1. Tomson Highway and Michel Tremblay
"Although Shakespeare's plays were performed at other venues during the playwright's career, the Globe Theatre in the Southwark district of London was the venue at which the Bard's best known stage works (including his four great tragedies) were first produced. ... In America's push to send all secondary students to four year universities, the assumption has been made that all students are interested in a liberal arts education and that all students will utilize the knowledge bestowed upon them in these humanities, social sciences, and fine arts classes. ... In America tod...
In the 1950s she became a nightclub performer and began careers as a singer, dancer, actor, playwright, poet, novelist, and civil rights activist. When Angelou returned to the United States after a performances in Ghana while acting, she wrote several screenplays and became the first African-American woman to have a feature film adapted from one of her own stories. ... Some mentionable awards include The American Academy of Achievement's Golden Plate Award in 1990, The Legacy Association National Award in 1996, The Humanitarian Contribution Award in 1997, The Alston/Jones International ...
In the year 1940, 75 years after slavery was abolished, African Americans were still experiencing hateful and demoralizing discrimination. ... Angelou was an acclaimed poet, author, dancer, actress, playwright, director, and civil rights activist. ... This quotation exemplifies the lack of common courtesy African Americans received- even at their public event- by white people. ... Angelou begins to question her own self-meaning and how being an African American woman discounted her in society. It is not until Angelou sings along with Henry Reed that she discovers the gratification of being an ...