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Establishment

Subject: Religion

In ecclesiastical usage, the recognition by the State of a particular Church as that of the State. In OT Judaism and in much of the ancient world, religious observance was part of the ...

Coyle, Spencer

Coyle, Spencer  

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Subject:
Music, Opera
(Britten: Owen Wingrave). Bass‐bar. Head of a military cramming establishment. Tries to persuade Owen to continue as a soldier. Created (TV 1971/stage 1973) by John Shirley‐Quirk.
Lechmere

Lechmere  

Reference type:
Overview Page
Subject:
Music, Opera
(Britten: Owen Wingrave). Ten. A young student with Owen at Coyle's cramming establishment. He can't wait to go to war and fight. Created (1971 TV/1973) by Nigel Douglas.
Orfeo

Orfeo  

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Subject:
Music, Opera
Favola in musica in a prologue and five acts by Claudio Monteverdi to a libretto by Alessandro Striggio based mainly on the Orpheus myth as told in Ovid's Metamorphoses, though drawing also on the ...

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