920s. The character was based on Charlestonian Samuel Smalls. ''Charleston Mag'', May 2014. In some of the novel's passages, black characters speak in Gullah, a that had developed among enslaved African Americans during the slavery years on the Sea Islands [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porgy (play)
''Porgy: A Play in Four Acts'' is a play by Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward, adapted from the short novel Porgy (novel), by DuBose Heyward. It was first produced by the Theatre Guild and presented October 10, 1927 – August 1928 at the August Wilson Theatre, Guild Theatre in New York City. Featuring a cast of African Americans at the insistence of its authors—a decision unusual for its time—the original production starred Frank H. Wilson, Frank Wilson, Evelyn Ellis, Jack Carter (stage actor), Jack Carter, and Rose McClendon. ''Porgy'' marked the Broadway directing debut of Rouben Mamoulian. The play ran a total of 55 weeks in New York, and the original cast toured the United States twice and performed for 11 consecutive weeks in London. The play tells the story of Porgy, a disabled black beggar who lives in the slums of Charleston, South Carolina. It relates his efforts to rescue Bess, the woman he loves, from Crown, her violent and possessive lover, and a drug dealer ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porgy (fish)
Sparidae is a family of ray-finned fishes belonging to the order Spariformes, the seabreams and porgies, although they were traditionally classified in the order Perciformes. The over 150 species are found in shallow and deep marine waters in temperate through tropical regions around the world. Most species are demersal carnivores. Taxonomy Sparidae was first proposed as a family in 1818 by the French polymath and naturalist Constantine Samuel Rafinesque. Traditionally the taxa within the Spariformes were classified within the Perciformes, with some authorities using the term "Sparoid lineage" for the families Centracanthidae, Nemipteridae, Lethrinidae and Sparidae. Since then the use of molecular phylogenetics in more modern classifications has meant that the Spariformes is recognised as a valid order within the Percomorpha containing six families, with Callanthidae, Sillaginidae and Lobotidae included. Other workers have found that the Centracanthidae is synonymous with Sparidae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porgy Key
Porgy Key is a small island north of the upper Florida Keys in Biscayne National Park. It is in Miami-Dade County, Florida. It is located in southern Biscayne Bay, just north of Old Rhodes Key and Totten Key, just southeast of the southern tip of Elliott Key, and in between Old Rhodes and Reid Keys. It is on the south side of Caesar Creek, the creek that separates Elliott and Old Rhodes Keys. History It was earlier known as ''Porgee Key''. Porgy Key was the home for many years of "Sir" Lancelot Jones (1898–1997), a long-time resident. Hurricane Andrew Hurricane Andrew was a compact, but very powerful and devastating tropical cyclone that struck the Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana in August 1992. It was the most destructive hurricane to ever hit Florida in terms of structures dama ... in 1992 destroyed his former residence. The Bache Coast Survey of 1861 shows ''Porgee Key''. It is also spelled ''Porgee'' in a 1920 Smithsonian Institution study of Cerion sn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porgy (album)
''Porgy'' is the second studio album by the American band When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water, released in 1991 by Shimmy Disc. It contains covers of songs from ''Porgy and Bess''. Critical reception ''Trouser Press'' called the album "a well-informed piece of work, not simply a cheap parody." ''The New York Times'' wrote that the band "specializes in satire ... When People Were Shorter isn't smug; this group's love of bad taste seemed honest and heartfelt." Track listing Personnel Adapted from ''Bobby'' liner notes. ;When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water * David Licht – drums * Robert Meetsma – guitar, banjo, fiddle, cornet, saxophone, tambourine, percussion, vocals * Kim Rancourt – vocals, flute * David Raymer – guitar, vocals * Dave Rick – bass guitar ;Additional musicians * Paul Defilipps – vocals, trombone * Frank London – trumpet * Tom Varner – French horn ;Production and additional perso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porgy And Bess (other)
''Porgy and Bess'' is an opera by George Gershwin. Porgy and Bess may also refer to: Recordings *'' Highlights from Porgy and Bess'', a 1935 recording of selections from the opera * ''Porgy and Bess'' (1950 album), a recording of selections from the opera featuring Risë Stevens and Robert Merrill * ''Porgy and Bess'' (1951 album), the first complete recording of the opera * ''Porgy and Bess'' (Glyndebourne album), the 1988 Glyndebourne Festival recording of the opera * ''Porgy and Bess'' (Harry Belafonte and Lena Horne album), 1959 * ''Porgy & Bess'' (Joe Henderson album), 1997 * ''Porgy and Bess'' (Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong album), 1957 * ''Porgy and Bess'' (Hank Jones album), released in 1959 * ''Porgy and Bess'' (Miles Davis album), released in 1959 * ''Porgy and Bess'' (Sammy Davis Jr. and Carmen McRae album), 1959 * ''Porgy & Bess'' (Mundell Lowe album), 1958 * ''Porgy & Bess'' (Buddy Collette album), 1959 * ''Porgy and Bess'' (Oscar Peterson and Joe Pass album), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
