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Outrageous Fortune is a 1987 American comedy film written by Leslie Dixon, directed by Arthur Hiller and starring Shelley Long and Bette Midler. The title is taken from Shakespeare's Hamlet ("...the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune..."). It is the tenth film of Touchstone Pictures.
"To be, or not to be" is a speech given by Prince Hamlet in the so-called "nunnery scene" of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet (Act 3, Scene 1). The speech is named for the opening phrase, itself among the most widely known and quoted lines in modern English literature, and has been referenced in many works of theatre, literature and music.
Outrageous Fortune" is a phrase from the "To be, or not to be" soliloquy spoken by Shakespeare's Hamlet. Outrageous Fortune may also refer to: Outrageous Fortune, a 1947 farce by Ben Travers; Outrageous Fortune, a 1987 Hollywood film; Outrageous Fortune, a New Zealand drama series, produced from 2005 to 2010
Slings & Arrows is a Canadian television series set at the fictional New Burbage Festival, a Shakespearean festival similar to the real-world Stratford Festival.It stars Paul Gross, Stephen Ouimette and Martha Burns.
Wheel of fortune in Sebastian Brant's Narrenschiff, woodcut by A. Dürer. William Shakespeare in Hamlet wrote of the "slings and arrows of outrageous fortune" and, of fortune personified, to "break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel." And in Henry V, Act 3 Scene VI [10] are the lines: Pistol: Bardolph, a soldier firm and sound of heart
Outrageous Fortune is a New Zealand family comedy crime drama television series, which ran from 12 July 2005 to 9 November 2010 on TV3. The series followed the lives of the career criminal West family after the matriarch, Cheryl ( Robyn Malcolm ), decided the family should go straight and abide by the law.
Bowler is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art. He worked extensively in theatre with the Bell Shakespeare Company touring with the original company founded by John Bell . His first television role was as Constable Wayne Patterson on Blue Heelers , from 1993 to 1996.
The Infant The Schoolboy The Lover The Seven Ages of Man is a series of paintings by Robert Smirke, derived from the famous monologue beginning all the world's a stage from William Shakespeare's As You Like It, spoken by the melancholy Jaques in Act II Scene VII. The stages referred are: infant, schoolboy, lover, soldier, justice, pantaloon and old age. The set of paintings are in pen and ink ...