The Ball

The Ball is a Caroline comedy by James Shirley, first performed in 1632 and first published in 1639.

The Ball was licensed for performance by Sir Henry Herbert, the Master of the Revels, on 16 November 1632. Herbert, however, was not happy with the play: in a note in his office book dated two days later, 18 November, he complained that the play showed "diverse personated so naturally, both of lords and others of the Court, that I took it ill, and would have forbidden the play" — but impresario Christopher Beeston promised Herbert that everything that Herbert disliked in the play would be fixed before performance. The desired changes must have been made satisfactorily, since the play was acted by Queen Henrietta's Men at the Cockpit Theatre.

The 1639 quarto publication of the play, printed by Thomas Cotes for the booksellers Andrew Crooke and William Cooke, caused confusion in subsequent generations of critics, since the title page attributes the play to both Shirley and George Chapman. The play, a light comedy of manners, is entirely like the style of Shirley, and nothing like the style of Chapman. Most scholars now think that the dual attribution is simply a mistake, a point of confusion by the publishers: The Tragedy of Chabot, Admiral of France, a Chapman play that had been revised by Shirley, was printed in the same year by the same house.

Matzo Ball

The Matzo Ball is an annual Christmas Eve nightlife event and party held in a number of major cities in the United States and Canada targeted primarily at young Jewish singles and organized by the Society of Young Jewish Professionals.

The name of the event is frequently styled as MatzoBall or misspelled as Matzah Ball or MatzahBall.

There are a number of competing social events in Jewish communities throughout the U.S. and Canada held that same night. In addition, Matzo Ball and similar spellings are also used as the names for a variety of other, unrelated Jewish community events in particular regions.Author Rabbi Joshua Plaut, Ph.D in his book A Kosher Christmas:'Tis the Season to Be Jewish (Rutgers University Press, 2012) discusses the Matzo Ball, singles parties and activities and a variety of Christmas Eve secular traditions, customs and rituals in which American Jews engage as a diversion, source of amusement and collegiality.

Background

Historical

Historically, Jews in Europe would hide in their homes and villages during the Christmas holiday, for fear of violence from locals. In the United States, Christmas and Christmas Eve typically serve as times of family gathering and prayer for Christians and many others.

List of Dynasty episodes

The following is a complete list of episodes for the 1980s television series Dynasty, in broadcast order.

Overview

Episodes

Season 1: 1981

Season One was shown on Mondays in the USA.

Season 2: 1981–82

Season 3: 1982–83

Season 4: 1983–84

Season 5: 1984–85

Season 6: 1985–86

Season 7: 1986–87

Season 8: 1987–88

Season 9: 1988–89

The Reunion

See also

References and notes

On the ball

On the Ball may refer to:

On the Ball (TV series)

On The Ball was an Australian Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) television talk show about soccer, which began around 1984 and ended in 2002.

The show was mainly hosted by Les Murray and Johnny Warren, but were often joined by other hosts & analysts, including Stephanie Brantz and Francis Awaritefe amongst others. It was well known for promoting the game of football in Australia and endorsing candidates for the Socceroos coaching job and for the board of Soccer Australia (since replaced by the Football Federation Australia).

The show was replaced with The World Game.

List of Footballers' Wives episodes

The following is a complete episode list for the series Footballers' Wives, which began on 8 January 2002, and ended 15 July 2006.

The first series included 8 episodes. The second series also included 8. The third comprised 9 episodes, one of which was 90 minutes long. The fourth series also comprised 9 episodes, two of which were 90 minutes long. The fifth and final series included 8 episodes and the series premiere and finale were 90 minutes long.

Normal episodes were 60 minutes long, and around 45 minutes without breaks. Some series premieres and finales (listed above) were 90 minutes long, and around 70 minutes without breaks.

Summary

Series 1 (2002)

Series One was broadcast on Tuesdays at 9:00pm.

Series 2 (2003)

Series Two was broadcast on Wednesdays at 9:00pm.

Series 3 (2004)

Series Three was broadcast on Wednesdays at 9:00pm.