Opening Minds Productions in association with Meadowlane Entertainment presents: Steve Allen's Meeting of Minds |
Plays by episode: EPISODES 1 & 2 Pres. Theodore Roosevelt – (1858-1919); U.S. President (1901-09) Queen Cleopatra – (69-30 B.C.); Queen of Egypt Father Thomas Aquinas – (c. 1225-74); theologian Thomas Paine – (1737-1809); British political writer; wrote Common Sense in America EPISODES 3 & 4 Pres. Ulysses S. Grant – (1822-85); Civil War general, U.S. President (1869-77) Queen Marie Antoinette – (1755-93); Queen of France; beheaded Sir Thomas More – (1477-1535); English lawyer & scholar; beheaded; A Man for all Seasons Dr. Karl Marx – (1818-83); German philosopher & economist; Das Kapital EPISODES 5 & 6 Charles Darwin – (1809-1882); English naturalist, father of evolution Emily Dickinson – (1830-86); U.S. poet Galileo Galilei – (1564-1642); Italian mathematician, physicist & astronomer Attila the Hun – (c.406-53); King of the Huns; “Scourge of God” EPISODES 7 & 8 Frederick Douglass – (c.1818-1895); black American abolitionist Empress Tz ‘u-hsi – (1835-1908); Dowager Empress of China Marchese di Bonesana Cesare Beccaria – (1738-94); Italian philosopher & politician Marquis Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade – (1740-1814); French revolutionary EPISODES 9 & 10 Martin Luther – (1483-1546); German protestant reformer Voltaire – (1694-1778); French writer, philosopher & moralist Plato – (429-347 B.C.); Greek philosopher Florence Nightingale – (1820-1910); British hospital reformer; founder of nursing EPISODES 11 & 12 Sir Francis Bacon – (1561-1626); English lawyer & philosopher Socrates – (469-399 B.C.); Athenian philosopher Emiliano Zapata – (?1877-1919); Mexican revolutionary Susan B. Anthony – (1820-1906); U.S. Civil and women’s rights leader EPISODES 13 & 14 St. Augustine of Hippo – (354-430); North African theologian; wrote The City of God The Empress Theodora of the Byzantine Empire - (c.500-48); Byzantine Empire empress Thomas Jefferson – (1743-1826); statesman; U.S. President (1801-09) Bertrand Russell – (1872-1970) ; British philosopher and writer EPISODES 15 & 16 Aristotle – (384-322 B.C.); Greek philosopher and scientist Niccolo Machiavelli – (1469-1527); Italian statesman & political philosopher; The Prince Elizabeth Barrett Browning – (1806-1861); British poet Sun Yat-Sen – (1866-1925); Chinese statesman, provisional president (1911-12) EPISODES 17 & 18 William Shakespeare – (1564-1616); English poet and playwright His characters: Woman, Hamlet, Romeo, Ghost of Hamlet’s Father, Othello, Iago EPISODES 19 & 20 Margaret Sanger – (1879-1966); American birth control activist; founder of Planned Parenthood Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi – (1869-1948); Indian nationalist and spiritual leader Adam Smith – (1723-1790); Scottish moral philosopher, pioneer of political economy EPISODES 21 & 22 Niccolo Paganini – (1782-1840); Italian musician and composer William Blake – (1757-1827); Englsih poet, painter, & printmaker Leonardo da Vinci – (1452-1519); Italian painter and scientist EPISODES 23 & 24 Daniel O’Connell – (1775-1847); Irish political leader; campaigned for split with England Oliver Cromwell – (1599-1658); English general and statesman; opposed Charles 1 Catherine the Great – (1729-96); German Empress of Russia; attempted reforms |
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