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entrepreneur and Broadway character Actors; Finance MOLIÈRE (Jean Baptiste Poquelin) 1622–73 French playwright (Le Misanthrope, Le Malade Imaginaire) Playwrights – Molière MOLNÁR Ferenc (Neumann) 1878–1952 Hungarian novelist and playwright (The Good Fairy) Success MOORE George 1852–1933 Irish novelist (Esther Waters); helped found the Abbey Theatre in Dublin Acting; Motivation; Theatre; Oscar Wilde MORAND Paul 1889–1975 French diplomat and writer Broadway MORE Hannah 1745–1833 English writer Shakespeare’s Plays – Hamlet MOREHOUSE Ward 1899–1966 American writer Ziegfeld MORLEY Robert 1908–92 English actor Actors; Advice; Playwrights MORLEY Sheridan 1941–2007 English writer and critic, son of Robert Morley Critical Abuse – plays; Playwrights – Beckett MORSE Robert b. 1931 American actor Theatre MORTIMER John 1923–2009 British lawyer/novelist/ playwright (A Voyage Round My Father) Plays MOSS Hugh fl. 1910 English actor H. B. Tree MUNI Paul (Muni Weisenfreund) 1895–1967 American-Yiddish actor Advice MURPHY Tom b. 1935 Irish playwright Playwrights – Tom Murphy NADZO Guido fl. 1930s American actor Critical Abuse – actors NASH (Frederic) Ogden 1902–71 American poet who wrote light/comic verse Noël Coward NATHAN George Jean 1882–1958 American writer and theatre critic for Vanity Fair and Newsweek Actors; Actors – Eleonora Duse; Tallulah Bankhead; J. M. Barrie; Noël Coward; Critical Abuse – plays; Critics – G. J. Nathan; First Nights; Musicals; Music hall; Plays; Playwrights – Sartre; Shakespeare’s Plays – Hamlet NIETZSCHE Friedrich 1844–1900 German philosopher and critic Playwrights – Hugo NIGHTINGALE Benedict 200
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b. 1939 British theatre critic Directors – Peter Brook; Playwrights – Mustapha Matura NIVEN David (James Nevins) 1910–83 English actor and film star Acting; Barrymores (John) NOBLE Adrian b. 1950 British theatre director; Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company Theatre NORTHBROOKE John fl. 1570 English preacher and moralist Opprobrium NOVELLO Ivor (David Ivor Davies) 1893–1951 Welsh actor/ playwright and composer (Keep the Home Fires Burning) Actors – Novello; Critical Abuse – plays; Recognition NUGENT Frank 1908–65 American critic Critical Abuse – actors ODETS Clifford 1906–63 American left-wing playwright Critical Abuse – plays OLIVER Freddie b. 1962 British writer Oscar Wilde OLIVIER Sir Laurence Kerr (Baron Olivier) 1907–89 English actor/director/ producer renowned for the physical energy of his acting. Widely regarded as the foremost English speaking actor of the 20th century. Played all the great Shakespearean roles, most notably Richard III, Hamlet, Othello and Henry V. Married to Vivien Leigh 1940– 61. Director of the National Theatre 1962–73 Acting; Actors – Deborah Kerr, Anthony Quayle, Donald Wolfit; Advice; Audience Asides; Beginnings; Costume and Makeup; Fame; Life; Motivation; The Press; Purpose; Shakespeare’s Plays – Hamlet, Henry V, Merchant of Venice, Othello, Romeo and Juliet; Star Quality; Success; Talent; Technique O’NEILL Eugene 1888–1953 American playwright (The Iceman Cometh) Playwrights – O’Neill ORIGEN ad 185–254 Early Christian church father and school master Censorship OSBORNE John 1929–94 English playwright (Look Back in Anger). Pioneer of realism in post-war theatre Noël Coward; Criticism; Critics; Directors – George Devine; Musicals; Music hall; Plays; Playwrights; Playwrights – J. Osborne; Rehearsals; Shakespeare’s Plays – Hamlet; G. B. Shaw; Stage Management; Touring O’TOOLE Fintan b. 1958 Irish critic and writer 201

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entrepreneur and Broadway character Actors; Finance MOLIÈRE (Jean Baptiste

Poquelin) 1622–73 French playwright (Le Misanthrope, Le Malade Imaginaire) Playwrights – Molière MOLNÁR Ferenc (Neumann)

1878–1952 Hungarian novelist and playwright (The Good Fairy) Success MOORE George 1852–1933

Irish novelist (Esther Waters); helped found the Abbey Theatre in Dublin Acting; Motivation; Theatre; Oscar Wilde MORAND Paul 1889–1975

French diplomat and writer Broadway MORE Hannah 1745–1833

English writer Shakespeare’s Plays – Hamlet MOREHOUSE Ward 1899–1966

American writer Ziegfeld MORLEY Robert 1908–92

English actor Actors; Advice; Playwrights MORLEY Sheridan 1941–2007

English writer and critic, son of Robert Morley Critical Abuse – plays; Playwrights – Beckett MORSE Robert b. 1931

American actor

Theatre MORTIMER John 1923–2009

British lawyer/novelist/ playwright (A Voyage Round My Father) Plays MOSS Hugh fl. 1910

English actor H. B. Tree MUNI Paul (Muni

Weisenfreund) 1895–1967 American-Yiddish actor Advice MURPHY Tom b. 1935

Irish playwright Playwrights – Tom Murphy

NADZO Guido fl. 1930s

American actor Critical Abuse – actors NASH (Frederic) Ogden 1902–71

American poet who wrote light/comic verse Noël Coward NATHAN George Jean 1882–1958

American writer and theatre critic for Vanity Fair and Newsweek Actors; Actors – Eleonora Duse; Tallulah Bankhead; J. M. Barrie; Noël Coward; Critical Abuse – plays; Critics – G. J. Nathan; First Nights; Musicals; Music hall; Plays; Playwrights – Sartre; Shakespeare’s Plays – Hamlet NIETZSCHE Friedrich 1844–1900

German philosopher and critic Playwrights – Hugo NIGHTINGALE Benedict

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