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Taylor, Tom |
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Taylor, Tom, 1817–80, English dramatist and editor. His most famous play is Our American Cousin (1858), performed at Ford's Theater in Washington, D. C., when Lincoln was assassinated. Of his more than 100 plays, others are The Ticket-of-Leave Man (1863) and, written with his friend Charles Reade, Masks and Faces (1852). He edited B. R. Haydon's autobiography (1853, new ed. 1926) and was editor of Punch from 1874 to 1880.
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The walls of the workshop are arrayed with a who's who of faces preserved in smooth white plaster: George Clooney, Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Nicolas Cage, Elizabeth Taylor, Tom Cruise, William H. Without question, Jim Taylor, Tom Kacandes and others at the company had to dig into that non-existent 25th hour in the day to accomplish this. Previous recipients who have received this honor include Burt Bacharach & Hal David, Elvis Costello, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller, Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell, Arturo Sandoval, Stephen Sondheim, James Taylor, Tom Waits, and Stevie Wonder, among others. |
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