Performing arts: c. 2800 BCE - 2009
...Charles Laughton in the lead Life of Galileo The Oxford Dictionary of Plays 1 1940s 20th century Theatre Literature American literature Literature in English German literature Drama Germany North America United States 1947 1947 Marlon Brando stars on Broadway in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar named Desire Streetcar Named Desire, A The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature 1 1940s 20th century Theatre Literature American literature Literature in English Drama North America United States 1947 1947 Saxophonist 'Bird' Parker forms his own quintet in...
Film: 1900 - 2006
...Strange Case of The Oxford Companion to English Literature 7 1900s 20th century Performing arts North America United States 1909 1909 Mary Pickford begins her film career at sixteen, when she is hired by D.W. Griffith Pickford, Mary (1893–1979) Who's Who in the Twentieth Century 1 1900s 20th century Performing arts North America United States 1909 1909 The Selig Polyscope Company sets up the first film studio in the Los Angeles region, at Edendale Hollywood The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature 1 1900s 20th century Performing arts North America...
Theatre: 534 BCE - 1998
...arts Literature English literature Literature in English Drama British Isles Europe Britain 1604 1604 William Shakespeare's name appears among the actors in a list of the King's Men Shakespeare, William (1564–1616) World Encyclopedia 1 17th century Britain 1500-1750 Literature English literature Drama British Isles Europe Britain 1605 1605 Ben Jonson writes The Masque of Blackness , the first of his many masques for the court of James I masque The Oxford Dictionary of Dance 2 17th century Performing arts Literature English literature Literature in...
Dance: c. 600 BCE - 1997
...Louis XIV dances in a court ballet as Apollo, wearing a glorious sun costume, and finds that he likes the role Louis XIV (1638–1715) The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French 1 17th century Performing arts Europe France 1661 1661 Louis XIV establishes a royal dancing academy and soon follows it with a music academy Louis XIV (1638–1715) The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French 1 17th century Performing arts Europe France 1681 1681 A professional ballet company in Paris introduces female dancers and the world's first prima ballerina,...
