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  2. Outrageous Fortune (film) - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. To be, or not to be - Wikipedia

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    "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.

  4. Outrageous Fortune - Wikipedia

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    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

  5. List of works titled after Shakespeare - Wikipedia

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    Be All My Sins Remember'd, 2008 Stargate: Atlantis episode; All My Sins Remembered by Joe Haldeman; From "I was the more deceived" (III.i): The Less Deceived, poem by Philip Larkin "The Chameleon's Dish", a song from In Visible Silence by Art of Noise (III.ii) The Mousetrap, 1952 play by Agatha Christie (III.ii) Poison in Jest by John Dickson ...

  6. Grant Bowler - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Wheel of Fortune (medieval) - Wikipedia

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    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

  8. Outrageous Fortune (play) - Wikipedia

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    Outrageous Fortune is a comedy play by the British writer Ben Travers. A farce, it premiered at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle before transferring to the Winter Garden Theatre in London's West End where it ran for 250 performances from 13 November 1947 to 19 June 1948. The West End cast included Robertson Hare, Ralph Lynn and Gordon James. [1]

  9. Kirk Torrance - Wikipedia

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    While appearing on Outrageous Fortune, he hosted one series of a New Zealand version of The Real Hustle. He was nominated Best Supporting Actor at the Qantas Film & Television Awards 2008 for his ex-cop role in the television series Outrageous Fortune. [2] In 2008, he was named Sexiest Man in Auckland by Metro magazine.