Entertainers

David Garrick
English actor and theater manager who was the foremost Shakespearean actor of his day (1717-1779)
 
Dame Margot Fonteyn
English dancer who danced with Rudolf Nureyev (born in 1919)
 
Barbra Joan Streisand
United States singer and actress (born in 1942)
 
Jonathan Swift
an English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745)
 
Salome
woman whose dancing beguiled Herod into giving her the head of John the Baptist
 
Alice-Josephine Pons
United States coloratura soprano (born in France) (1904-1976)
 
castrato
a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice
 
Bela Bartok
Hungarian composer and pianist who collected Hungarian folk music; in 1940 he moved to the United States (1881-1945)
 
danseur noble
a male ballet dancer who is the partner of a ballerina
 
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917)
 
Edward Vincent Sullivan
United States host on a well known television variety show (1902-1974)
 
upstager
a selfish actor who upstages the other actors
 
Jimmy Durante
United States comedian remembered for his large nose and hoarse voice (1893-1980)
 
Sir Anthony Philip Hopkins
Welsh film actor (born in 1937)
 
Lord of Misrule
a person appointed master of revels at a Christmas celebration
 
standup comedian
a comedian who uses gags
 
ballet dancer
a trained dancer who is a member of a ballet company
 
Humphrey DeForest Bogart
United States film actor (1899-1957)
 
fire-eater
a performer who pretends to swallow fire
 
hornist
a musician who plays a horn (especially a French horn)
 
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