A LOOK AT CHARLES LUDLAM AND THE RIDICULOUS THEATRICAL COMPANY Charles Ludlam was a playwright‚ a director‚ and an actor. He was the star of his own revival troupe‚ The Ridiculous Theatrical Company. During a twenty year career. (cut short as he lost his life to AIDS at age 47)‚ he was awarded six Obie Awards ‚ he wrote twenty nine plays and was reviewed by many as a brilliant actor. He studied theatre at Hofsta University and studied and perfected the techniques of the Stanislavsky
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“I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs‚ my kidneys‚ my liver‚ my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water.” Ray said. Ray Charles Robinson was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues‚ gospel‚ and blues styles. He was blind. He started to lose his sight at the age of five and went completely blind by the age of seven‚ apparently due to glaucoma
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The writer Charles Bukowski was born in Andernach‚ Germany in 1920. His family moved to Los Angeles when Bukowski was three years old. Charles Bukowski Senior was a bullying parent who used to violently punish the young Bukowski for trivial mistakes. Bukowski published his first story at the age of 24 and began publishing for profit in his 50’s. Charles Bukowski lived a life which some would describe as seedy. For two years of his life‚ he roamed around America working at manual jobs. Most of the
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Charles Babbage (1791-1871) To begin with‚ Charles Babbage‚ an original innovative thinker and a pioneer of computing from Great Britain‚ was born on the 26th of December of 1791 in Walworth‚ Surrey and he died at his home in London on October 18‚ 1871. He was an incredible mathematician and it is mentioned that he was indisposed as a child so he mainly been educated at home. Babbage made contributions that may assured his fame irrespective of the Difference and Analytical Engines. After his wife’s
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Charles Baudelaire NAME: Charles Pierre Baudelaire BORN: April 9‚ 1821 Paris‚ France DIED: August 31‚ 1867 (aged 46) Paris‚ France OCCUPATION: Poet‚ art critic NATIONALITY: French LITERARY MOVEMENT: Symbolist‚ Modernist Abstract Charles Baudelaire is one of the major innovators in French literature. In the earlier 19th century‚ His poetry is influenced by the French romantic poets. Charles Baudelaire was a French poet who produced famous work as an essayist‚ art criticism and initiating
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The Tides Intro The location I chose for this project is the Charles River in Boston Massachusetts. The Charles River had been referred to as one of the dirtiest rivers in the US throughout history due to the Watertown Arsenal that had been full of gunpowder as well as other artilleries and firearms. The Charles River had also been used for the much of America’s hydropower with its dam. The Charles River had been used in the hit Boston based band‚ Dropkick Murphy’s song‚ “Dirty
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Charles Bukowski "I photograph and record what I see and what happens to me. I am not a guru or leader of any sort. I am not a man who looks for solutions in God or politics. If somebody else wants to do the dirty work and create a better world for us and he can do it‚ I will accept it. In Europe where my work is having much luck‚ various groups have put a claim on me‚ revolutionaries‚ anarchists‚ so forth‚ because I have written of the common man of the streets‚ but in interviews over there
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Charles Babbage Khalil Lloyd BSA 305-01 Nov. 29‚ 2014 Abstract Charles Babbage is known as the patron saint of operations research and management science. Babbage’s scientific inventions included a mechanical calculator‚ a versatile computer‚ and a punch-card machine. His projects never became a commercial reality; however‚ Babbage is considered the originator of the concepts behind the present day computer. Charles Babbage Influence on Management Charles Babbage
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Charles Darwin One of the most famous names in science and in the economy today‚ is Charles Darwin. Darwin is best known for his contributions in science; his famous theory of evolution. He also contributed to the market and command economy with his belief‚ "survival of the fittest." Charles Darwin’s contribution to science has been a very controversial one. He stated that each generation will improve adaptively over the preceding generations‚ and this gradual and continuous process is the source
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Charles Dickens Kimberly Franklin Charles dickens was born on February 7‚ 1812 in Portsmouth‚ England. His parents‚ John Dickens and Elizabeth Barrow‚ had a total of eight children and Charles was the second. His family had high hopes and dreams of having good jobs and becoming wealthy‚ but never actually got lucky enough to make those dreams come true. Charles and his family were happy‚ even though they were poor‚ until they had to move to a small town in London. The family’s financial situation
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