The first time I heard it mentioned was in the 1980s and I immediately consulted Sir John Gielgud whose own performance of Jack Worthing in the same play was legendary and whose knowledge of theatrical lore was encyclopaedic.

Sir Clive Marles Sinclair ( born 30 July 1940 ) is an English entrepreneur and inventor, most commonly known for his work in consumer electronics in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Among the most notable corporate raiders of the 1980s were Carl Icahn, Victor Posner, Nelson Peltz, Robert M. Bass, T. Boone Pickens, Harold Clark Simmons, Kirk Kerkorian, Sir James Goldsmith, Saul Steinberg and Asher Edelman.

Sir Robert Tony Watson CMG ( born March 21, 1948 ) is a British scientist who has worked on atmospheric science issues including ozone depletion, global warming and paleoclimatology since the 1980s.

Bradman is immortalised in three popular songs from different eras, " Our Don Bradman " ( 1930s, by Jack O ' Hagan ), " Bradman " ( 1980s, by Paul Kelly ), and " Sir Don ", ( a tribute by John Williamson performed at Bradman's memorial service ).

Sir Nigel Barnard Hawthorne, CBE ( 5 April 1929 – 26 December 2001 ) was an English actor, perhaps best remembered for his role as Sir Humphrey Appleby, the Permanent Secretary in the 1980s sitcom Yes Minister and the Cabinet Secretary in its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister.

David Hampton ( April 28, 1964 – July 18, 2003 ) was an American con artist who gained infamy in the 1980s after milking a group of wealthy Manhattanites out of thousands of dollars by convincing them he was Sir Sidney Poitier's son.

Among the most notable investors to be labeled corporate raiders in the 1980s included Carl Icahn, Victor Posner, Nelson Peltz, Robert M. Bass, T. Boone Pickens, Harold Clark Simmons, Kirk Kerkorian, Sir James Goldsmith, Saul Steinberg and Asher Edelman.

Further acquisition of neighbouring properties continued into the 1980s, culminating in the purchase of a house and garden owned by Sir Vivian Fuchs on the western side on the college.

Further developments to the terraces were undertaken during the term of Sir Ninian Stephen in the 1980s.

Addie's most acclaimed role ( and the one for which he is most widely recognised and regarded ) was as Sir Guy of Gisbourne in the 1980s series Robin of Sherwood.

Part of CICS was formalized using the Z notation in the 1980s and 1990s in collaboration with the Oxford University Computing Laboratory, under the leadership of Sir Tony Hoare.

The 1980s conversion to a hotel was overseen by the architect Eric Throssell who created a new dining room in the style of Sir John Soane, by enclosing the former 18th century open arcaded porch.

Sir Alf also had a sporadic column in the Daily Mirror in the late 1980s and early 1990s, his thoughts written down by Nigel Clarke.

His mother's cousin, Sir Ferdinand Mount, was head of 10 Downing Street's Policy Unit in the early 1980s.

* Sir John Harvey Jones famously visited the firm in the 1980s BBC documentary series Troubleshooter in which he advised the firm to modernize.

In the 1980s, Sir Hugh became a television presenter, with his own show, Personal Pleasures with Sir Hugh Casson, which, despite its title, was in fact about stately homes and places he enjoyed.

National's support for a controversial aluminium smelter at Aramoana, another of Prime Minister Sir Robert Muldoon's Think Big projects of the late 1970s and early 1980s, was one justification propounded for the dam.

The introduction of ciclosporin by Sir Roy Calne markedly improved patient outcomes, and the 1980s saw recognition of liver transplantation as a standard clinical treatment for both adult and pediatric patients with appropriate indications.

During the 1980s Britannia Airways operated a Boeing 737-204 / Adv airliner ( construction number 21693 / 541 ; registration G-BFVA ) named “ Sir John Alcock ”

* Sir David Price ( British politician ) ( born 1924 ), British Conservative Member of Parliament in the 1970s and 1980s

Greenmail proved lucrative for investors such as T. Boone Pickens and Sir James Goldsmith during the 1980s.

He used his middle name Roy until the early 1980s.

In the 1980s, Roy Boulting directed the Miss Marple mysteries for the BBC.

This happened often during the 1980s when Roy Clarke's commitment to Open All Hours prevented the production of a full series every year.

In the late 1980s, Roy Clarke wrote novels featuring Compo, Clegg and Seymour.

During the 1980s, he played in numerous concerts, collaborating with prominent jazz players such as Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, George Coleman, Joe Henderson, Dizzy Gillespie, Chick Corea, Hank Jones, Roy Hargrove, Jerry Tilitz and Jesse Davis, among others.

In the 1980s Earle returned to Nashville once again and worked as a songwriter for the publishers Roy Dea and Pat Clark.

And on Friday 30 April Roy went back in time to the 1980s in the BBC TV programme Ashes to Ashes, as Frank Hardwick.

In the 1980s Roy Hudd starred as Fagin in the revival of Lionel Bart's musical Oliver!

It developed in the UK over the 1980s and 1990s and could be seen as tacking the sound of jazz-funk onto electronic dance: jazz-funk musicians such as Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd and Grant Green are often credited as forerunners of acid jazz.

The town's popularity grew in the 1980s when a number of prominent country stars moved to the area, including Boxcar Willie, Sons of the Pioneers and Roy Clark.

Popular items on the menu are roast beef sandwiches and fried chicken, which was advertised by Roy Rogers under the " Pappy Parker " name in the 1980s using a cartoon prospector.

Flatlands is also home to the Gemini Lounge where Roy DeMeo of the Gambino Mafia Family frequented during the late 1970s-early 1980s.

Hitchens contends the modern Labour Party was formed by struggles in the 1980s and a programme of " social liberalism, egalitarian education and the sexual revolution " envisaged in the 1950s by figures such as Anthony Crosland and Roy Jenkins.

One of the sport's dominant relievers in the late 1970s and early 1980s, he became the only pitcher to lead the National League in saves five times ( 1979 – 1982, 1984 ), and retired with exactly 300 saves – at the time, the third highest total in history, behind Rollie Fingers ( 341 ) and Rich " Goose " Gossage ( 302 ), and an NL record until broken by Lee Smith in ; Sutter had set the NL record in with his 194th save, surpassing the mark held by Roy Face.

The 1980s started a string of acquisitions: In 1982, the Victoria's Secret brand, store, and catalogue were purchased from Roy Raymond for $ 4 million.

Roy Waller presented a weekday afternoon show on the station from the early 1980s until 2009, which led to him being regarded as one of the best-known and most popular voices in the county, described by the Eastern Daily Press as " a household name.

In addition to some brief adventures with later incarnations of the Titans in the 1980s, Roy also served as a government agent for a fictional federal agency, and as a private investigator, and went on a single mission with the Suicide Squad ( vol.

Due to the recession causing the marginalisation of Green issues, Roy Jenkins leaving the Labour Party to form the Social Democratic Party ( SDP ), and the inability of the Party to absorb the rapid increase in membership, the early 1980s were extremely tough for the Ecology Party.

** In the 1980s, DC Comics writer Roy Thomas invented a retcon to explain why Superman, the Spectre, and the Justice Society of America had been unable to defeat the Nazis: Hitler possessed the Spear of Destiny ( Spear of Longinus ) which gave him magical control over any superheroes who ventured into his territory.

The 1980s would see a string of memorable performances from Kamiya, including Shutaro Mendou in Urusei Yatsura, Suguru Kinniku in Kinnikuman, Kenshirou in Hokuto no Ken ( Fist of the North Star ), Roy Focker in Macross and Ryo Saeba in City Hunter.

Notable Bengali music composers active in Calcutta ( Kolkata ) in the 1930s through the 1980s include Himangshu Dutta, Kamal Dasgupta, Rai Chand Boral, Timirbaran Bhattacharya, Pankaj Kumar Mullick, Anupam Ghatak, Sachin Dev Burman, Durga Sen, Kalipada Sen, Gopen Mullick, Nachiketa Ghosh, Robin Chattopadhyay, Hemanta Mukhopadhayay, Salil Chowdhury, Sudhin Dasgupta, Shyamal Mitra, Pabitra Chattopadhyay, Anal Chattopadhyay, Anil Bagchi, Abhijit Bandopadhyay, Rahul Deb Burman, Ajoy Das, and Bappi Lahiri, while Ajoy Bhattacharya, Hiren Bose, Subodh Purakayastha, Pranab Roy, Sailen Roy, Gouri Prasanna Majumdar, Shyamal Gupta, Pulak Bandopadhyay and Mukul Dutta were well-known lyricists.

In the 1970s and 1980s rugby union made enormous progress thanks to great foreign players ( John Kirwan, Naas Botha, David Campese, Michael Lynagh ) and coaches ( Julien Saby, Roy Bish, Greenwood, Nelie Smith ) in the Italian championship.