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Theatre/theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the——experience of a real. Or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, "often a stage." The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music, and dance. It is the oldest form of drama, though live theatre has now been joined by modern recorded forms. Elements of art, such as painted scenery. And stagecraft such as lighting are used to enhance the "physicality," presence and "immediacy of the experience." Places, normally buildings, where performances regularly take place are also called "theatres" (or "theaters"), as derived from the Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, "a place for viewing"), itself from θεάομαι (theáomai, "to see", "to watch", "to observe").
A theatre company is an organisation that produces theatrical performances, as distinct from a theatre troupe (or acting company), which is a group of theatrical performers working together. (Full article...)
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Image 1A Peculiar Family poster at William Brough (writer), by Robert Jacob Hamerton (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 2Set design for Act 4 of Aida, by Philippe Chaperon (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 3Sarah Bernhardt, by Nadar (restored by Yann) (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)
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Image 4Chandos portrait of William Shakespeare (attributed to John Taylor) (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)
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Image 5A lithograph for "William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee" from 1900, showing the blackface transformation of Billy B. Van (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)
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Image 6Charlton Heston, by Rowland Scherman (edited by Nehrams2020) (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)
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Image 7Scene V of Nina, by Jean-François Janinet (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 8Werther poster, by Eugène Grasset (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 10Le Juif Polonais poster, by Henri C. R. Presseq (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 11The Tempest, by George Romney/Benjamin Smith (edited by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 12Jean Cocteau, by the Agence Meurisse (restored by JLPC) (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)
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Image 13Set design for Act 3 of Alceste, by François-Joseph Bélanger (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 14Ellen Terry, by Julia Margaret Cameron (edited by Materialscientist) (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)
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Image 15Coriolanus, by Gavin Hamilton (edited by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 16Tom Cobb, by David Henry Friston (edited by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 18Ira Aldridge, by William Paine of Islington (edited by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 20Ben-Hur poster, by Strobridge & Co. Lith. (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 21Pelléas et Mélisande poster, by Georges Rochegrosse (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 22Gaston at Jérusalem, by Alexandre Lacauchie (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 23Fatinitza poster, by Vic Arnold (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 24Set design for Act 3 of Edgar, by Giuseppe Palanti (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 25Othello theatrical poster, by the W.J. Morgan & Co. (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 26Roger at Jérusalem, author unknown (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 27Set design for Gustave III, by Pierre-Luc-Charles Cicéri (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 28The Contrabandista poster, by Robert Jacob Hamerton (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 29Robert Earl Jones, by Carl Van Vechten (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)
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Image 30Vocal score cover of Les Troyens, by Antoine Barbizet (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 31The Wicked World engraving, by David Henry Friston (edited by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 32An engraving by D. H. Friston of Gilbert and Sullivan's Trial by Jury (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)
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Image 33Aida poster, by The Otis Lithograph Co (edited by Adam Cuerden/Kaldari) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 34Donald Pleasence, by Allan Warren (edited by Christoph Braun) (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)
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Image 35The Magistrate poster, by Clement-Smith & Co. (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 36Sapho poster, by Jean de Paleologu (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 37Le mage poster, by Alfredo Edel Colorno (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 38Maritana, author unknown (edited by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 39Set design for Act 2 of Les Burgraves, by Humanité René Philastre and Charles-Antoine Cambon (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 41Vocal score cover of Ariadne auf Naxos, author unknown (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 42Queen Amahelli in Bacchus, by Paul Nadar (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 43L'enfant et les sortilèges, 2nd scene, author unknown (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 44Set design for Act 3 of La Esmeralda, by Charles-Antoine Cambon (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 45The Rose of Persia poster, by Dudley Hardy (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 47Vocal score cover of Les Troyens á Carthage at Les Troyens, by Antoine Barbizet (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 48A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Henry Fuseli/J. P. Simon (edited by Durova) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 49Paulette del Baye, by Paul Boyer (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)
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Image 50Set design for Act 3 of La Esmeralda, by Charles-Antoine Cambon (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 51Scenes of Ruddygore, by Amédée Forestier (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 52Sherlock Holmes poster, by the Metropolitan Printing Co. (edited by Nagualdesign) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 53Trial by Jury, by D.H. Friston (edited by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 54Cavalleria rusticana – Turiddu bites Alfio's ear, author unknown (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 55Set design for Act 3 of Robert Bruce, by Charles-Antoine Cambon (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 56Hamlet, by W.J. Morgan & Co. Lith. of Cleveland, Ohio. (edited by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 57Cavalleria rusticana – Santuzza pleads with Turiddu, author unknown (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 58Storm scene of The Barber of Seville, by Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 59Set design for Dimitri, by Philippe Chaperon (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 60Set design for Act 3 of Tannhäuser, by Max Brückner and Gotthold Brückner (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 61Scene from La favorite, by Émile Desmaisons and François-Gabriel Lépaulle (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 62Actors from the revival of The Colonel, by the London Stereoscopic Company (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 63Vocal score cover of Robinson Crusoé, by A. Jannin (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 64Cendrillon poster, by Émile Bertrand (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 65Caricature of Gioachino Rossini, by Paul Delaroche (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 66Gismonda poster, by Georges Rochegrosse (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 67Giulietta act of The Tales of Hoffmann, by Pierre-Auguste Lamy (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 68Vocal score cover of The Mikado, author unknown (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 69Utopia, Limited, by Strobridge & Co. Lith. (edited by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 70Aida performed by the Israeli Opera, by Avinoam Michaeli (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 71Richard III, by W.J. Morgan & Co. (edited by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 722016 production of Falstaff, by Christian Michelides (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 73Robert, Duke of Normandy at Robert le diable, by Gustave Courbet (edited by Crisco 1492) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 74Set design for Act 1 of A basso porto, by Riccardo Salvadori (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 75Set design for Act I of Madama Butterfly, by Alexandre Bailly and Marcel Jambon (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 76The Colosseum in Rome, Italy (photo by David Iliff) (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)
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Image 77Priscilla Horton, by Richard James Lane (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)
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Image 78Gillette de Narbonne poster, by Paul Maurou (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 79Olympia act of The Tales of Hoffmann, by Pierre-Auguste Lamy (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 80Set design for Act IV of Rigoletto, by Philippe Chaperon (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 81Ethel Waters, by William P. Gottlieb (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)
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Image 82Set design for Act 2 of La bohème, by Adolfo Hohenstein (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 83Vocal score cover of La traviata, by Leopoldo Ratti (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 84Cox and Box poster, by Alfred Concanen (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 85Le pardon de Ploërmel poster, by Henri Télory (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 86Set design for Ballet of the Nuns, by Pierre-Luc-Charles Cicéri, Eugène Cicéri, Philippe Benoist and Adolphe Jean-Baptiste Bayot (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 87Thérèse poster, author unknown (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 88The Ballet at Cid's Camp at Le Cid (opera), by Auguste Tilly (edited by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 89Press illustration of Act 2 of Les Huguenots, by Célestin Deshayes (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 90The Winter's Tale, by John Opie/J.P. Simon (edited by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 91Costume design for La Wally, by Adolfo Hohenstein (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 92Mary Pickford, by Moody (restored by Trialsanderrors and Yann) (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)
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Image 93Carmen poster, by Prudent-Louis Leray (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 94A Sensation Novel poster, by Robert Jacob Hamerton (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 95El Capitan, by Metropolitan Job Print (edited by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 96Don César de Bazan poster, by Célestin Nanteuil (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 97Scene from The Princess by David Henry Friston (edited by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 98Falka poster, by David Allen & Sons (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 99L'enfant et les sortilèges, 1st scene, author unknown (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 100Actress Minnie Maddern Fiske in Love Finds the Way (photo by Zaida Ben-Yusuf, restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)
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Image 101Vocal score title page of Béatrice et Bénédict, by Antoine Barbizet (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 102Macbeth, by W.J. Morgan & Co (edited by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 103Advertisement for the music score of La bohème, by Adolfo Hohenstein (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 104Ghost scene of Ruddigore, by H. M. Brock (restored by Adam Cuerden and Colin) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 105Arizona poster, by the U.S. Lithograph Co (edited by Jujutacular) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 106The Chicago Theatre, a former cinema restored as a live performance venue (photo by Daniel Schwen) (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)
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Image 107Vocal score frontispiece of Un ballo in maschera, by Roberto Focosi and Francesco Corbetta (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 108Cover of piano transcriptions of Iolanthe, by George H. Walker & Co. (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 109Griselda manuscript, by Alessandro Scarlatti (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 110The Duchess of Dantzic poster, by Percy Anderson (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 111Last scene of Attila, author unknown (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 112Cary Grant, by RKO Pictures publicity photographer (edited by Crisco 1492) (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)
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Image 113Engaged poster, by H.A. Thomas Lith. Studio (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 114Verdi conducting Aida, by Adrien Marie (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 115Ages Ago poster, by Stannard & Son (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 116La forza del destino poster, by Charles Lecocq (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 117Prologue of The Tales of Hoffmann, by Pierre-Auguste Lamy (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 118Vocal score cover of Rigoletto, by Roberto Focosi and Francesco Corbetta (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 119Final scene of Le comte Ory, by Dubois & chez Martinet (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 120Troilus and Cressida, by Angelica Kauffman (edited by Foxj) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 121Costume designs for William Tell, by Eugène Du Faget (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 122Set design for Act 5 of La reine de Chypre, by Charles-Antoine Cambon (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 123The High Rollers Extravaganza Co. at Burlesque, by Courier Company (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 124Set design for Act 1 of Aida, by Philippe Chaperon (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 125Costume designs for Les Huguenots, by Eugène Du Faget (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 126Set design for Otello, by Marcel Jambon (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 127The Fortune Teller poster, by the U.S. Lithograph Co. (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 128Actors from the première production of The Palace of Truth, by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 129Vocal score cover of Médée, by Giuseppe Palanti (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 130Set design for Act II of Haydée, ou Le secret, by Philippe Chaperon (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 131Gilbert and Sullivan with Richard D'Oyly Carte, in a sketch by Alfred Bryan for The Entr'acte (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)
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Image 132Scene from Lohengrin, by Arthur Thiele (edited by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 133Illustration for the première of Fervaal, by Carlos Schwabe (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 134Tristan und Isolde, by Joseph Albert (edited by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 135Set design for Act I of Les Huguenots, by Philippe Chaperon (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 136His Majesty poster, by Dudley Hardy (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 137Set design for Act I of I puritani, by Luigi Verardi after Dominico Ferri (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 138Chorus line, by the Courier Company, Lith. Dpt (edited by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 139Set design for Act II of Marino Faliero, by Luigi Verardi after Dominico Ferri (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 140Programme for Ubu Roi, by Alfred Jarry (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 141A scene from Haddon Hall, by M. Browne and Herbert Railton (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 142Il trovatore poster, by Luigi Morgari (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 143Don Quichotte poster, by Georges Rochegrosse (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 144Title page of I Lombardi alla prima crociata, author unknown (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 145Iolanthe poster, by H. M. Brock (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 146Two Geisha conversing near the Golden Temple in Kyoto, Japan (photo by Daniel Bachler) (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)
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Image 147Burlesque, by H.C. Miner Litho. Co. (edited by Durova) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 148The death of Gormas at Le Cid (opera), by Auguste Tilly (edited by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 149King John, author unknown (edited by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 150Scene from The Happy Land, by David Henry Friston (edited by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 152Final scene of Götterdämmerung, by Max Brückner and Otto Henning (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 153Set design for Act I of La Juive, by Eugène Cicéri and Philippe Benoist (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 154The Geisha poster, by David Allen and Sons (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 155Photo of Oscar Wilde by Napoleon Sarony (restored by Lise Broer) (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)
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Image 156Simon Boccanegra cover, author unknown (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 157Roma poster, by Georges Rochegrosse (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 158The Taming of the Shrew, by C. R. Leslie (edited by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 159Celebrity charity performance of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, by Ralph Cleaver (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 160Le roi d'Ys poster, by Auguste François-Marie Gorguet (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 161George IV greeting Gioachino Rossini, by Charles Motte (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 162Vocal score cover of L'Éclair, by Paul Gavarni and the Thierry brothers (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 163La Dame aux Camélias poster, by Alphonse Mucha (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 164Big White Fog poster, by the Works Progress Administration (edited by Jujutacular) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 165Vocal score cover of La Prise de Troie at Les Troyens, by Antoine Barbizet (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 166Scene of Don Carlos, by Carlo Cornaglia and Giuseppe Barberis (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 167Ariane poster, by Albert Maignan (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 168Costume design for Princess Ida, by William Charles John Pitcher (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 169Pénélope poster, by Georges Rochegrosse (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 170Fly duet from Orpheus in the Underworld, by Atelier Nadar (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 171Publicity photo for The Sound of Music, by Toni Frissell (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 172Sheet music cover of Doris, by Nicholas Hanhart (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 173Carmen, by Liebler & Maass Lith. (edited by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 174Ivor Novello, by the Bain News Service (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)
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Image 175La Navarraise poster, by Reutlinger family photographer (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 176Bégearss from The Guilty Mother, by Émile Bayard (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 177Title page of Giovanna d'Arco, by Luigi Barinetti (restored by Adam Cuerden) (from XIV:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre)
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Image 178French stage actress Sarah Bernhardt as Hamlet in 1899 (photo by Lafayette Photo, London) (from Portal:Theatre/Additional featured pictures)
In this month
- July 1996 – First International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama held in Cyprus
- 9 July 1991 – Premier of Ariel Dorfman's Death and the Maiden, which describes the encounter of a former torture victim with the man she believed tortured her
- 13 July 1934 – Birth of Wole Soyinka, considered Africa's most distinguished playwright and the first African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature
- 17 July 1951 – Original Abbey Theatre burned down, the first state-subsidized theatre in the English-speaking world
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- ... that 1920s actress Susie Sutton created her own vaudeville troupe and toured her company throughout the TOBA circuit?
- ... that Shirley Warde not only starred in theater and movie productions. But also wrote playscripts and short stories for magazines?
- ... that the runway at the Winter Garden Theatre was nicknamed the "bridge of thighs" after lightly clothed showgirls paraded down it?
- ... that the short-lived Socialist Soviet Republic of Lithuania and Belorussia had a Yiddish-language state theatre?
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- ...that the St. James Theatre in Wellington, New Zealand (pictured), was nearly demolished in the 1980s and is said to be haunted by numerous ghosts?
- ...that actor Loren Dean won a Theatre World Award in 1989 for his Off-Broadway debut in the play Amulets Against the Dragon Forces?
- ...that the hunchbacked marionette Karagiozis uses mischievous and crude ways to find money and feed his family in the traditional Greek theatre of shadows?
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