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Julie Andrews
Julie Andrews (born 1935)

actor, singer, film actor, voice actor, music director, stage actor, television presenter

  • Arts Educational School, Tring Park School for the Performing Arts

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Home
Untitled Adult Memoir Julie Andrews
Home
The Very Fairy Princess Sparkles In The Snow
Mandy
The very fairy princess takes the stage
Julie Andrews' seasonal treasury
The very fairy princess
The Very Fairy Princess Follows Her Heart
The Very Fairy Princess Passport to Reading Level 1
The Very Fairy Princess Graduation Girl
The very fairy princess and the sparkly wedding surprise
The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
Home CD
The Great American Mousical CD
Harry Rowohlt
Harry Rowohlt (1945-2015)

actor, translator, opinion journalist, reciter

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In Schlucken-zwei-Spechte
Der Kampf geht weiter!
Pooh's Corner. CD
Pooh's Corner 2
Von Papst zu Papst. CD. Harry Rowohlt liest Weihnachtsstories
Pooh's Corner
Pooh's Corner. Kolumnen, Berichte, Filmkritiken
Pu der Bär. SZ Junge Bibliothek Band 1
Diana-Taschenbücher, Nr.66, Pooh's Corner
Diana-Taschenbücher, Nr.21, Pooh's Corner
Von Papst zu Papst. Cassette. Harry Rowohlt liest Weihnachtsstories
The Jolly Steamship
Happy Birds-Day
Fuselfieber
Pooh's Corner. Cassette
Fup. CD.
Steine in den Taschen. Ein Abend im November. 4 Audio-CDs.
Ich wollt, ich wär dein Hund
John Rock, oder, Der Teufel
Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Lightfoot (1938-2023)

poet, actor, guitarist, singer, composer

  • Orillia District Collegiate & Vocational Institute, The Royal Conservatory of Music

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Walter Beauchamp
I wish you good spaces
The pony man
100 Ideas for Drama
Gordon Lightfoot
Best of Gordon Lightfoot - Strum and Sing Guitar
New Best of Gordon Lightfoot
Best of Gordon Lightfoot
Once Upon a Red Eye
Bob Hope
Bob Hope (1903-2003)

comedian, singer, television actor, boxer, radio personality, film actor, television presenter, stage actor, voice actor, dancer, actor

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Don't shoot, it's only me
The road to Hollywood
Bob Hope
Don't shoot, it's only me
The last Christmas show
I owe Russia $1200
DON'T SHOOT, IT'S ONLY ME
Bob Hope
Have tux, will travel
I never left home
Bob Hope's Dear prez, I wanna tell ya!
So this is peace
They got me covered
Five women I love
Bob Hope's Confessions of a hooker
Confessions of a Hooker
Confessions of a hooker
The Bob Hope Show (20-Hour Collections)
Bob Hope
Bob Hope Remembers World War II
Have Tux, Will Travel
I Was There
Don't Shoot, It's Only Me Bob Hope's Comedy History of the United States
Have Tux Will Travel
Bob Hope (12-Hour Long-Box Collections)
My Favorite Brunette
I Never Left Home
Have tux, will travel; Bob Hope's own story
Bob Hope's Own Story As Told to Pete Martin; Have Tux Will Travel, At Last the facts on the HOw a Regular, Ordinary Baby Grew Up to Look LIke This!
I Owe Russia $1200, 1963
Ghost Breakers
This is on me
Bob Hope's own story
I Owe Russia $1200
I owe Russia $1200
I never left home (Armed Services edition)
Five women I love;
I Never Left Home Bob Hope's Own Story of His Trip Abroad
Five women I love
Bob Hope's Own Story
I Owe Russia $1200
They Got Me Covered
So this is peace
Confessions of a Hooker, My Lifelong Love Affair with Golf
The World of Bob Hope
Konrad Alberti
Konrad Alberti (1862-1918)

journalist, literary historian, literary critic, actor

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Bettina von Arnim (1785-1859)
Ludwig Börne (1786-1837)
Gustav Freytag
Ludwig Boerne, 1786-1837: Eine biographisch-literarische Studie zur Feier seines ...
Die schule des redners
Ohne schminke!
Plebs
'Ablösung vor!'
Wer ist der stärkere?
Natur und Kunst
Bei freund und feind
Riesen und Zwerge
Colley Cibber
Colley Cibber (1671-1757)

playwright, poet, stage actor

  • The King's School, Grantham

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An apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber
An apology for the life of Colley Cibber
A critical edition of An apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber, comedian
An apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber, comedian
The careless husband
An apology for his life
Three Sentimental Comedies (Study in English)
The tragical history of King Richard III, c. 1700
Colley Cibber
An apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber written by himself
The plays of Colley Cibber
The dramatic works of Colley Cibber
The school-boy
Love in a riddle
A letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope, 1742
Love makes a man
The dramatic works of Colley Cibber, Esq
An apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber, comedian and patentee of the Theatre Royal
The non-juror
The rival fools
The Careless Husband
Damon and Phillida
An appreciation of Colley Cibber, actor and dramatist, together with a reprint of his play
Ximena; or, The heroic daughter
The tragical history of King Richard III
The refusal; or, the ladies philosophy
Richard the third
Comedy of She wou'd and she wou'd not
The lady's lecture
Papal tyranny in the reign of King John
King Richard the third
King John
Xerxes
Verses to the memory of Mr. Pelham
A poem on the death of our late soveraign lady Queen Mary
The character and conduct of Cicero
The dramatick works of Colley Cibber, Esq; poet-laureat to His Majesty
Richard III
The comedy of The careless husband
Colley Cibber's the double gallant
An appreciation of Colley Cibber, actor and dramatist
A journey to London
Damon and Phillada
An apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber, comedian, and late patentee of the Theatre-Royal
An apology for the life of Colley Cibber, comedian, and late patentee of the Theatre-Royal
The refusal; or; The ladies pihlosophy
The character and conduct of Cicero, considered, from the history of his life, by the Reverend Dr. Middleton
She would and she would not, or, The kind imposter
The lady's lecture, a theatrical dialogue, between Sir Charles Easy and his mariageable daughter
Xerxes. A tragedy
The double gallant
The egotist; or, Colley upon Cibber
Caesar in Ægypt
An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber, Comedian, and Late Patentee of the ..
Loves makes a man; or, The fop's forture
Caesar in Egypt
Another occasional letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope
Colley, libelled?
The refusal
Plays
Love's last shift; or, The fool in fashion
She would and she would not; or; The kind impostor
A apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber, comedian
The miraculous cure, or, The citizen out-witted
RIGHT JUSTIFIED (?)
English comedy
King Richard III
Colley Cibber, three sentimental comedies
Myrtillo
The non-jurer
Ximena; or, The heroick daughter
A Rhapsody Upon the Marvellous: Arising from the First Odes of Horace and Pindar. Being a ..
The school boy, or, The comical rival
The rival queans
Venus and Adonis
She wou'd and she wou'd not; or, The kind imposter
The egotist
Cæsar in Ægypt
The lady's last stake, or, The wife's resentment
Damon and Phillida
The tragical history of King Richard III, as it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane
The schoolboy
Papal tyranny in the reign of King John
Love in a riddle
The refusal, or, The ladies philosophy
The refusal; or, The ladies philosophy [sic.]... As performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden
An ode for His Majesty's birthday, October 30, 1731. By Mr. Cibber, ..
Love makes a man, or, The fop's fortune
Another occasional letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope. Wherein the new hero's preferment to his throne, in the Dunciad, seems not to be accepted. ... By Mr. Colley Cibber
Rhapsody upon the marvellous, arising from the first odes of Horace and Pindar
The lady's last stake
The tragical history of King Richard the Third..., as it is now acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane
An apology for the life of Colley Cibber, comedian, and late patentee of the Theatre-Royal
The lady's last stake; or, The wife's resentment
The double gallant, or, The sick lady's cure
The school-boy, or, The comical rival
The secret history of Arlus and Odolphus
She wou'd and she wou'd not, or, The kind imposter
Perolla and Izadora
An Apology for his life
Ximena; or, The heroick daughter
Love's last shift
Comedies
Woman's wit, or, The lady in fashion
The comical lovers
Hob, or, The country wake
Love makes a man; or, The fop's fortune
Ximena
An apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber, comedian, and late patentee of the Theatre Royal; with an historical view of the stage during his own time
Damon and Phillida
The school-boy; or, Comical rival
The provoked husband. Or a journey to London. A comedy. Written by Sir John Vanbrugh and Mr. Cibber. Taken from the manager's book, at the Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane
Papal tyranny in the reign of King John, 1745
Plays written by Mr. Cibber. In two volumes. ..
Careless husband
The tragical history of King Richard III..., as it is now acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane
The comedy call'd The non-juror. Shewing the particular scenes wherein that hypocrite is concern'd. With remarks, and a key, explaining the characters of that excellent play
Xerxes
An apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber
Some cursory remarks on the play call'd The non-juror
The comical lovers
The poor blind boy
The miraculous cure: or, The citizen out-witted
Love's last shift: or, The fool in fashion
Richard the Third. A tragedy. Taken from the manager's book, at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden
Venus and Adonis : a masque
She wou'd, and she wou'd not
The egotist: or, Colley upon Cibber
Love makes a man; or, The fop's fortune
Hob, or, The country wake
Love makes a man
Papal tyranny in the reign of King John
The provok'd husband
Perolla and Izadora
The double gallant: or, The sick lady's cure
She would and she would not
The double gallant; or, the sick lady's cure! A comedy, in five acts
A letter from Mr. Cibber, to Mr. Pope
Cinna's conspiracy
The non-juror
Ximena, or, The heroic daughter
The tragical history of Richard III, as it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane..
Le mari poussé a bout, ou, Le voiage à Londres
The dramatick works of Colley Cibber, esq
An apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber, comedian, and late patentee of the Theatre-Royal ...
She wou'd and she wou'd not
The dramatic works of Colley Cibber
She wou'd and she wou'd not; or; The kind impostor
Cinna's conspiracy
The refusal
Cæsar in Ægypt
A rhapsody upon the marvellous: arising from the first odes of Horace and Pindar. Being a scrutiny into ancient poetical fame, demanded by modern common sense. By Colley Cibber, ..
A letter to Mr. C[ib]b[e]r on his letter to Mr. P[ope]
Another occasional letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope
Carl Ludwig Costenoble
Carl Ludwig Costenoble (1769-1837)

actor, director, stage actor

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Carl Ludwig Costenoble's Tagebücher
Aus dem Burgtheater
Petros Duryan
Petros Duryan (1851-1872)

poet, playwright, actor, translator, stage actor, dramaturge

  • Scutari Jemaran

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Petros Duryaně vaveragrerum ev zhamanakakitsʻneri hishoghutʻyunnerum
Bosphorus nights
Sew hogher, kam, Tsʻetin gisher Araratean
Tagher
Taghkʻ
Erker
Keʻrtʻuatsner
Trtunjkʻ
Erkeri zhoghovatsu
Banasteghtsutʻyunner
Ěntir kʻertʻuatsner
Sew hogher, kam Hetin gisher Araratian
Taghkʻ ev tʻatrergutʻiwnkʻ Petrosi Durean