In 2004 there was a limited-run revival at the Royal National Theatre starring Desmond Barrit as Pseudolus, Philip Quast as Miles Gloriosus, Hamish McColl as Hysterium and Isla Blair as Domina ( who had previously played Philia in the 1963 production ).

After convincing Brubeck to hire him following his stint with Jack Fina, the two had a contract drafted ( of which Brubeck was the sole signatory ); the language forbade Brubeck from ever firing him, ensured Brubeck's status as group leader, and gave Desmond twenty percent of all profits generated from the quartet.

Desmond also was never able to hold down steady relationships with women, though he had no shortage of them.

Desmond reportedly owned a Baldwin grand piano, which he loaned to Bradley Cunningham, owner of the famous Bradley's piano bar in Greenwich Village, with the condition that Mr. Cunningham had to move the large piano back to Desmond's Upper West Side apartment to become part of Desmond's estate.

Desmond had a light melodic tone when playing the alto saxophone that is similar to the style of Lee Konitz, one of his influences.

Sunset Boulevard shows the disconnect between the two eras in the character of Norma Desmond, played by silent film star Gloria Swanson, and Singin ' in the Rain deals with the period where the people of Hollywood had to face changing from making silents to talkies.

The Packers also had a triple-slammy in a sense with game-breaking kick returner Desmond Howard.

In the words of J. Desmond Clark, " It was early realized that the threefold division of culture into Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages adopted in the nineteenth century for Europe had no validity in Africa outside the Nile valley.

The TRC had a number of high profile members: Archbishop Desmond Tutu ( chairman ), Dr. Alex Boraine ( Deputy Chairman ), Mary Burton, Advocate Chris de Jager, Bongani Finca, Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, Sisi Khampepe, Richard Lyster, Wynand Malan, Reverend Khoza Mgojo, Hlengiwe Mkhize, Dumisa Ntsebeza ( head of the Investigative Unit ), Dr. Wendy Orr, Advocate Denzil Potgieter, Mapule Ramashala, Dr. Fazel Randera, Yasmin Sooka and Glenda Wildschut.

In the previous decade she had become one of the century ’ s most famous feminist writers with three more novels, and a series of essays including the moving late memoir “ Sketch of the Past ”, It was also in the 1930s that Desmond MacCarthy became perhaps the most widely read – and heard – literary critic with his columns in The Sunday Times and his broadcasts with the BBC.

By 1118 Munster had fractured into the Kingdom of Thomond under the O ' Briens, the Kingdom of Desmond under the MacCarthy dynasty ( Eóganachta ), and the short-lived Kingdom of Ormond under the O ' Kennedys ( another Dalcassian sept ).

Norma Talmadge has been described as " the obvious if unacknowledged source of Norma Desmond, the grotesque, predatory silent movie queen of " the film, itself a malignant misrepresentation of Talmadge starring an actress who had been a rival in the 1920s.

She is associated with the MacCarthy dynasty of Desmond, who adopted her as their fairy woman, and the O ' Keeffes and FitzGerald dynasty, with whom she has had amorous affairs ( MacKillop 1998 ; Monaghan 2004 ).

* Sir Humphrey also had an old acquaintance: Sir Desmond Glazebrook ( played by Richard Vernon ), who was Board member, then Chairman, of Bartlett's Bank.

The couple had two sons, Jonathan ( b. 1930 ), and Desmond ( b. 1931 ).

Desmond Browne, QC, for Mr Pilger and Central Television, said his clients had not intended to allege the two men trained the Khmer Rouge to lay mines, but they accepted that was how the program had been understood.

Desmond FitzGerald had been active in Sinn Féin during the Irish War of Independence, and had been one of the founders of Cumann na nGaedheal.

Although a senior figure on the " pro-treaty " side of Ireland's political divide, Desmond FitzGerald had remained friendly with anti-Treaty republicans such as Belfast man Seán MacEntee, a minister in Éamon de Valera's government, and father-in-law of Conor Cruise O ' Brien.

Guisborough have also had professionals such as Murray Goodwin, ( Sussex and former Zimbabwe international ) Desmond Haynes and Phil Simmons ( both West Indian internationals ), Imran Jan ( Trinidad and Tobago ), Sean Clingeleffer ( Tasmania ) and Greg Todd ( Otago ).

Launched on 21 December 1985 by Desmond O ' Malley and other politicians who had split from Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, the Progressive Democrats took liberal positions on divorce, contraception, and other social issues.

Scallon also had public disagreements at the time with the Catholic hierarchy ( notably with Cardinal Desmond Connell ), the latter wishing instead to negotiate a consensus solution.

Diana Mitford, one of the Mitford sisters, and had two sons with her: Jonathan and Desmond.

* 1945 – World War II: Desmond Doss is the first conscientious objector to receive the U. S. Medal of Honor.

In 1578, to further the plans of exiled English and Irish Catholics such as Nicholas Sanders, William Allen, and James Fitzmaurice FitzGerald, Gregory outfitted adventurer Thomas Stukeley with a ship and an army of 800 men to land in Ireland to aid in the hope for overthrow of Elizabeth's rule through the Catholic leader and former leader of the first Desmond rebellion, Fitzmaurice.

* 1986 – Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa.

Green Bay forced New England to punt on the opening possession of the game and started their first drive with great field position after receiver Desmond Howard returned the ball 32 yards to the Packers 46-yard line.

** Desmond Tutu becomes the first black Anglican Church bishop in South Africa.

Desmond Plummer became the first Conservative leader of London-wide government in 33 years.

In 1967, the hypothesis was briefly mentioned in The Naked Ape, a book by Desmond Morris in which can be found the first use of the term " aquatic ape ".

* Desmond T. Doss, first conscientious objector to receive the Medal of Honor

In 1953, John Desmond opened the first architectural firm in Hammond.

A Bernal sphere is a type of space habitat intended as a long-term home for permanent residents, first proposed in 1929 by John Desmond Bernal.

He was the son of Desmond FitzGerald, the first Minister for External Affairs of the nascent Irish state following independence from the United Kingdom in 1922.

Although Desmond Saunders and Lane were available to direct the first and second episodes, while veteran AP Films director Brian Burgess also contributed, the Andersons needed to transfer some of the more junior production personnel to replace the outgoing staff.

Sir Edward was the first of the Dennys to settle in Tralee and we learn from a recent history of Tralee by Gerald O ' Carroll that only in 1627 did the Dennys actually occupy the castle of the earls of Desmond.

About six months after his visit to Portsmouth, he first saw at Court, and fell in love with, his cousin, Lady Elizabeth Preston, only child and heiress of Sir Richard Preston, Earl of Desmond.

In 1569 – 1570 the divisions in Irish politics took on a religious tinge with the first Desmond Rebellion in Munster and the papal bull Regnans in Excelsis issued in 1570.

The outcome was the first ever coalition government for Fianna Fáil, whose junior partner were the Progressive Democrats led by former Fianna Fáil TD Desmond O ' Malley.

The Bull was issued in support of, but following, the 1569 " Northern Rebellion " in England, and the first Desmond Rebellion in Ireland, with foreign Catholic support, and hardened her opinion against her landowning Catholic subjects.

Gilbert's actions in the south of Ireland played a significant part in the outbreak of the first of the Desmond Rebellions.

The album was produced by Desmond Child and the first single is called Livin ' in a World Without You.

For the first few years, all of his projects were co-designs with either Pete Dye or Desmond Muirhead, who were two of the leading golf course architects of that era.

They escalated into the first of the Desmond rebellions, led by James Fitzmaurice Fitzgerald.

This was the first major event to be held in what Archbishop Desmond Tutu had dubbed " the Rainbow Nation.

John FitzGerald, 1st Baron Desmond, of Shanid, County Limerick, Lord of Connelloe and Decies, married ( first ) Margery, daughter and heir of Sir Thomas Fitz-Anthony, Lord of Decies and Desmond.