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Lord Arthur at first refused absolutely to come, but Surbiton, of whom he was extremely fond, finally persuaded him that if he stayed at Danieli's by himself he would be moped to death, and on the morning of the 15th they started, with a strong nor'-east wind blowing, and a rather choppy sea.
Lord Arthur felt that he was just the man for his purpose, and drove down one morning to his lodgings in Bloomsbury, to ask his advice and assistance.
Lord Arthur was a little consoled by this reflection, but even here he was destined to disappointment, for two days afterwards, as he was going upstairs, the Duchess called him into her boudoir, and showed him a letter she had just received from the Deanery.
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 screenonline: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (1960) Synopsis
Visiting Podgers the next day, Lord Arthur learns the horrifying secret of his future: he is destined to commit a murder, although Podgers is unable to reveal who is to be the victim.
Lord Arthur visits an apothecary and procures a capsule of wolfsbane, claiming it is for a rabid Norwegian wolfhound which attacked one of his servants.
Offering him the footstool to rest his gout, Lord Arthur attempts to retire to a safe distance, but his uncle has a tale to tell - Mr Podgers was an imposter, a flmailer, whose predictions were all false, and whose knowledge of his subjects' past was drawn from society records.
www.screenonline.org.uk /tv/id/1071315/synopsis.html   (718 words)

  
 Lord Arthur Savile's Crime by Oscar Wilde : Arthur's Classic Novels   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Lord Arthur at first refused absolutely to come, but Surbiton, of whom he was extremely fond, finally persuaded him that if he stayed at Danielli's by himself he would be moped to death, and on the morning of the 15th they started, with a strong nor'-east wind blowing and a rather choppy sea.
When the man saw it, he bowed and invited Lord Arthur into a very shabby front parlour on the ground floor, and in a few moments Herr Winckelkopf, as he was called in England, bustled into the room, with a very wine-stained napkin round his neck and a fork in his left hand.
Lord Arthur rushed out of the club with the paper still in his hand, to the immense amazement of the hall- porter who tried in vain to stop him, and drove at once to Park Lane.
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 Oscar Wilde : Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
Lord Arthur was a good deal puzzled at the technical terms used in both books, and had begun to regret that he had not paid more attention to his classics at Oxford, when in the second volume of Erskine, he found a very complete account of the properties of aconitine, written in fairly clear English.
Lord Arthur, at first, refused absolutely to come, but Surbiton, of whom he was extremely fond, finally persuaded him that if he stayed at Danielli's by himself he would be moped to death, and on the morning of the 15th they started, with a strong nor'-east wind blowing, and a rather sloppy sea.
Lord Arthur laid down £4:2:6 on the table, thanked the little German for his kindness, and, having succeeded in declining an invitation to meet some Anarchists at a meat-tea on the following Saturday, left the house and went off to the Park.
www.classicreader.com /read.php/sid.6/bookid.1974   (10392 words)

  
 Boundary Players - Lord Arthur Savile's Crime   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Lord Arthur feels duty bound to get it over with before his marriage to Sybil.
Lord Arthur is to be married, and his future mother-in-law, who rather disapproves of him, gets a famous cheiromantist to read his palm to discover any skeletons in his cupboard.
Lord Arthur was played by Clive Lewington, who grew more comfortable with the part as the play progressed, giving a good rendition of the none-too-bright lord, with some good comic timing.
www.newburytheatre.co.uk /archive/200011a.htm   (429 words)

  
 Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories
Lord Arthur’s finely-chiselled lips curled in petulant disdain.
Lord Arthur’s face brightened up when he saw it.
Lord Canterville listened very gravely to the worthy Minister’s speech, pulling his grey moustache now and then to hide an involuntary smile, and when Mr.
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 Oscar Wilde's Ghost Stories Part Three - "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
"Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" is the story of Lord Arthur Savile (as the title indicates) who, while attending a society party, has his palm read.
Podgers (who is the personal cheiromantist to the party's host, Lady Windermere) is less than optimistic about what he reads in Savile's palm though.
While "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" is rather chilling, it still has its lighter moments.
www.irishclans.com /articles/wilde-savile.html   (359 words)

  
 Lord Arthur Savile's Crime - Oscar Wilde   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
To Lord Arthur it came early in life – before his nature had been spoiled by the calculating cynicism of middle-age, or his heart corroded by the shallow, fashionable egotism of our day, and he felt no hesitation about doing his duty.
Lord Arthur put the capsule into a pretty little silver bonbonnière that he saw in a shop-window in Bond Street, threw away Pestle and Humbey's ugly pill-box, and drove off at once to Lady Clementina's.
Lord Arthur was very much touched by Lady Clementina's kind remembrance of him, and felt that Mr Podgers had a great deal to answer for.
www.kingkong.demon.co.uk /gsr/savile.htm   (10658 words)

  
 Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
Lord Arthur's Savile's Crime, The Portrait of Mr.
He had always been very fond of Lady Clem, as every one called her, and as he was very wealthy himself---having come into all Lord Rugby's property when he came of age---there was no possibility of his deriving any vulgar monetary advantage by her death.
Lord Arthur was a good deal puzzled at the technical terms used in both books, and had begun to regret that he had not paid more attention to his classics at Oxford, when in the second volume of Erskine, he found a very interesting and complete account of the properties
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 Lord Arthur Savile's Crime by Constance Cox   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Lord Arthur Savile is a well-bred gentleman who is 'not overburdened with brains'.
He does, however foretell that Lord Arthur will commit a murder at some time in his future.
To avoid any fl marks against his future marriage, Lord Arthur decides to commit a murder before the wedding.
whitwellplayers.freeyellow.com /Previous/savile/arthur.htm   (232 words)

  
 Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime The Canterville Ghost The Sphinx Without a Secret The Model Millionaire The Portrait of Mr.
'I fear that the ghost exists,' said Lord Canterville, smiling, 'though it may have resisted the overtures of your enterprising impresarios.
She paid me three guineas a week merely to sit in my drawing-rooms now and then." "She met some one here?" I said; but the woman assured me that it was not so, that she always came alone, and saw no one.
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 Lord Arthur Savile's Crime at Queen's Theatre, Barnstaple, North Devon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime at Queen's Theatre, Barnstaple, North Devon
Following on from these greats we are delighted to welcome 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime', another sumptuously staged Oscar Wilde production from the past master of classic costume comedy.
Young Lord Arthur is deliriously happy; a pillar of society on the verge of marriage, until a brief departure from Victorian convention leads him to the abode of a chilling clairvoyant who gravely pronounces that before he can marry he must commit murder!
www.northdevontheatres.org.uk /performances/0405lordarth.html   (236 words)

  
 Lord Arthur Savile's Crime: Chapter One
Lord Arthur is one of my special favourites.'
For a moment his face became a white mask of horror, but he soon recovered his SANG-FROID, and looking up at Lady Windermere, said with a forced smile, 'It is the hand of a charming young man.
'Another time, Lord Arthur, but the Duchess is anxious.
www.planetmonk.com /wilde/savile/savile.c1.html   (2841 words)

  
 Lord Arthur Savile's Crime etc. by Oscar Wilde
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime etc. by Oscar Wilde
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 Lord Arthur Savile's Crime etc by Oscar Wilde
Podgers, Lord Arthur Savile is dying to have
Lord Arthur left the house in high spirits, and with a feeling of
Lord Arthur felt that he was just the man for his purpose,
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 LORD ARTHUR SAVILE'S CRIME
This improbable comedy tells the story of Lord Arthur who has his palm read by Podgers, who tells him he will commit a murder.
Friargate Theatre is delighted to welcome, once again, York Settlement Players - York's leading amateur dramatic company.
LORD ARTHUR SAVILE'S CRIME runs from 16/06/2004 to 19/06/2004
www.ridinglights.org /shows/lordarth_001.php   (147 words)

  
 Chapter Lord Arthur Savile's Crime of Lord Arthur Savile's Crime by Oscar Wilde
Chapter Lord Arthur Savile's Crime of Lord Arthur Savile's Crime by Oscar Wilde
It was Lady Windermere's last reception before Easter, and Bentinck House was even more crowded than usual.
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 Guild Players | Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
Finchley's Amateur Drama Group - North London - UK Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
Lord Arthur Savile's engagement to the lovely Sybil Merton looks like eternal happiness - but all this changes when Lady Merton's chiromantist Podgers reads Lord Arthur's palm.
In secret, Mr Podgers reveals that he saw blood on Arthur's palm.
www.guildplayers.org.uk /productions/past00/lordarthursavile.php   (120 words)

  
 Diana and Aradia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
To some Diana is considered to be the equal or the same as: the Greek Artemis; the Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) Bast; the Egyptian Hathor; the Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) Isis; the Phoenician Astarte; the Babylonian Ishtar; the Celtic Brigid; the Babylonian/Sumerian Inanna; the Welsh Cerridwin; and the Hebrew Lilith.
The excavation of the temple of Diana Nemorensis was undertaken in 1885, by Sir John Savile Lumley, now Lord Savile of Rutherford, the English ambassador at Rome, with the kind consent of the Italian government.
It seems that this Artemisium Nemorense was not only a place of worship and devotion, but also a hydro-therapeutic establishment.
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 Theatre Royal, Brighton: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime - Saturday 16 April at 2:30 pm, 7:45 pm Box Office: 08700 606 650 (booking fee)
When Lord Arthur Savile is told by an unscrupulous fortune teller that he will one day commit a murder (undoubtedly souring his forthcoming marriage to the gorgeous Cybil), he decides to do the chivalrous thing and get it over with before the wedding.
However, his poorly designed attempts at homicide fail to kill any of his 49 eccentric relatives.
www.theambassadors.com /theatreroyal/t_sp_p1690.html   (171 words)

  
 Lord Arthur Savile's Crime by Constance Cox   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Based on the short story by Oscar Wilde
Lord Arthur Savile, a young man about to be married, learns from a fashionable palmist that he is to commit a murder.
He determines to do the deed before his wedding, and his target is a member of his own family.
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 Lord Arthur Savile's Crime by Oscar Wilde - Project Gutenberg
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime by Oscar Wilde - Project Gutenberg
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime -- The Canterville Ghost -- The Sphinx Without a Secret -- The Model Millionaire -- The Portrait of Mr.
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