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Word: griselda (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bird (Deborah Findlay), an intrepid 19th century Scottish traveler; Lady Nijo (Lindsay Duncan), a 13th century Japanese courtesan who became a Buddhist nun; Dull Gret (Carole Hayman), who led an avenging legion of women into the precincts of hell in Brueghel's painting Dulle Griet; and finally, Patient Griselda (Lesley Manville), made famous in Boccaccio and Chaucer as the model of a loyal, submissive wife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: The Redcoats Keep Coming | 1/17/1983 | See Source »

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