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Who Is Sylvia '', 2000 play by Edward Albee (title derived from Shakespeare's song)
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Who Is Sylvia? may refer to: * ''Who Is Sylvia?'' (play), a 1950 comedy play by Terence Rattigan * ''Who Is Sylvia?'' (TV series) a 1967 British television sitcom * "Who is Silvia?", song from Shakespeare's play ''The Two Gentlemen of Verona'' * " Who is Silvia?", English name for Franz Schubert's 1826 German-language "An Sylvia" of Shakespeare's song See also * ''The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? 'The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?' is a full-length play written in 2000 by Edward Albee which opened on Broadway in 2002. It won the 2002 Tony Award for Best Play, the 2002 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, and was a finalist for the 2003 Puli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Who Is Sylvia? (play)
''Who Is Sylvia?'' is a 1950 comedy play by the British writer Terence Rattigan about a man obsessed with the image of a woman he met as a seventeen year old and his search for her throughout the rest of his life. The play offered a thinly veiled portrayal of Rattigan's own philandering father. Like '' Perchance to Dream'', Ivor Novello's long-running musical terminating only two years previously, Rattigan chose a line from William Shakespeare for his title. The line is the first wistful question of a song passage in ''The Two Gentlemen of Verona''. Original production The play opened at the Criterion Theatre, London, on 24 October 1950, with the following cast: *Mark - Robert Flemyng *Williams - Esmond Knight *Daphne - Diane Hart *Sidney - Alan Woolston *Ethel - Diana Allen *Oscar - Roland Culver *Bubbles - Diana Hope *Nora, - Diane Hart * Denis - David Aylmer * Wilberforce - Roger Maxwell * Doris - Diane Hart *Chloe - Joan Benham *Caroline - Athene Seyler Reception Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Who Is Sylvia? (TV Series)
''Who Is Sylvia?'' is a 1967 British television sitcom which aired on ITV.Maxford p.240 It stars Charlie Drake as a man in search of wife who enlists the help of a marriage bureau run by Mrs. Proudpiece ( Kathleen Byron) with predictably disastrous results. Actors who appeared in episodes of the series include Leslie Dwyer, Ballard Berkeley, Victor Maddern, Pauline Collins, Sally Bazely, Austin Trevor, Justine Lord, Martin Benson, Shirley Stelfox, Henry McGee, George Woodbridge, Petra Markham, Michael Balfour and Wally Patch. 5 out of the 7 episodes made survive, The two episodes which are lost are episodes 5 and 6. Cast * Charlie Drake Charles Edward Springall (19 June 1925 – 23 December 2006), known professionally as Charlie Drake, was an English comedian, actor, writer and singer. With his small stature ( tall), curly red hair and liking for slapstick, he was a popular ... as Charles Rameses Drake * Kathleen Byron as Mrs. Proudpiece References Bibliography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Two Gentlemen Of Verona
''The Two Gentlemen of Verona'' is a Shakespearean comedy, comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1589 and 1593. It is considered by some to be Shakespeare's first play, and is often seen as showing his first tentative steps in laying out some of the themes and motifs with which he would later deal in more detail; for example, it is the first of his plays in which a heroine dresses as a boy. The play deals with the themes of friendship and infidelity, the conflict between friendship and love, and the foolish behaviour of people in love. The highlight of the play is considered by some to be Launce, the clownish domestic worker, servant of Proteus, and his dog Crab, to whom "the most scene-stealing non-speaking role in the Shakespeare's plays, canon" has been attributed. ''Two Gentlemen'' is often regarded as one of Shakespeare's weakest plays. It has the smallest named cast of any play by Shakespeare. Characters ''Verona:'' * Valentine – a gent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Who Is Silvia?
"An Sylvia", D 891; Op. 106, No. 4, is a Lied for voice and piano composed by Franz Schubert in 1826 and published in 1828. Its text is a German translation by Eduard von Bauernfeld of "Who is Silvia?" from act 4, scene 2, of ''The Two Gentlemen of Verona'' by William Shakespeare. "An Sylvia" was composed during a peak in Schubert's career around the time he was writing the Ninth Symphony "Great" (D 944), two years before his death. Creation Although considered to be myth, it is said that Schubert first came up with the idea to write "An Sylvia" as he was walking in Vienna and entered a beer garden with friends. There, he found a volume of Shakespeare on a table and as he was reading, he apparently exclaimed, "Oh! I have such a pretty melody running in my head. If only I had some paper!" His friend drew staves on the back of a menu, and, as it came to his head, Schubert spontaneously wrote melodies to the words he was reading in the play. The handwritten score was originally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
