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Samuel D. Hunter (born 1981) [1] is an American playwright living in New York City. [2]Hunter was born and raised in Moscow, Idaho. [3] He is best known for plays A Bright New Boise, which won the 2011 Obie Award for playwriting, and The Whale, which won the 2013 Drama Desk Award and the 2013 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play. [2]
Margaret Petherbridge Farrar (March 23, 1897 – June 11, 1984) was an American journalist and the first crossword puzzle editor for The New York Times (1942–1968). Creator of many of the rules of modern crossword design, she compiled and edited a long-running series of crossword puzzle books – including the first book of any kind that Simon & Schuster published (1924). [1]
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 epic novel by American writer Herman Melville.The book is centered on the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the maniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for vengeance against Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that bit off his leg on the ship's previous voyage.
Ford Prefect is Arthur Dent's friend. He rescued Dent when the Earth is unexpectedly demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass at the start of the story. Although his heart is in the right place and he is shown to be highly intelligent, resourceful, and even brave, Ford is essentially a dilettante when it comes to causes such as the search for the question to the ultimate answer of "life ...
The Whale Rider has been a worldwide bestseller, and is the most-translated work by a New Zealand author. [7] In 1995 it was translated into Māori by Tīmoti Kāretu, as Te kaieke tohorā. [8] In 2006 a picture book version illustrated by Bruce Potter was listed as one of the Storylines Children's Literature Foundation of New Zealand Notable ...
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One of those dated back to 2022, when he manipulated and took advantage of his 102-year-old World War Two veteran neighbour, Raymond Whitwell. ... 'Violent person' Judge Guy Kearl, the Recorder of ...
The Whale is a 2012 play written by Samuel D. Hunter. The play, set in Moscow, Idaho , [ 1 ] tells the story of a 600-pound (270 kg) obese man who hides from the world and stays in his apartment. He cannot stop eating to the detriment of everyone around him, including his estranged daughter.