The book is by Jerome Weidman and George Abbott, music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, choreography by Peter Gennaro, scenery, costumes and lighting by William and Jean Eckart, musical direction by Jack Elliott, and the production was directed by Mr. Abbott.

The screenplay was by Maxwell Anderson, George Abbott, Del Andrews, C. Gardner Sullivan, with uncredited work by Walter Anthony and Milestone.

He was a younger son of Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, brother of Gilbert Arthur à Beckett and educated at Felsted School.

Jerome Robbins was called in by director George Abbott and producer Hal Prince to give advice and make changes.

It was directed by George Abbott and produced by Hal Prince, with choreography by Jack Cole and uncredited staging and choreography by Jerome Robbins.

It was addressed by Labour MPs Jon Trickett, Emily Thornberry, John McDonnell ( politician ) | John McDonnell, Michael Meacher, Diane Abbott and Jeremy Corbyn, and Elfyn Llwyd of Plaid Cymru and Angus MacNeil of the Scottish National Party.

Paul Abbott was a story editor on the programme in the 1980s and began writing episodes in 1989, but left in 1993 to produce Cracker, for which he later wrote, before creating his own highly acclaimed dramas such as Touching Evil and Shameless.

Edwin Abbott Abbott was the eldest son of Edwin Abbott ( 1808 – 1882 ), headmaster of the Philological School, Marylebone, and his wife, Jane Abbott ( 1806 – 1882 ).

Colby's preface to Abbott's Flatland states that Abbott was 7th Senior Optime, Senior Classic

Abbott also wrote educational text books, one being " Via Latina: First Latin Book " which was published in 1898 and distributed around the world within the education system.

Emma Abbott ( December 9, 1850 – January 5, 1891 ) was an American operatic soprano and impresario known for her pure, clear voice of great flexibility and volume.

The family moved to Peoria, Illinois in 1854 but Professor Abbott was unable to find a sufficient number of music students to make ends meet and the family suffered from financial problems.

Beckett was born at Hammersmith, United Kingdom, the eldest son of Gilbert Abbott à Beckett and the brother of Arthur William à Beckett.

James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American-born painter who played a part in Impressionism although he did not join the group and preferred grayed colours.

John Stevens Cabot Abbott ( September 19, 1805 – June 17, 1877 ), an American historian, pastor, and pedagogical writer, was born in Brunswick, Maine to Jacob and Betsey Abbott.

He was a brother of Jacob Abbott, and was associated with him in the management of Abbott's Institute, New York City, and in the preparation of his series of brief historical biographies.

As a part of the 1872 Iwakura Mission Mr. Abbott was given guardianship of Shige Nagai, a Japanese girl sent to the United States to be educated.

In 1910, a series of twenty short biographies of historical characters by J. S. C. and Jacob Abbott, was published.

Their brother, Gorham Dummer Abbott, was also an author.

Abbott is a frequent public speaker, newspaper contributor and TV performer, appearing on programmes such as Have I Got News For You, Celebrity Come Dine with Me and Cash in the Celebrity Attic.

While a hit with her own show, Canova made frequent appearances on other popular radio programs of the day, including and especially, those hosted by Abbott and Costello and Fred Allen.

John McCarthy ( mixed martial arts ) | " Big " John McCarthy referees as Tank Abbott puts Cal Worsham against the cage at Ultimate Ultimate 1996. Although UFC used the tagline " There are no rules!

In storyline, Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial artist Tank Abbott became an avid fan of 3 Count, and he began protecting them during their performances, attacking anyone who disrupted them, eventually acting as their talent manager and occasional inserting himself as a back-up dancer.

In the finals of UU 96, Frye faced feared striker Tank Abbott, who landed early devastating shots, opening a cut on Frye's face, and causing swelling but Abbott lost his balance and fell, allowing Frye to secure a Rear Naked Choke, to take the title of Ultimate Ultimate 96 Champion, his second UFC Tournament Championship.

Kingdom would have a presence at UFC Ultimate Japan in 1997, as Yoji Anjo would lose to Tank Abbott, while Kazushi Sakuraba won the heavyweight tournament.

McCarthy also appeared in the TV series " Friends ", season 3 episode 24 " The One with the Ultimate Fighting Champion " where he plays the referee of a UFC match between Tank Abbott and Jon Favreau.

Abbott worked as a professional wrestler with World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ); initially he was brought in as an opponent for Goldberg, on the understanding he was a " legitimate " fighter — who could render any opponent unconscious with a single punch, which became his wrestling finisher, ' The Phantom Right '— and could boost Goldberg's reputation.

To the dismay of company officials, Russo suggested having the mid-card Abbott win the Championship albeit only to hold it briefly.

The Abbott Cup and Hewitt-Dudley Memorial Trophy were awarded to Western and Eastern Canadian Champions respectively, then those two teams would square off for the Manitoba Centennial Cup, the National Championship.

Merritt played off against the Prince Albert Raiders of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League in the Abbott Cup ( the Western Canada Championship ) and lost in 5 games ( best-of-7 ).

The Doyle Cup Champion traditionally plays off against the Anavet Cup Champion for the Western Canadian Championship, the Abbott Cup to advance to the Royal Bank Cup.

He proceeded to proclaim that the JCW Heavyweight Championship was the only world title that meant anything to him before giving Tank Abbott a match for the title.

Soon after debuting, Stevens appeared briefly in World Championship Wrestling in a spot with Tank Abbott, where she received a concussion from Abbot.

One of the ideas included putting the now vacated WCW Title on the shoot fighter Tank Abbott, a former UFC fighter.

Belfort's next match saw him score a technical knockout ( TKO ) against the UFC 6 runner-up Tank Abbott in a non-tournament fight, knocking Abbott down and finishing him with a ground and pound attack.

Abbott was the first fighter to regularly wear what would be known as traditional MMA gloves in the UFC.

Abbott made his mixed martial arts debut in 1995 at UFC 6 Clash of the Titans in Casper, Wyoming.

In his first 4 UFC tournament appearances, Abbott advanced at least 1 round in all of them.

In 1997, Abbott appeared as a UFC fighter in the TV show Friends, defeating Jon Favreau's character, the billionaire Pete Becker, who was dating Monica at the time.

Abbott waged an unsuccessful UFC comeback in the mid 2000s, losing fights to Frank Mir, Kimo Leopoldo and Wesley " Cabbage " Correira.

Most recently however, Abbott relived UFC 11 brawl with Scott Ferrozzo via an unsanctioned backyard brawl in 2011.

Abbott claims his nickname of “ Tank ” was given to him by UFC officials after the character of “ Tank Murdock “ from the 1978 Clint Eastwood movie Every Which Way but Loose.

Severn defeated Paul Varelans, David " Tank " Abbott, and UFC 6 tournament winner Oleg Taktarov all in the same night to capture the tournament title.

Taktarov was the UFC 6 tournament champion and holds notable wins over Marco Ruas and David " Tank " Abbott.

Between UFC 5 and UFC 6 ( where he won the tournament, beating David " Tank " Abbott in the finals ), Taktarov lived and trained with Ken Shamrock's Lion's Den fighting team.

Taktarov went on to defeat a much larger David " Tank " Abbott by rear naked choke after 17 grueling minutes to win the UFC 6 tournament.

After the considered-controversial loss to Freeman, Mir then faced David " Tank " Abbott at UFC 41 on February 28, 2003.