Though well reviewed, particularly the performances of Bridges and Rosie Perez — who received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress — the film was less commercially successful than Weir's two preceding films.

Though Middleton's approach was strongly patriotic, the Privy Council shut down the play after nine performances on the complaint of the Spanish ambassador.

Though far from being a critical success – and in spite of receiving only a dozen or so performances – the popular reaction in favour of Boris made this the peak of Mussorgsky's career.

Though no official announcement was ever released, the Winterland shows were the last live performances by Jefferson Airplane until their restoration and reunion in 1989.

Though his live performances in the U. S. are infrequent, Chao played a handful of dates there in 2006, including a headlining show at Lollapalooza 2006 in Chicago, IL.

Though he had few performances of his music, and the BBC, the International Society for Contemporary Music ( ISCM ) Festival and the publishers Boosey & Hawkes all turned down the Concerto for Double String Orchestra ( later to be one of his most popular works ), a private recording of the First Piano Sonata by Phyllis Sellick attracted favourable reviews.

Though his performances were not particularly historically accurate by present-day standards, they were for his time ; e. g., he did conduct concertos by the likes of Bach and Mozart from the keyboard, which at the time was most unusual.

Though frequent performing and other activities prevented them from working together for several years, Sasha and Digweed announced that they would reunite for a few Australian performances, starting in November 2006.

Though credited as " Don Kelly " in earlier performances, his billing was changed to " Don O ' Kelly " in 1960.

Though Dravid ended up second-best, it remains one of his greatest performances till date.

Though he sold over thirty million albums worldwide, it was his marathon live performances that won him greatest acclaim.

Though her performances in the films during this period were generally well-received, none of them performed well commercially, leading to major setbacks in her career.

Though these singers may release solo albums, their performances in film soundtracks tend to be more noticed due to the widespread appeal of movies.

Though James returned to live performances to promote the album, he stopped performing for a while after suffering a stroke following a show in Denver in 1998.

Though most of his work has been in film and television, it also includes stage performances ; most notably as Louis Ironson in Declan Donnellan's 1992 and 1993 Royal National Theatre London premières of Parts One ( Millennium Approaches ) and Two ( Perestroika ) of Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, and as Ben, one of two hitmen, playing opposite Lee Evans as Gus, in Harry Burton's 2007 critically acclaimed 50th-anniversary revival of Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter's 1957 two-hander The Dumb Waiter at Trafalgar Studios.

Though, his performances improved in the five ODIs starting soon after against the West Indies.

Though the film deals in common high school stereotypes, some favor its chaotic but appealing mise en scène and performances.

Though closed amateur societies in concept, collegia frequently included professionals to fill out the music and admitted non-members to performances.

Though most known for his work in the jazz idiom, Rashied Ali also made his contributions to other experimental art forms including multi-media performances with The Gift of Eagle Orchestra and Cosmic Legends.

Though the theatres were officially closed from 1642 to 1660, surreptitious performances occurred sporadically through the era.

Though, she initially struggled to be a successful actress, she was eventually given critical acclaim for her performances in Diljale in 1996, followed by Bhai ( 1997 ), Sarfarosh, Zakhm, Duplicate, Kadhalar Dhinam ( Tamil film ), Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United ( 1999 ), Tera Mera Saath Rahey and Anahat ( 2003 ) among others.

Though today it is considered among her finest performances, it wasn't a box-office hit and Howard Hughes, owner of RKO Studios, admitted that he never saw it.

Though previously thought to be an actual child singing the vocals, Molly Harvey does sing that way in live performances.

Though they fell 107 runs short, their performances were praised but in the second match of the home series in January, Bangladesh fell to an innings defeat.

Though they would produce some very memorable and lasting songs, Arlen and Mercer were not given strong material to work on.

Though Catherine was vexed at the number of French officers streaming to the Turkish standard, there were several under her own, such as the Prince De Nassau ; ;

Though, taken individually, the big rooms were, or seemed to be, square, the apartment as a whole formed a triangle.

Though the spread of this type of decoration in the Aegean has not yet been precisely determined, it seems to appear first in the Cyclades, which were among the leading exporters of pottery throughout the century.

Though the makeshift airports were ready, the York State Guard flyers proved unable to keep any kind of mail schedule.

Though they are often heard clairaudiently, as if a voice were speaking them, in other cases they are apprehended visually as symbols: a slope to signify the name `` Hill '', for instance.

Though the proportions were always important in Greek art, the appeal of the Greek sculptures eludes any explanation by proportion alone.

Though the prokaryotic cyanobacteria ( commonly referred to as blue-green algae ) were traditionally included as " algae " in older textbooks, many modern sources regard this as outdated as they are now considered to be bacteria.

Though a world championship match between Karpov and Fischer was highly anticipated, those hopes were never realised.

Though simple and compound walls were often used, Great Houses were primarily constructed of core-and-veneer walls: two parallel load-bearing walls comprising dressed, flat sandstone blocks bound in clay mortar were erected.

Though the resolution is historically significant, Hideaki Uemura, professor at Keisen University in Tokyo and a specialist in indigenous peoples ' rights, commented that the motion is " weak in the sense of recognizing historical facts " as the Ainu were " forced " to become Japanese in the first place.

Though there might be blocs of opinion, sometimes enduring, on important matters, there were no political parties and likewise no government or opposition ( as in the Westminster system ).

Though Antlia was technically visible to ancient Greek astronomers, its stars were too faint to have been included in any constellations.

Though from vastly different backgrounds, within three months Patrick Brontë and Maria Branwell were married on 29 December 1812.

Though most of the early Waldorf schools were teacher-founded, the schools today are usually initiated and later supported by an active parent community.

Though the marriage was annulled, Nin and Pole continued to live together as if they were married, up until her death in 1977.

Though a law-breaker, he gave the public what they were denied by strident, self-appointed arbiters of morality.

Though there were few initial changes to the service, usage increased and the network became profitable.

Though the anticipated benefits to traffic flow were not as large as hoped, pedestrian injuries dropped dramatically and foot traffic increased in the designated areas ; the project was popular with both residents and businesses.

Though there was much argument in the past, it is now generally accepted that brochs were roofed, probably with a conical timber framed roof covered with a locally sourced thatch.

Though witnesses against them were numerous, the evidence cited was nearly all hearsay or outright fabrications.

" Though apparent to very few historians at the time, these defeats were the beginning of the decline of Europe as the center of world politics.

Though some trade restrictions were lifted on the north to alleviate economic isolation for the Turkish Cypriots, further negotiations have not been a priority.