The play had its first English production in 1946 at the New Theatre in London with Ralph Richardson as Inspector Goole, Harry Andrews as Gerald Croft, Margaret Leighton as Sheila Birling, Julian Mitchell as Arthur Birling, Marian Spencer as Sybil Birling and Alec Guinness as Eric Birling.

The original production featured Kenneth Cranham as Inspector Goole ( later played by Barry Foster and Philip Whitchurch ), Richard Pasco as Arthur Birling ( later played by Julian Glover, Edward Peel and William Gaunt ), Barbara Leigh Hunt as Sybil Birling ( later played by Judy Parfitt, Margaret Tyzack and Marjorie Yates ), Diana Kent as Sheila Birling ( later played by Sylvestra Le Touzel ) and Louis Hillyer as Gerald Croft.

* Selected Poems of Randall Swingler ( 2000 ) edited by Andy Croft

Its spiritual origins, if not its direct lineage, go back to two earlier institutions in the area, MONEA Christian College, in Rector, Arkansas, and Croft College, which was located in rural Greene County, Arkansas, both of which were defunct by the end of the 1930s. The school achieved a major milestone in 2000 when it was formally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and was included in membership in the North Central Association.

* 1678 – William Croft, English composer ( d. 1727 )

* 1916 – Mary Jane Croft, American actress ( d. 1999 )

* L. R. Croft, " Gosse, Philip Henry ( 1810 – 1888 )," Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004.

* August 24 – Mary Jane Croft, American actress ( b. 1916 )

* September 7 – David Croft, British writer, producer and actor ( d. 2011 )

* August 14 – William Croft, English composer ( b. 1678 )

* December 30 – William Croft, English composer ( d. 1727 )

His holdings included Anderson Bigham Sheet Metal, which he founded and operated from 1939 – 1989, and Bigham Brothers Manufacturing, established in 1960 with his late brother, Croft Bigham.

( 1988 – 93 ), another creation of Jimmy Perry and David Croft.

* O God, Our Help in Ages Past – words by Isaac Watts, music by William Croft

* Colonel Noel Andrew Croft ( 1906 – 1998 ) – held the record for the longest self-sustaining journey across the Arctic in the 1930s for 60 years.

Major David John Croft OBE ( 7 September 1922 – 27 September 2011 ), born David John Andrew Sharland, was an English writer, producer and director.

Croft was born into a showbiz family: his mother, Annie Croft ( 1896 – 1995 ), was a famous stage actress and his father, Reginald Sharland ( 1886 – 1944 ), had a successful career as a radio actor in Hollywood.

It Ain't Half Hot Mum is the second of the two sitcom series co-written by Perry and Croft set in the Second World War, the first being Dad's Army ( 1968 – 1977 ).

He was violently attacked by Humphrey Hody and later by William Wotton for putting forward a pseudo-translation but Henry Herbert Stephen Croft ( 1842 – 1923 ) later discovered that there was a Neapolitan gentleman at that time bearing the name of Poderico, or, Latinized, Pudericus, with whom Elyot may well have been acquainted.

Leicester won their first piece of silverware for five years on 15 April 2007, beating the Ospreys 41 – 35 with tries from Tom Varndell, Tom Croft, Ben Kay and Alesana Tuilagi to win the EDF Energy Cup at Twickenham Stadium.

Thomas Knight ( 1697 – 1764 ) and nephew and heir of Richard Knight ( 1693 – 1765 ) of Croft Castle.

* William Croft – Musica sacra

* Mary Jane Croft ( 1916 – 1999 ), American actress

As late as 1960, a long-time Croft resident referred to " the part of Croft which is called Hurworth Place ".

Studio presentation for the Australian Open, French Open, U. S. Open and WTA Tour Championships on British Eurosport is hosted by Annabel Croft with the segment Hawk-Eye presented by former British Number 2 Jason Goodall.

After winning the Wimbledon and Australian Open girls ' tournaments in 1984, Croft won the Virginia Slims of San Diego tournament in 1985, beating Wendy Turnbull in the final in straight sets.

Late in 1986, a local Western Suburbs Greens formed, on the model of the Victoria Park Carlisle Greens, largely as a result of the assistance of Richard Jeffries, who was an organiser with the Australian Democrats, Vivienne Elanta and John Croft, and then a Northern Suburbs Greens formed in 1988 on the same model.

Dual wielded weapons have become the trademark of some game characters, most notably Lara Croft and Dante.

Croft ( land ) | Crofts at Borreraig on the island of Skye.

* W. Bruce Croft

Whilst with Yeovil Botham made an appearance for the Football Association XI ( a representative side for non-league footballers ) against the Northern Football League at Croft Park during the 1984-85 season.

*" Complete bibliography of the publications of Joseph H. Greenberg " by William Croft ( 2003 )

Also that year, he appeared as Lord Croft, father of the title character of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

* Sister Morfudd married Sir Richard Croft of Croft Castle, in Herefordshire and, secondly, David ab Ednyfed Gam of Llys Pengwern.

* Janet, who married Sir John de Croft of Croft Castle, in Herefordshire.

Jolie was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award in 2001 for Worst Actress for her work in Original Sin and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

) As L. C. Croft has written, " Much of Gosse's success was due to the fact that he was essentially a field naturalist who was able to impart to his readers something of the thrill of studying living animals at first hand rather than the dead disjointed ones of the museum shelf.

and D. D and were the parents of Sir Herbert Croft, 1st Baronet see Croft baronets.

As Janet Croft notes, Tolkien's literary reaction to war at this time differed from most post-war writers by eschewing irony as a method for distancing events and instead using mythology to mediate his experiences.

* 1930 – Julian Critchley, British politician ( d. 2000 )

On 13 December 2000, BBC Radio 3 broadcast a new radio adaptation directed by Howard Davies starring Geraldine McEwan as " Lady Bracknell ", Simon Russell Beale as " Jack Worthing ", Julian Wadham as " Algernon Moncrieff ", Geoffrey Palmer as " Rev.

There is also some speculation, from a demonstration led by British modern hot air balloonist Julian Nott in the late 1970s and again in 2003, that hot air balloons could have been used by people of the Nazca culture of Peru some 1500 to 2000 years ago, as a tool for designing the famous Nazca ground figures and lines.

First, the positions of the south and north celestial poles appear to move in circles against the space-fixed backdrop of stars, completing one circuit in 25, 772 Julian years ( 2000 rate ).

Tostig features in the novels The Last English King ( 2000 ), by Julian Rathbone ( where he is depicted as Edward the Confessor's catamite ), Harold, The Last of the Saxon Kings, by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The King's Shadow, by Elizabeth Alder, The Interim King, by J. Colman McMillan, Warriors of the Dragon Gold, by Ray Bryant, and God's Concubine book 2 of The Troy Game series by Sara Douglass, The Bastard King by Jean Plaidy.

* Julian Price ( 1994 – 2000 )

The village and its surrounding area has been a filming location for scenes from Julian Po ( 1997 ), the primary locale for the award winning You Can Count on Me ( 2000 ), and a secondary location for Stake Land ( 2010 ).

* Julian Dixon ( 1934 – 2000 ), U. S. Congressman

* Julian years, e. g., J2000. 0 for 2000 January 1. 5000 TT

In addition, an epoch optionally prefixed by " J " and designated as a year with decimals ( 2000 + x ), where x is positive or negative and quoted to 1 or 2 decimal places, has come to mean a date that is an interval of x Julian years of 365. 25 days away from the epoch J2000 = JD 2451545. 0 ( TT ), still corresponding ( in spite of the use of the prefix " J " or word " Julian ") to the Gregorian calendar date of 2000 Jan 1 at 12h TT ( about 64 seconds before noon UTC on the same calendar day ).

: J = 2000. 0 + ( Julian date − 2451545. 0 )/ 365. 25.

The currently-used standard epoch " J2000 " is defined by international agreement at 2000 January 1. 5 ( or January 1 at 12h on a defined time scale usually TT ), or more precisely the Julian date 2451545. 0 TT ( Terrestrial Time ), or January 1, 2000, noon TT.

* Sir Julian Paget, Bt – Second to none: the Coldstream Guards, 1650 – 2000 ( 2000 ) ISBN 0-85052-769-4

* Gerstin, Julian ( 2000 ).

In 2000 this work was made into a film, directed by Julian Schnabel, in which Arenas was played by Javier Bardem.

In the show's third season ( 2000 – 2001 ), Phoebe develops the active power of Levitation and enters a relationship with Cole Turner ( Julian McMahon ), who is actually the demon mercenary Belthazor that has been hired to kill The Charmed Ones.

Television presenter James May together with Chris Collins, Jane McAdam Freud, Julian Fullalove and around 2000 members of the public created a show garden for the 2009 Chelsea Flower Show made entirely of Plasticine called ' Paradise in Plasticine '.

In 2000 she was a guest artist alongside the cellist Julian Lloyd Webber and the violinist Gil Shaham on the album Two Worlds by Dave Grusin and Lee Ritenour.

Sir Julian Michael Gordon Critchley ( 8 December 1930 – 9 September 2000 ) was a British Conservative Party politician.