Word: queens
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...Lord Chancellor (Matthew C. Stone ’11). But the Lord Chancellor will not consent to their marriage because he, as well as many in the House of Peers—a satirical portrayal of British Parliament—are in love with Phyllis. After the fairy queen (Meghan D. McLoughlin ’09) pardons Iolanthe for her crime, Strephon appeals to his mother for help in gaining Phyllis’ hand. The situation and the complications that follow provide plenty of fertile ground for satire...
...scene in which the fairies, who are in love with the Peers, both lecture the men and beg them not to go, showcases the talents of all the actors in the show. The fairies featured the strongest and most compelling voices, especially Haile as Iolanthe, McLoughlin as the fairy queen, and Ward as Phyllis...
...Madonna and Martha Stewart love it, as do Barack Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Keanu Reeves and "Junk Bond King" Michael Milken, who organized a Scrabble tournament in the early 1990s at the white-collar prison where he was serving time for securities fraud. Even Queen Elizabeth II is a fan, perhaps in part because her first son was born the very same year that "Scrabble" became a trademark. (That coincidence did not go unnoticed in Britain. An artist commemorated the 60th birthday of Prince Charles and the board game by creating a portrait of the Prince entirely composed...
...figure who has shied away from a public role. As the first National Poet of Wales, Lewis filled a more visible position that allowed her to participate in public events, such as a poem recitation at the new Parliament building in Cardiff in front of the Queen. For Lewis, the best part of being a National Poet was her interactions with ordinary people. “I met all kinds of people and experienced a tremendous amount of warmth from ordinary people. I didn’t expect that,” she says. “People would come...
Rice, Condoleezza •piano is played for Queen of England by, prompting Wonkette to observe that "little schoolchildren all over the world now believe that you can grow up to be an accomplished concert pianist and an embarrassing failure at national defense, security, and diplomacy...