title: The Grass Harp

abstract: The Grass Harp is a novel by Truman Capote published on October 1, 1951. It tells the story of an orphaned boy and two elderly ladies who observe life from a tree. They eventually leave their temporary retreat to make amends with each other and other members of society.

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# The Grass Harp

***The Grass Harp*** is a novel by Truman Capote published on October 1, 1951. It tells the story of an orphaned boy and two elderly ladies who observe life from a tree. They eventually leave their temporary retreat to make amends with each other and other members of society.

## Conception

Not wanting to take up his incomplete first novel, *Summer Crossing*, Capote began writing *The Grass Harp* in June 1950 and completed it on May 27, 1951. The novel was inspired by memories of his childhood in Monroeville, Alabama, particularly of a treehouse constructed in the 1930s in a large walnut tree in his cousin Jenny's backyard. This large tree house, accessible by an antique spiral staircase, featured cypress wood construction and a tin roof, and was furnished with a rattan sofa. Capote spent time in this tree house with his cousin Sook or other childhood friends such as Harper Lee. The novel was additionally inspired by his cousin Sook's dropsy medicine, which she made yearly until the age of 62. She took the recipe for it to the grave, despite Jenny's wanting first to patent the recipe and then to sell it to a manufacturer.

Capote completed *The Grass Harp* while he was vacationing in Taormina, Sicily. The last section was airmailed to the publishers Random House just days after he finished writing it, but it was not published for four months because the editors, specifically Bob Linscott, did not care for the ending of the novel. Linscott thought that the ending was weak because, once the characters were up in the tree house, Capote "didn't know what to do with them." He asked Capote to rewrite the ending, and Capote made some changes in it, but he did not completely rewrite it.

Truman Capote initially wanted to title the novel *Music of the Sawgrass*. It was Bob Linscott who gave it the title *The Grass Harp.*

## Synopsis

The story begins with Collin Fenwick losing his mother, and then his father, and moving into his aunts' (Dolly and Verena) house. Catherine, the servant, also lives in the house and gets along, for the most part, only with Dolly. Dolly is famous for her medicine, which she makes by going out into the woods with Catherine and Collin and randomly picking plants. They then go to an old treehouse, which is propped up in a Chinaberry tree. One day, after Dolly has an argument with Verena (Verena wants to mass-produce Dolly's medicine), Dolly, Collin, and Catherine leave their home and start walking. They go to the treehouse in the Chinaberry tree, and decide to camp out there. Verena, meanwhile, informs the sheriff of her sister's disappearance; the Sheriff organizes a search party, and eventually arrests Catherine. During the course of the novel, others come to live in the treehouse, such as Judge Cool and Riley Henderson. In a climactic event, a confrontation among the search party and the residents of the tree house leads to Riley getting shot in the shoulder. After Judge Cool discusses the situation, everyone agrees that it was a pointless struggle, and old relationships are invigorated once again. Many people leave as friends. The story ends with how a "grass harp, gathering, telling, a harp of voices remembering a story."

## Characters

* **Collin Fenwick:** An orphaned boy who takes up residence in a Chinaberry tree with Dolly. When the story opens he is 11 years old, but he is 16 years old for the majority of the narrative; he is small for his age. Collin serves as both the protagonist and narrator of the novel.
* **Dolly Talbo:** Aunt of Collin; she takes up residence in the Chinaberry tree. Her character is based on Truman's older cousin, Sook Faulk.
* **Verena Talbo:** Dolly's sister; she urges the Sheriff of the town to investigate the disappearance of her sister Dolly.
* **Morris Ritz:** A man who woos Verena, and is popularly believed to open a factory with her but soon runs away with her money.
* **Catherine Creek:** An African American servant who runs away with Dolly and Collin, and also takes up residence in the Chinaberry tree.
* **Riley Henderson:** A boy who becomes friends with Collin. He briefly takes up residence in the treehouse of the Chinaberry tree.
* **Junius Candle:** The town Sheriff; he is persistent in finding perpetrators and organizes a massive search party to find Collin and Dolly.
* **Judge Cool:** He is considered the free thinker of the town and helps Dolly and Verena come to terms with one another. He is the "wise man" of society, and in general, solves conflicts posed in the novella.

## Reception and critical analysis

The *New York Herald Tribune* lauded the novel as "Remarkable...infused with a tender laughter, charming human warmth, \[and\] a feeling for the positive quality of life." *The Atlantic Monthly* commented that "*The Grass Harp* charms you into sharing the author's feeling that there is a special poetry - a spontaneity and wonder and delight - in lives untarnished by conformity and common sense." Sales of *The Grass Harp* reached 13,500, more than double those of either *A Tree of Night* or *Local Color*, two of Capote's prior works.

*The Grass Harp* was Truman Capote's favorite personal work, despite its being criticized as overly sentimental.

## Adaptations

### Play

*The Grass Harp* was favorably reviewed when it was published, and it attracted the interest of the Broadway producer Saint Subber, who traveled to Taormina to urge Capote to write a stage adaption of the work; his offer opened up new possibilities for income at a time when Capote was still struggling to make his way. Working with intense concentration, Capote managed to complete a draft of the play in a year's time. He was personally involved in the selection of a production team. Capote's stage adaptation of his novel, produced by Saint Subber, directed by Robert Lewis, opened on March 27, 1952 at Broadway's Martin Beck Theatre, where it ran for 36 performances. The cast included Mildred Natwick as Dolly Talbo, Ruth Nelson as Verena Talbo, Jonathan Harris as Dr. Morris Ritz, Sterling Holloway as The Barber, Gertrude Flynn as The Baker's Wife, Val Dufour as The Sheriff, Jane Lawrence as The Choir Mistress, Lenka Peterson as Maude Riordan, and Alice Pearce as Miss Baby Love Dallas. Music was by Virgil Thomson and scenery and costumes were by Cecil Beaton.

### Musical

In the late 1960s the novel was adapted into a musical. The book and lyrics were by Kenward Elmslie and the music by Claibe Richardson. The initial 1967 tryout of the musical was performed by Trinity Square Repertory Company at the Rhode Island School of Design auditorium, in Providence, Rhode Island. Directed and staged by Adrian Hall, the cast included Barbara Baxley as Dolly Heart Talbo, Carol Brice as the black maid Catherine Creek, Carol Bruce as Verena Talbo, Elaine Stritch as the evangelist Baby Love. After the Providence tryout, Larry Fineberg optioned the property for Broadway, casting Mama Cass as the evangelist Miss Baby Love. However, Fineberg was unable to raise capital funds, and the producing rights were optioned by Richard Barr.

In October 1971, the Michigan University Professional Theatre Program presented *The Grass Harp* musical with the university's music and drama departments supplying musicians and performers. Initially as an evaluation by the Broadway producers Richard Barr, Charles Woodward, Michael Harvey, and Associate Producer Michael Kasden. Celeste Holm, a close friend of Claibe Richardson, appeared in the Michigan University Professional Program's production as "Miss Baby Love". She was replaced with Karen Morrow for the Broadway production.

The musical adaptation opened on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theatre on November 2, 1971, after previews from October 26, 1971, and closed on November 6, 1971. Directed by Ellis Rabb, the choreography was by Rhoda Levine, Scenic Design and lighting by James Tilton, and costumes by Nancy Potts. Orchestrations were by Jonathan Tunick and Robert Russell Bennett, Theodore Saidenberg was musical director, musical arrangements were by J (Billy) Van Planck, and dance and incidental music was by John Berkman.

The cast featured Barbara Cook as Dolly Talbo, Carol Brice as Catherine Creek, Karen Morrow as evangelist Miss Baby Love, Ruth Ford as Verena Talbo, Russ Thacker as Colin Talbo, Max Showalter as Dr. Morris Ritz, John Baragrey as Judge Cool, Kelley Boa, Trudy Bordoff, Colin Duffy, Eva Grant, and David Craig Moskin as Miss Baby Love's orphans, known as the "Heavenly Pride and Joy", Christine Stabile as Maude Riordan, and Harvey Vernon as Sheriff Amos Legrand.

The musical previewed and opened during a major New York City newspaper strike preventing advertising and reviews, with no advance theater party ticket sales guarantee.

Richard Barr, Charles Woodward, Michael Harvey, and Michael Kasden gave the company the option of maintaining three more weeks for the productions' performance schedule, or closing after only seven performances, using the show's banked funds to produce a Broadway cast album. The musical orchestration was recorded in Cologne, Germany, with the Cologne Symphonic Orchestra ensemble. Returning to the States, the original cast was recorded in New York City, with the Painted Smiles *Grass Harp* vinyl album released a year after the musical's closing date. Because of timing, one musical number was forced off the vinyl, but added when the Painted Smiles *Grass Harp* audio CD was released. The *Grass Harp* album cover art was designed by Kenward Elmslie's fine artist-painter friend Joe Brainard. Claibe Richardson's Advertising Agency Art director-designer friend Jim Pearsal designed the Chappell Music Publishing's sheet music design-cover art work. Pearsal's twisted chinaberry tree house design, the Chappell Music Publishing sheet music cover art, replaced the original Brainard vinyl record "Grass Harp" cover art work when the Painted Smiles audio CD was issued. Initially, criticism of the show's sound system caused problems, with Truman Capote declaring "mike it". The producers could not afford to "mike" each member of the ensemble. The Grass Harp production was the last musical presented on Broadway without mikes for the cast.

The scenic designer had incorporated "burlap fabric" in the production's wing and border designs, causing the deadening of the performer's vocal projections. This poor choice of stage material in the set's design with the absence of microphones for each cast member, especially the children, was the one major technical problem for the producers.

Barbara Cook and the cast appeared on a CBS television Sunday morning talk-interview show, presenting several of the musical numbers with Richardson at the grand piano, during the musical's preview week and opening night performances.

### Film

In 1995, Stirling Silliphant and Kirk Ellis adapted the novel for a feature film directed by Charles Matthau. The cast included Matthau's father Walter, Piper Laurie, Sissy Spacek, Edward Furlong, Nell Carter, Jack Lemmon, Mary Steenburgen, Sean Patrick Flanery, Joe Don Baker, Bonnie Bartlett and Charles Durning.

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## InfoBox

The Grass Harp
| First edition hardback | |
| --- | --- |
| Author | Truman Capote |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Southern literature |
| Publisher | Random House |
| Publication date | 1951 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print: (Hardcover / paperback) |
| Pages | 216 pp |
| OCLC | 282815 |


title: Father Healy of Little Bray

abstract: James Healy (1824–1894) was an Irish priest of the Roman Catholic Church who was famous in his day as a wit and conversationalist.

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# Father Healy of Little Bray

**James Healy** (18241894) was an Irish priest of the Roman Catholic Church who was famous in his day as a wit and conversationalist.

## Early life

James Healy was born in Francis Street, a rough area on the west side of Dublin, on 15 December 1824. His father, John Healy, was a provision merchant. His mother, Mary Meyler, was from Wexford.

In 1834 James Healy enrolled at the Vincentian seminary in Usher's Quay, as a day scholar. In 1839 he moved to St Vincent's College, Castleknock, which had opened in 1835. In 1843 he left the Vincentian order and entered the national seminary, St Patrick's College, Maynooth, from which he qualified as a priest. He left Maynooth in 1850.

## Clerical career

Father Healy's first appointment was as a reader at St Andrew's Church, Westland Row, Dublin; soon after that, in 1852, he took up the post of curate at the church of SS Michael and John. In 1858 he was appointed curate in the parish of Bray, County Wicklow. Nine years later, in 1867, he was put in charge of St Peter's chapel at Little Bray as administrator. Little Bray was then a hamlet of Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin; it is separated from Bray proper by the river Dargle. In 1868 Little Bray became a separate parish and Father Healy was made its parish priest. He remained in that role until 1893, when he was transferred to the parish of Ballybrack and Killiney, County Dublin.

Father Healy's ecclesiastical career was unremarkable, yet he became a figure of some repute in the cultured circles of his day. It was as a *bon viveur* and conversationalist that he gained his fame. His entertaining repartee made him a popular guest at dinner parties; he also held dinners at his own house which attracted visitors from all strata of society. As one of his regular guests observed, "His friends comprised all classes, rich and poor, old and young, Protestant and Catholic. He was a priest devoted to his Church and to his flock, but his heart was big enough to include kind and loving feelings for all."

A particular friend of Father Healy's was the controversial judge William Keogh QC, who lived near him in Bray. Another of his admirers, a Mr Darcy, took Father Healy on two extensive trips abroad, the first (in 1879) to Italy and Egypt, the second (in 1886) to the United States of America.

## Declining years

In the 1880s Father Healy began to suffer from liver problems and other health issues. After a break of several months "taking the waters" at Harrogate and Karlsbad (Baden) (during which period he claimed to have "shrunk to the size of a curate") he was well enough to resume his duties as a parish priest. In 1893 he was transferred to the parish of Ballybrack with Killiney, but by then his health was in terminal decline. He died, of liver failure aggravated by pneumonia, on 28 October 1894.

## Anecdotes

A lady told Father Healy she was one of the Dalys of Castle Daly, and asked what family he belonged to. "I belong to the Francis Street branch of the Halys of Castle Haly," he replied.

The Duchess of Marlborough once asked Father Healy if he could speak French. "I ought to, your Grace, for I was born in Francis Street," was his reply.

Sir Redvers Buller, a general who had fought in Africa, dined with Father Healy on one occasion when the other guests were Archbishop Walsh and eleven priests. Sir Redvers flinched when he saw he was the only layman. "Don’t worry," said Father Healy, "the soutane can’t be much worse than the Soudan!"

Father Healy was sceptical of physicians. When he was on his deathbed Dr Christopher Nixon came to attend to him. "My dear Father James," he said, "you are exceedingly ill. We know what is best for you, and I must ask you to submit your *will* to us." "I shan’t," retorted the Reverend Father, "you might alter it!"

## Meeting with Gladstone

Father Healy came to the attention of William Ewart Gladstone while the latter was visiting Dublin in 1877. On his way to Italy in 1879 Father Healy stopped in London and was invited to breakfast at Gladstone's house. The tale he subsequently told about this occasion was recorded by a young writer:

> My father took me one evening to dine (at the house of Mr Justice James Murphy) near Stillorgan. I soon became aware that the wine was excellent, and was being drunk with attention. But before long I found my mind chiefly engaged in marvelling who on earth was this little priest with the humorous face, who kept saying precisely the right thing in precisely the happiest way. For I had never then heard of Father Healy of Bray. No reasonable person could fail to see that this man was an extraordinary artist in conversation. ... One story he told that night is so characteristic of the man that I give it as I wrote it from memory thirty years ago, after his death. Mr Gladstone’s name had come up, as in those days it could not fail to do; and Father Healy was expressing admiration for his wonderful accomplishments. “He asked me to breakfast in his own house one day,” he said, “and there were a lot of big men there; ministers and men of science, and writers and what not: but he seemed the master of every one of them on his own subject. Well, after breakfast, Gladstone began declaiming about the doctrine of indulgence; and, seeing where I was, I tried to make myself as little as I could. It was no use; he turned round on me there, with his eyes flashing: ‘Father Healy, I saw with my own eyes in a church at Verona a notice offering to remit forty thousand years in purgatory for the sum of two hundred lire. Now – what do you say to that?’ Well, I was in a fix with all those fellows looking at me; but I thought of a way; so I said, ‘It’s a fair offer, and I don’t know where you’d go to do better.’”

## Testimonials

> *“His outward presence expressed perfectly the soul within. It would have been a common face but for the uncommon qualities which marked it, for it was broadened with smiles, lit up with a twinkling eye, refined by the thin nostril and mobile lips, which told of his delicate perception and his ready utterance – an utterance rich with the flavour of his origin. He was never at a loss for a kindly word; to meet him in the street was like passing suddenly into sunshine.”* –– Dr John Pentland Mahaffy, Fellow (later Provost) of Trinity College, Dublin

> *“Father James was one of the most charming of men – racy of the soil, a true Irishman, a true friend, kind, witty, genial, sociable. We shall not soon look upon his like again. I knew him for over a quarter of a century; I have dined with him on several occasions in his house at Little Bray, and I can never forget those wonderful and hospitable entertainments. The numbers varied – sometimes eight, ten, twelve, even fourteen. The most varied guests met at his table. I have sat there at the same time with Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, Lord Powerscourt, Monsignor Persico, Archbishop Walsh, Lord Morris, Chief Baron Palles, and others. His guests were always delighted to be there, and he was delighted to have them. One servant cooked the dinner and brought it to the table, and no one could tell how the attendance was arranged. Once, I remember, when some officer of the Guards was dining with the Padre, he looked round for a servant to take his coat and hat when he entered the house, and the host came forward smiling, saying: ‘You know those footmen of mine all gave me notice and left on the spot when they heard that you were coming.’ He was brilliant, quick like lightning in conversation, and never hesitated for a second to come out with a sparkling, genial* mot*.”* –– Lord Ashbourne

* Lord Ashbourne (October 1894). "Tribute to Father Healy". *Freeman's Journal*. Dublin.
* Fitzpatrick, William John (1895). *Memories of Father Healy of Little Bray*. Macmillan.
* Gwynn, Stephen (1926). *Experiences of a Literary Man*. Thornton Butterworth.
* O'Brien, Andrew; Lunney, Linde (2009). "Healy, James (1824-1894)". *Dictionary of Irish Biography*. Cambridge University Press.

## InfoBox

| Father James Healy | |
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| Father James Healy of Little Bray | |
| Born | (1824-12-15)15 December 1824
Dublin |
| Died | 28 October 1894(1894-10-28) (aged 69)
Ballybrack |


title: The Hound of Heaven

abstract: "The Hound of Heaven" is a 182-line poem written by English poet Francis Thompson (1859–1907). The poem became famous and was the source of much of Thompson's posthumous reputation. It was first printed in 1890 in the periodical Merry England, later to appear in Thompson's first volume of poems in 1893. It was included in the Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse (1917).

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# The Hound of Heaven

"**The Hound of Heaven**" is a 182-line poem written by English poet Francis Thompson (1859–1907). The poem became famous and was the source of much of Thompson's posthumous reputation. It was first printed in 1890 in the periodical *Merry England*, later to appear in Thompson's first volume of poems in 1893. It was included in the *Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse* (1917).

## Form and theme

The poem is an ode, and its subject is the pursuit of the human soul by God's love - a theme also found in the devotional poetry of George Herbert and Henry Vaughan. Moody and Lovett point out that Thompson's use of free and varied line lengths and irregular rhythms reflect the panicked retreat of the soul, while the structured, often recurring refrain suggests the inexorable pursuit as it comes ever closer.

The Jesuit J.F.X. O'Conor remarks of the Christian themes of the poem that,

> "The name is strange. It startles one at first. It is so bold, so new, so fearless. It does not attract, rather the reverse. But when one reads the poem this strangeness disappears. The meaning is understood. As the hound follows the hare, never ceasing in its running, ever drawing nearer in the chase, with unhurrying and unperturbed pace, so does God follow the fleeing soul by His Divine grace. And though in sin or in human love, away from God it seeks to hide itself, Divine grace follows after, unwearyingly follows ever after, till the soul feels its pressure forcing it to turn to Him alone in that never ending pursuit."

## Musical settings

## Influence

* Actor Dean Jones used the line "Under Running Laughter" from the first stanza as the title of his memoir.
* Thompson's work was praised by G. K. Chesterton, and it was also an influence on J. R. R. Tolkien, who presented a paper on Thompson in 1914.
* In 1933, Halliday Sutherland used a phrase from the second line of the poem as the title of his best-selling autobiography, *The Arches of the Years*.
* In 1935, Paramahansa Yogananda, an Indian spiritual master, included "The Hound of Heaven" in one of his phonographic albums, *Songs of My Heart*. Today, his organization, Self-Realization Fellowship, offers this album in the form of a CD. Kamala Silva, a purported direct disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda, received the gift of a printing of the "Hound of Heaven" from Yogananda and he also recited it for her.
* A short passage from the poem appears in chapter four of Daphne du Maurier's *Rebecca* (1938).
* "The Hound of Heaven" inspired Norwegian composer Fartein Valen (18871952) to compose his *Piano Sonata No. 2*, Op. 38 (1941). The sonata's three movements reflect different parts of Thompson's poem. The piece has been recorded by Glenn Gould.
* Thompson's poem is mentioned and quoted in Robert Frost's 1947 play *A Masque of Mercy*.
* "The Hound of Heaven" was used as an example of the hero's "refusal of the call" to adventure in Joseph Campbell's book, *The Hero with a Thousand Faces* (1949)
* In 1955, a love letter from Suzanne Kempe to her philosophy lecturer, Sydney Sparkes Orr, quotes excerpts from the poem. Their affair was later brought to trial in Tasmania.
* Thompson's poem is the source of the phrase, "with all deliberate speed," used by the Supreme Court in *Brown II* (1955), the remedy phase of the famous decision on school desegregation.
* Thompson's poem was the inspiration for a series of 23 paintings by the American painter R. H. Ives Gammell (1893–1981), *A Pictorial Sequence Painted by R. H. Ives Gammell Based on The Hound of Heaven*, which was in planning by 1941 and completed in 1956. A reading of *The Psychology of the Unconscious* by C. G. Jung showed Gammell a way in which he might give visual form to Thompson's poem.
* "The Hound of Heaven" is the fifth chapter in Robert L. Short's 1965 book *The Gospel According to Peanuts* where he describes Snoopy as a "little Christ" carrying out "Christ's ambivalent work of humbling the exalted and exalting the humble."
* In A. J. Cronin's novel, *A Pocketful of Rye* (1969), the protagonist Carroll reads the poem as a young man, forgets it, and suffers from a recurring nightmare that finally leads to his conversion.
* In 1970, Canadian artist William Kurelek used lines from "The Hound of Heaven" as titles for his "Nature, Poor Stepdame, A Series of Sixteen Farm Paintings"
* In 1975 "The Hound of Heaven" was mentioned in the suicide note of George R. Price, a geneticist who pioneered the evolutionary theory of altruism and suicide (among other things), before becoming a committed Christian and giving away all his possessions to the poor.
* The Christian alternative rock band Daniel Amos wrote a song titled *Hound of Heaven* on their 1978 album *Horrendous Disc* that is based on the Thompson poem.
* Contemporary Christian music artist Michael Card also wrote and recorded a song called "Hound of Heaven" based on Thompson's poem for his 1981 debut album *First Light*.
* Lines from the poem are recited between the discussion during the last scene in "The last enemy", which is the 2nd episode, 3rd season of *Inspector Morse* (1989).
* In 2001 Ken Bruen cites the poem admiringly in his novel *The Guards*.
* In 2002, Katherine A. Powers, literary columnist for the *Boston Globe*, called *Hound of Heaven* "perhaps the most beloved and ubiquitously taught poem among American Catholics for over half a century".
* "The Hound of Heaven" is the first chapter in John Stott's book *Why I am a Christian* (2003) in which he confesses that he is a Christian not because of the influence of his parents and teachers, nor to his own personal decision, but to being relentlessly pursued by 'the Hound of Heaven', that is, Jesus Christ himself.
* The poem is mentioned and lines quoted in the novel *Escape from Hell* (2009) by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
* The main character is reading a book by this name in the first episode of the Irish TV series *Jack Taylor*.
* In describing her journey from atheism and agnosticism to devout Christianity, Fox News commentator Kirsten Powers said, "The Hound of Heaven had pursued me and caught me...."
* In 2014, N. D. Wilson wrote and directed a short film based upon the poem, titled "The Hound of Heaven".
* In April 2020, in an interview with Phoebe Waller-Bridge on his show *The Late Show with Stephen Colbert*, Stephen Colbert told her that he thought the fox that appeared in her series *Fleabag* was the Hound of Heaven, which appeared to astound and delight Waller-Bridge.

* Five lines from the poem were used in a 1989 episode of *Inspector Morse*, *The Last Enemy*.
    + "...My mangled youth lies dead beneath the heap. / My days have crackled and gone up in smoke, / Have puffed and burst as sun-starts on a stream. / Yea, faileth now even dream / The dreamer, and the lute the lutanist...."


title: Mare of Easttown

abstract: Mare of Easttown is an American crime drama television miniseries created and written by Brad Ingelsby for HBO. Directed by Craig Zobel, the series premiered on April 18, 2021, and concluded on May 30, 2021, consisting of seven episodes. It stars Kate Winslet in the title role, who investigates a murder in a small town outside Philadelphia. Julianne Nicholson, Jean Smart, Angourie Rice, Evan Peters, Sosie Bacon, David Denman, Neal Huff, James McArdle, Guy Pearce, Cailee Spaeny, John Douglas Thompson, and Joe Tippett appear in supporting roles. The series received critical acclaim for its story, characters, acting, and representation of women. It has also been noted for its cast members speaking in a mostly accurate Philadelphia accent, a dialect seldom heard in mainstream media. Mare of Easttown received sixteen nominations at the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards and won four, including Outstanding Lead Actress for Winslet, Outstanding Supporting Actress for Nicholson, and Outstanding Supporting Actor for Peters.

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# Mare of Easttown

***Mare of Easttown*** is an American crime drama television miniseries created and written by Brad Ingelsby for HBO. Directed by Craig Zobel, the series premiered on April 18, 2021, and concluded on May 30, 2021, consisting of seven episodes. It stars Kate Winslet in the title role, who investigates a murder in a small town outside Philadelphia. Julianne Nicholson, Jean Smart, Angourie Rice, Evan Peters, Sosie Bacon, David Denman, Neal Huff, James McArdle, Guy Pearce, Cailee Spaeny, John Douglas Thompson, and Joe Tippett appear in supporting roles.

The series received critical acclaim for its story, characters, acting, and representation of women. It has also been noted for its cast members speaking in a mostly accurate Philadelphia accent, a dialect seldom heard in mainstream media. *Mare of Easttown* received sixteen nominations at the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards and won four, including Outstanding Lead Actress for Winslet, Outstanding Supporting Actress for Nicholson, and Outstanding Supporting Actor for Peters.

## Premise

In the fictional suburb of Easttown, Philadelphia, police detective Marianne "Mare" Sheehan investigates the recent murder of a teenage mother while trying to keep her own life from falling apart. Mare is a local hero, having scored the winning basket in a high school basketball game that won Easttown its first state championship 25 years earlier. She has also been unable to solve the case of another missing young girl for a year, leading many in the community to doubt her detective skills. Her personal troubles include a divorce, a son lost to suicide, and a custody battle with her son's formerly heroin-addicted girlfriend over Mare's grandson.

## Cast and characters

### Main

### Supporting

* Kate Arrington as Faye, Frank's fiancée
* Ruby Cruz as Jess Riley, Erin's best friend
* Ned Eisenberg as Detective Hauser, a county detective
* Enid Graham as Dawn Bailey, an Easttown resident whose daughter, Katie, has been missing for over a year
* Deborah Hedwall as Judy Zabel, Colin's mother with whom he lives
* Caitlin Houlahan as Katie Bailey, a girl who went missing from Easttown a year prior
* Cameron Mann as Ryan Ross, Lori and John's son
* Jack Mulhern as Dylan Hinchey, Erin's ex-boyfriend
* Patrick Murney as Kenny McMenamin, Erin's father
* Chinasa Ogbuagu as Beth Hanlon, Freddie's sister and Mare and Dawn's close friend
* Phyllis Somerville as Betty Carroll, an elderly Easttown resident; this was Somerville's final role before her death in 2020
* Robbie Tann as Billy Ross, John's brother, Lori's brother-in-law and Kenny's cousin
* Madeline Weinstein as Becca, Siobhan's stoner girlfriend

### Other

* Rosa Arredondo as Tammy, a former sex worker and friend of Mare's who works as an informant for her
* Debbie Campbell as Katherine Hinchey, Dylan's mother
* Gordon Clapp as Pat Ross, John and Billy's father
* Eisa Davis as Gayle Graham, Mare's therapist
* Sasha Frolova as Missy Sager, an escort
* Jeremy Gabriel as Steve Hinchey, Dylan's father
* Connie Giordano as Patty Del Rasso, Brianna's mother
* Justin Hurtt-Dunkley as Officer Trammel
* Dominique Johnson as Freddie Hanlon, Beth's opioid-addicted brother
* Izzy King as Drew Sheehan, Mare's grandson, born to her son Kevin and his girlfriend Carrie Layden
* Cody Kostro as Kevin Sheehan, Mare's late son who died by suicide prior to the events of the series
* Jeb Kreager as Wayne Potts, a resident of Easttown
* Katie Kreisler as Trish Riley, Jess' mother
* Mackenzie Lansing as Brianna Del Rasso, Dylan's girlfriend
* Patrick McDade as Glen Carroll, Betty's husband
* Kiah McKirnan as Anne Harris, a DJ at the Haverford College radio show where Siobhan's band performs
* Patsy Meck as Jan Kelly, an employee at the Easttown police station
* Eric T. Miller as Tony Del Rasso, Brianna's father, a restaurant owner
* Kassie Mundhenk as Moira Ross, Lori and John's daughter, who has Down syndrome
* Anthony Norman as Nathan Forde, a member of Siobhan's band
* Drew Scheid as Geoff Gabeheart, one of Siobhan's friends, drummer in Siobhan's band Androgynous
* Sadat Waddy as Sean, Dylan's friend

## Episodes

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers<br>(millions) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | "Miss Lady Hawk Herself" | Craig Zobel | Brad Ingelsby | April 18, 2021 (2021-04-18) | 0.600 |
| In the small community of Easttown, Pennsylvania, Detective Mare Sheehan is ordered to reopen the year-old investigation into the disappearance of young Katie Bailey when the girl's mother, Dawn, complains on the news about the unsolved case. Adding to Mare's frustrations, her ex-husband Frank is remarrying and has invited Mare's whole family—including her mother Helen, teenage daughter Siobhan, and 4-year-old grandson Drew—to his engagement party on the same night Mare and her high school basketball teammates are being honored on the 25th anniversary of their state championship win. At a bar, Mare meets Richard, an author who has recently moved to the area, and they end up having sex. Meanwhile, Erin McMenamin, a teenage single mother who lives with her alcoholic father Kenny, argues with her baby's father, Dylan, and his new girlfriend Brianna when they come to get the baby for a weekend visit. Erin is later lured into the woods and beaten by Brianna in front of Dylan and other teenagers. Siobhan sees the fight and rescues Erin, who walks away into the woods alone. The next morning, Erin's dead body, nearly naked and with a large head wound, is found in a local creek. | | | | | | |
| 2 | "Fathers" | Craig Zobel | Brad Ingelsby | April 25, 2021 (2021-04-25) | 0.735 |
| Mare responds to the call about Erin's body and notifies Kenny, who immediately blames Dylan. Against Mare's wishes, county detective Colin Zabel, known for recently solving a nearby cold case, is brought in to help investigate both Erin's murder and Katie Bailey's disappearance. Under interrogation, Dylan denies killing Erin, but omits important details of their last encounters. Cell phone video of Brianna's attack on Erin surfaces; Mare publicly arrests Brianna for assault at her family's restaurant. Brianna's upset father Tony begins stalking Mare. Mare and Frank worry that Drew might have inherited the mental illness that caused his father, their son Kevin, to take his own life two years previously. Drew's mother Carrie, a recovering addict, seeks full custody of Drew. Mare accepts Richard's invitation to meet him at a reception in his honor, but their date goes poorly. Erin's best friend Jess tells Mare's friend Lori Ross that Erin confided in her that Dylan is not the real father of her baby; Jess thinks Frank, who briefly taught Erin in school, is the real father. A grieving Kenny abducts and shoots Dylan, leaving him for dead. | | | | | | |
| 3 | "Enter Number Two" | Craig Zobel | Brad Ingelsby | May 2, 2021 (2021-05-02) | 0.918 |
| Kenny confesses to shooting Dylan, who has survived. Frank admits he helped Erin by buying her baby items, but denies any sexual relations or involvement in her murder. Mare gathers DNA samples from Frank and Dylan for paternity testing. The medical examiner reports that Erin's finger is missing from a gunshot and that there is no evidence of rape. The finger is later found in a local park, and Mare then finds a bullet, indicating that Erin was killed there and her body subsequently moved. Erin's phone records reveal that her last call was made after the fight with Brianna to Deacon Mark Burton, who claims that he only provided her with counsel. Mare is romantically pursued by Richard and also propositioned by a drunken Zabel, both of whom share stories of their own difficult divorces and family dysfunction. Unbeknownst to the police, Deacon Mark has Erin's bicycle, which he secretly throws into the river. Desperate to prevent Carrie from gaining custody of Drew, Mare plants heroin from the evidence room in Carrie's car; Chief Carter immediately discovers the truth and puts Mare on administrative leave, ordering her to get grief counseling. | | | | | | |
| 4 | "Poor Sisyphus" | Craig Zobel | Brad Ingelsby | May 9, 2021 (2021-05-09) | 1.049 |
| Zabel becomes lead investigator on the case when Mare becomes suspended; however, she continues to investigate on her own. Paternity tests show that neither Frank nor Dylan fathered Erin's baby. Another girl, Missy Sager, goes missing. While searching Erin's dresser for clues, Mare finds a heart-shaped necklace engraved with a date. Zabel learns that Deacon Mark was transferred from his previous parish after allegations of inappropriate behavior with an underaged girl. Carrie gets Drew for the night, but begrudgingly returns him to Mare when he becomes homesick. Mare remembers Kevin and Carrie violently abusing her and robbing her for drug money. Siobhan struggles with her own feelings about Kevin and her family. She ends her relationship with Becca and begins a new relationship with Anne, who she met through a gig her band did. Richard and Zabel both ask Mare for a date on the same night. Dawn Bailey receives a call claiming that her daughter Katie is alive and demanding $5,000 for her return. When she goes to meet the caller, she finds out the culprit was Freddie Hanlon. Missy Sager is imprisoned in a soundproof room in the attic of a tavern, and finds Katie Bailey alive and being held captive there. | | | | | | |
| 5 | "Illusions" | Craig Zobel | Brad Ingelsby | May 16, 2021 (2021-05-16) | 1.064 |
| Mare learns that Erin stayed with Billy Ross, her father's cousin, for a couple of months following the death of her mother. Brianna grows suspicious of Dylan, who was absent from their bed for some time on the night of Erin's death. Dylan and his friend meet with Jess to burn Erin's hidden journals, but Jess secretly keeps a photograph from one of them. Mare goes on a date with Zabel, but it sours when she continuously brings up the case. Later, Mare and Zabel interview a girl who narrowly escaped kidnapping by a man in a blue van. Zabel admits to Mare that he did not really solve the case that made his career, but instead relied on files obtained from a private investigator. Using a partial license plate number provided by the girl, Mare and Zabel track down the kidnapper, Wayne Potts. Katie and Missy bang on a pipe to alert Mare and Zabel to their presence in Potts' attic, causing Potts to shoot Zabel in the head and wound Mare in the arm. An unarmed Mare flees through the house, eventually retrieving Zabel's gun and killing Potts as backup arrives. | | | | | | |
| 6 | "Sore Must Be the Storm" | Craig Zobel | Brad Ingelsby | May 23, 2021 (2021-05-23) | 1.210 |
| Katie and Missy return home, but Potts had an alibi the night of Erin's murder. With Zabel dead, Chief Carter lifts Mare's suspension and puts her back in charge of Erin's murder investigation. Brianna tells Mare about Dylan's unexplained absence the night of the murder, and Dylan invokes his right to a lawyer. Mare learns that Erin attended a Ross family reunion at a lake, on the date engraved on her heart-shaped pendant, and that Erin and her father, Kenny, stayed in the same cabin as Billy. Pop Ross tells his son John that Billy came home covered in blood the night of Erin's murder. John talks to Billy, who tearfully states that he killed Erin. John tells his wife Lori, adding that Billy and Erin had an incestuous relationship that began at the reunion and that Billy fathered Erin's child. John and Billy go on a last fishing trip together; their tackle box contains a gun. Despite John telling Lori to keep it a secret, Lori tells Mare about Billy. Mare calls Chief Carter to let him know she is driving to the fishing spot to arrest Billy for Erin's murder. Jess comes to the police station with her mother to give Chief Carter the photograph she took from Erin's journal. Upon viewing the photo, Chief Carter orders his men to get Mare on the phone. | | | | | | |
| 7 | "Sacrament" | Craig Zobel | Brad Ingelsby | May 30, 2021 (2021-05-30) | 1.520 |
| The photo shows Erin in bed next to a sleeping John. Jess tells Chief Carter that she and Dylan burned the journals to hide any compromising information and to keep Erin's baby in the care of Dylan's parents. At the fishing spot, John points the gun at Billy intending to kill him and let him take the fall for Erin's murder, but Mare arrives just in time to subdue John. John confesses that he himself had the relationship with Erin and fathered her child, and that Erin called him away from Frank's engagement party to meet her at the park, where she threatened to shoot herself. John says he accidentally shot her while struggling for the gun, and that he and Billy moved her body to the woods to draw suspicion towards the other kids who were there that night. John admits he convinced Lori to lie and tell Mare that Billy killed Erin. John asks Lori to raise his and Erin's son. John and Billy go to jail, but Billy is let out on bail and Deacon Mark is released. Carrie, who is using drugs again, returns to rehab and drops her custody case, allowing Drew to remain with Mare. Glen Carroll tells Mare that his vintage handgun of the type identified as firing the fatal bullet recently disappeared from his shed, and was returned with two rounds missing. The only other person with access to the shed was John and Lori's 13-year-old son Ryan. Ryan confesses that he, not John, met Erin at the park, planning to use Glen's gun to scare her into staying away from his family. Ryan killed her after his attempted intimidation became a physical struggle, and his father John and uncle Billy covered it up to protect him. Ryan is sent to juvenile detention, causing Lori to angrily rebuff Mare. Later, Lori and Mare reconcile, and Mare finally brings herself to revisit the attic where Kevin died. | | | | | | |

## Production

### Development

In January 2019, it was reported that Brad Ingelsby, creator of the limited series, would write all episodes, with Gavin O'Connor directing. Executive producers include Ingelsby, O'Connor, Kate Winslet, Paul Lee, Mark Roybal, and Gordon Gray. In January 2020, it was announced that Craig Zobel would replace O'Connor as director due to scheduling issues and also serve as executive producer.

Regarding the setting, Ingelsby stated "sort of an amalgam" which he explained "It’s Coatesville, it’s Aston, it’s Drexel Hill." Ingelsby stated that he chose the name Easttown because "it sounded like such a generic town name."

### Casting

It was announced in January 2019 that Kate Winslet had been cast to star in the miniseries. In September 2019, the cast was rounded out with Julianne Nicholson, Jean Smart, Angourie Rice, Evan Peters, Cailee Spaeny and David Denman. John Douglas Thompson, Patrick Murney, Ben Miles, Katie Kreisler, James McArdle, Sosie Bacon, Joe Tippett, Neal Huff were cast in October 2019. In February 2021, it was announced that Guy Pearce joined the cast, replacing Miles in his role. In the same month, Mackenzie Lansing, Kate Arrington, Ruby Cruz, James Easter Bradford, Elisa Davis, Enid Graham, Justin Hurtt-Dunkley, Izzy King, Jack Mulhern, Anthony Norman, Drew Scheid, and Madeline Weinstein were cast.

### Filming

Filming of the show began in the fall of 2019 around suburban Philadelphia and was reported to still be in progress as of March 2020, with plans to continue through April. However, production was shut down early due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In early September 2020, a Philadelphia news station reported that filming was set to resume within the month.

Because the story is set in a fictionalized version of Easttown Township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, where series creator Brad Ingelsby was born (the show moves the location east to Delaware County, which is adjacent to Easttown Township), there were discussions about whether to use the "Delco accent", a version of Philadelphia English common in Delaware County. It was Winslet who insisted that the accent be used, despite being a particularly difficult accent to learn, because she felt the community itself was an important character in the story, and the authentic accent would help emphasize that. "There were a lot of things I could have really leant into that would have made it sound like I was doing something a bit gimmicky and I didn't want that to happen," Winslet said. "So I just had to drill it and drill it and drill it." She claimed that learning the accent was so difficult that it caused her to "throw things". Dialect coach Susanne Sulby assisted the actors.

Filming locations include a train station and high-school gymnasium in Coatesville, Pennsylvania (a city in Chester County), and an American Legion hall in Ogden, a community in Delaware County. Inglesby has said that many of the filming locations were around Aston Township, in Delaware County. Winslet reportedly said that, while filming the show, she became obsessed with Wawa convenience stores. "Wawa was a big part of my life for well over a year," she said. Wawa stores were used as scouting locations for the production's costume designers.

## Release and reception

The seven-episode limited series premiered on April 18, 2021, and concluded on May 30, 2021. The limited series was released on Blu-ray and DVD by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on September 14, 2021.

### Critical response

*Mare of Easttown* received critical acclaim. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the series has an approval rating of 95% based on 128 reviews, with an average rating of 8.1/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Grounded by a career-best Kate Winslet, *Mare of Easttown*'s ambitions at times exceed its reach, but its central mystery is supported by such strong sense of place and character it hardly matters." On Metacritic, the series has a weighted average score of 81 out of 100 based on reviews from 42 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".

Winslet received widespread praise for her performance, including from Lucy Mangan of *The Guardian* who wrote, "If you can have a defining performance this late in a career, this is surely Winslet's. She is absolutely wonderful." Alex Abad-Santos of *Vox* described Winslet's performance as "mesmerizing", adding that "she allows us to see the ugliness Mare is capable of and how obsessive, perhaps even abusive, she can be when she's threatened." *The Wall Street Journal*'s Dorothy Rabinowitz noted "Winslet's eloquent command of the role is obvious from the outset". Ben Travers of *IndieWire* wrote, "Winslet's immersed performance could carry a far lesser work by itself", while adding that her East American dialect is "convincing and her physical work is flawless." Richard Roeper of the *Chicago Sun-Times* declared, "Winslet adds to a long list of magnificent, disappear-into-the-character performances...one of the most resonant performances of her career." Caryn James of the BBC wrote, "Winslet makes an unglamorous return to TV...and her fierce, ordinary heroine is gloriously real."

Inkoo Kang of *The Hollywood Reporter* gave it a mostly positive review describing it as "uneven, but masterfully suspenseful". Kang compared the series with British crime drama *Happy Valley*, a comparison echoed by Fiona Sturges of *The Independent*, who wrote that "addiction, abuse and death were woven into the fabric of life" in both dramas, while acknowledging similarities between both shows' protagonists. *The New York Times* was dismissive in its review, with television critic Mike Hale writing: "Some style in the direction or honest feeling in the screenplay could have mitigated the dreariness, but 'Mare' doesn't offer much beyond Ben Richardson's burnished cinematography." A plot twist in the final episode received lukewarm reviews from various outlets. For *The A.V. Club*, Joshua Alston wrote, "While \[the final episode\] is a triumphant conclusion to Mare's emotional arc, as a conclusion to a mystery, it's a mixed bag \[...\] the whole thing just feels arbitrary and confusing and lacks the emotional logic this show is normally so good at." In *Decider*, Sean T. Collins agreed but praised the leads' performances, writing, "The resolution of the mystery is a bit 'twists and fake-outs for twists' and fake-outs' sake.' But each new revelation came with an emotionally devastating payload for the characters, with Winslet and Nicholson in particular doing their best work of the series."

Critics and viewers have also particularly praised the series and Winslet for convincingly replicating the Philadelphia regional accent, an oddity in mainstream media. The specific version of the Philadelphia accent is known as the "Delco accent", after Delaware County to the west of Philadelphia. The characters' accents, along with their fondness for Wawa, were parodied in a May 2021 *Saturday Night Live* sketch.

### Ratings

*Mare of Easttown* proved to be a record breaking ratings hit. The massive viewership resulted in HBO Max servers crashing shortly after the finale was released on the streaming service.

The final episode of *Mare of Easttown* drew four million viewers over the holiday weekend across HBO and HBO Max, with nearly three million viewers Sunday night (all platforms), marking a series high for both linear and digital, according to HBO. The finale also set the record as the most watched episode of an original series on HBO Max during its first 24 hours of availability, besting the finales of *The Undoing* and *The Flight Attendant* over the same period of time. *Mare of Easttown* also joined *The Undoing* as the only series in HBO's history to see consecutive growth week-to-week.

Viewership and ratings per episode of *Mare of Easttown*
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating<br>(18–49) | Viewers<br>(millions) | DVR<br>(18–49) | DVR viewers<br>(millions) | Total<br>(18–49) | Total viewers<br>(millions) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | "Miss Lady Hawk Herself" | April 18, 2021 | 0.08 | 0.600 | 0.06 | 0.575 | 0.14 | 1.175 |
| 2 | "Fathers" | April 25, 2021 | 0.10 | 0.735 | 0.07 | 0.703 | 0.17 | 1.438 |
| 3 | "Enter Number Two" | May 2, 2021 | 0.12 | 0.918 | 0.08 | 0.773 | 0.20 | 1.691 |
| 4 | "Poor Sisyphus" | May 9, 2021 | 0.16 | 1.049 | 0.10 | 0.869 | 0.26 | 1.918 |
| 5 | "Illusions" | May 16, 2021 | 0.15 | 1.064 | 0.09 | 0.922 | 0.24 | 1.986 |
| 6 | "Sore Must Be the Storm" | May 23, 2021 | 0.22 | 1.210 |  |  |  |  |
| 7 | "Sacrament" | May 30, 2021 | 0.27 | 1.520 | 0.08 | 0.696 | 0.35 | 2.215 |

### Accolades

| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2021 | Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards | Best Broadcast Network or Cable Limited Series, Anthology Series or Live-Action Television Movie | *Mare of Easttown* | Won | <br> |
| | | Best Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Movie | Kate Winslet | Nominated | |
| | | Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Movie | Evan Peters | Won | |
| | | Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Movie | Julianne Nicholson | Nominated | |
| | | Jean Smart | Nominated ||
| | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series | Paul Lee, Mark Roybal, Craig Zobel, Kate Winslet, Brad Ingelsby, Gavin O'Connor, Gordon Gray, Ron Schmidt, and Karen Wacker | Nominated | <br> |
| | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie | Kate Winslet | Won | |
| | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie | Evan Peters (for "Enter Number Two") | Won | |
| | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie | Julianne Nicholson (for "Sacrament") | Won | |
| | Jean Smart (for "Sacrament") | Nominated ||
| | Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie | Craig Zobel | Nominated | |
| | Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie | Brad Ingelsby | Nominated | |
| | Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Casting for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie | Avy Kaufman, Diane Heery, and Jason Loftus | | Nominated |
| | Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie | Ben Richardson (for "Illusions") | Nominated | |
| | Outstanding Contemporary Costumes | Meghan Kasperlik, Francisco Stoll, Taylor Smith, Laura Downing, and Jennifer Hryniw (for "Miss Lady Hawk Herself") | Nominated | |
| | Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling | Shunika Terry, Lawrence Davis, Lydia Benaim, and Ivana Primorac (for "Sore Must Be the Storm") | Nominated | |
| | Outstanding Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) | Debi Young, Sandra Linn, Ngozi Olandu Young, and Rachel Geary (for "Sore Must Be the Storm") | Nominated | |
| | Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie | Amy E. Duddleston and Naomi Sunrise Filoramo (for "Fathers") | Nominated | |
| | Amy E. Duddleston (for "Miss Lady Hawk Herself") | Nominated ||
| | Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More) | Keith P. Cunningham, James F. Truesdale, and Edward McLoughlin | Won | |
| | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie | Joe DeAngelis, Chris Carpenter, and Richard Bullock (for "Sore Must Be the Storm") | Nominated | |
| | Television Critics Association Awards | Program of the Year | *Mare of Easttown* | Nominated |  |
| | Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials | | Won | |
| | Outstanding New Program | | Nominated | |
| | Individual Achievement in Drama | Kate Winslet | Nominated | |
| 2022 | Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards | Best International Drama Show – Television | *Mare of Easttown* | Nominated |  |
| | | Best International Lead Actress in a Show – Television | Kate Winslet | Won | |
| | American Cinema Editors Awards | Best Edited Limited Series | Amy E. Duddleston and Naomi Sunrise Filoramo (for "Fathers") | Nominated |  |
| | | Amy E. Duddleston (for "Illusions") | Won | |
| | American Society of Cinematographers Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Motion Picture, Limited Series, or Pilot Made for Television | Ben Richardson (for "Illusions") | Nominated |  |
| | Art Directors Guild Awards | Excellence in Production Design for a Television Movie or Limited Series | Keith P. Cunningham | Nominated |  |
| | British Academy Television Awards | Best International Programme | *Mare of Easttown* | Nominated |  |
| | Best Actress | Kate Winslet | Nominated | |
| | Cinema Audio Society Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Non-Theatrical Motion Pictures or Limited Series | Richard Bullock, Joseph DeAngelis, and Chris Carpenter (for "Sore Must Be the Storm") | Won |  |
| | Costume Designers Guild Awards | Excellence in Contemporary Television | Meghan Kasperlik (for "Miss Ladyhawk Herself") | Nominated |  |
| | Critics' Choice Awards | Best Television Miniseries | *Mare of Easttown* | Won |  |
| | Best Television Movie or Miniseries Actress | Kate Winslet | Won | |
| | Best Television Movie or Miniseries Supporting Actor | Evan Peters | Nominated | |
| | Best Television Movie or Miniseries Supporting Actress | Julianne Nicholson | Nominated | |
| | Jean Smart | Nominated ||
| | Directors Guild of America Awards | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Miniseries or TV Film | Craig Zobel | Nominated |  |
| | Golden Globe Awards | Best Miniseries or Motion Picture – Television | *Mare of Easttown* | Nominated |  |
| | Best Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture – Television | Kate Winslet | Won | |
| | Golden Reel Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Limited Series or Anthology | Bradley North, Tiffany S. Griffith, Jordan Wilby, Antony Zeller, Zane Bruce, and Stephanie Lowry (for "Illusions") | Nominated |  |
| | Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards | Best Contemporary Makeup in a Television Series, Limited or Miniseries or Television New Media Series | Debi Young, Ngozi Olandu Young, Sandra Linn, and Rachel Geary | Nominated |  |
| | Best Contemporary Hair Styling in a Television Series, Limited or Miniseries or Television New Media Series | Lawrence Davis, Shunika Terry, Lydia Benaim, and Ivana Primorac | Nominated | |
| | Producers Guild of America Awards | Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Television Series | *Mare of Easttown* | Won |  |
| | Satellite Awards | Best Miniseries | *Mare of Easttown* | Won |  |
| | Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film | Kate Winslet | Won | |
| | Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film | Evan Peters | Won | |
| | Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film | Julianne Nicholson | Nominated | |
| | Jean Smart | Nominated ||
| | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture Made for Television or Miniseries | Evan Peters | Nominated |  |
| | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture Made for Television or Miniseries | Jean Smart | Nominated | |
| | Kate Winslet | Won ||
| | Outstanding Performance by Stunt Actors in Television | *Mare of Easttown* | Nominated | |
| | Writers Guild of America Awards | Outstanding Writing – TV Original Long Form | Brad Ingelsby | Won |  |

## Potential second season

Though the program was intended as a limited series, Winslet stated in August 2021 that she "would love to return" as Mare, and that for a potential second season, Ingelsby "has shared some very cool ideas. We will see what happens. I also have to figure out if I can do it. Can I go through it again? It did cost me a lot emotionally to be her, and I have to figure out if I can summon it all up again and do it again."

## InfoBox

| *Mare of Easttown* | |
| --- | --- |
| Promotional poster | |
| Genre | Crime drama |
| Created by | Brad Ingelsby |
| Written by | Brad Ingelsby |
| Directed by | Craig Zobel |
| Starring |  |
| Music by | Lele Marchitelli |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |  |
| Producer | Karen Wacker |
| Production locations | Delaware County, Chester County, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Cinematography | Ben Richardson |
| Editors | * Amy E. Duddleston * Naomi Sunrise Filoramo |
| Running time | 58–66 minutes |
| Production companies | * Zobot Projects * Mayhem Pictures * Juggle Productions * Low Dweller Productions * wiip |
| Original release | |
| Network | HBO |
| Release | April 18 (2021-04-18) <br>May 30, 2021 (2021-05-30) |


title: Marea (song)

abstract: "Marea" is a song by Italian rapper and singer Madame. It was produced by Dardust and Bias, and released as a single on 4 June 2021 by Sugar Music. The song was included in the digital re-issue of the debut album Madame.

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# Marea (song)

"**Marea**" (lit.'Tide') is a song by Italian rapper and singer Madame. It was produced by Dardust and Bias, and released as a single on 4 June 2021 by Sugar Music.

The song was included in the digital re-issue of the debut album *Madame*.

## Music video

The music video for "Marea", directed by Attilio Cusani, premiered on 28 June 2021 via Madame's YouTube channel.

## Charts

### Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Marea"
| Chart (2021) | Peak
position |
| --- | --- |
| Italy (FIMI) | 7 |
| San Marino (SMRRTV Top 50) | 11 |
|

### Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Marea"
| Chart (2021) | Position |
| --- | --- |
| Italy (FIMI) | 28 |

## Certifications

| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Italy (FIMI) | 3× Platinum | 210,000 |
| Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
 | | |

## InfoBox

| "Marea" | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Single by Madame | |
| from the album  *Madame* | |
| Released | 4 June 2021 (2021-06-04) |
| Genre |  |
| Length | 3:14 |
| Label | Sugar Music |
| Composer(s) |  |
| Lyricist(s) | Madame |
| Producer(s) | * Dardust * Bias |
| Madame singles chronology | |
| "Voce"
(2021) "**Marea**"
(2021) "Tu mi hai capito"
(2021) | |
|  | |
| Music video | |
| "Marea" on YouTube | |
|  | |


title: Marcinho (footballer, born 1973)

abstract: Márcio Gomes Sampaio, better known as Marcinho, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

text:
# Marcinho (footballer, born 1973)

**Márcio Gomes Sampaio** (born 16 March 1973), better known as **Marcinho**, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

## Career

Revealed in the youth sectors of São Paulo FC, he played for the Brazil under-17 team in the 1988 South American Championship and the 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship. He also became one of the youngest players to score for São Paulo FC, against EC São Bento in the 1990 Campeonato Paulista, with only 16 years. He also played for Palmeiras, Uberlândia and CD Águila, where he was Salvadorean national champion on two occasions.

## Honours

Brazil U17 CD Águila   * Marcinho at ogol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese)

## InfoBox

Marcinho
| Personal information | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Full name | Márcio Gomes Sampaio | | |
| Date of birth | (1973-03-16) 16 March 1973 | | |
| Place of birth | Franco da Rocha, Brazil | | |
| Position(s) | Forward | | |
| Youth career | | | |
| 1988–1990 | São Paulo | | |
| Senior career\* | | | |
| Years | **Team** | **Apps** | **(Gls)** |
| 1990 | São Paulo | 14 | (2) |
| 1991–1992 | Palmeiras | 51 | (3) |
| 1995 | Uberlândia |  |  |
| 1998–2001 | Águila |  |  |
| International career | | | |
| 1988–1989 | Brazil U17 |  |  |
| \*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 November 2023 | | | |


title: Marek Hlinka

abstract: Marek Hlinka is a Slovak footballer who plays for Dukla Banská Bystrica as a midfielder. Hlinka started his club career at Banská Bystrica, where he made 90 league appearances. He joined Dukla Prague in July 2013.

text:
# Marek Hlinka

**Marek Hlinka** (born 4 October 1990) is a Slovak footballer who plays for Dukla Banská Bystrica as a midfielder.

Hlinka started his club career at Banská Bystrica, where he made 90 league appearances. He joined Dukla Prague in July 2013.

## InfoBox

Marek Hlinka
|  | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Personal information | | | |
| Date of birth | (1990-10-04) 4 October 1990 | | |
| Place of birth | Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia | | |
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | | |
| Position(s) | Midfielder | | |
| Team information | | | |
| Current team | Dukla Banská Bystrica | | |
| Number | 88 | | |
| Youth career | | | |
|  | Dukla Banská Bystrica | | |
| Senior career\* | | | |
| Years | **Team** | **Apps** | **(Gls)** |
| 2009–2013 | Dukla Banská Bystrica | 90 | (6) |
| 2009 | ŽP Šport Podbrezová (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2013–2016 | Dukla Prague | 35 | (3) |
| 2015 | Spartak Trnava (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Skalica (loan) | 27 | (1) |
| 2016–2018 | Baník Ostrava | 56 | (7) |
| 2018 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 6 | (1) |
| 2019–2023 | Trinity Zlín | 102 | (2) |
| 2023– | Dukla Banská Bystrica | 32 | (4) |
| International career | | | |
| 2009 | Slovakia U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Slovakia U21 | 11 | (0) |
| \*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 June 2024 | | | |


title: Marcinowice, Jawor County

abstract: Marcinowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mściwojów, within Jawor County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany.

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# Marcinowice, Jawor County

**Marcinowice** \[mart͡ɕinɔˈvit͡sɛ\] (German: *Merzdorf*) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mściwojów, within Jawor County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany.

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| Marcinowice | |
| Coordinates: 50°52′44″N 16°34′55″E / 50.87889°N 16.58194°E / 50.87889; 16.58194 | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
| Powiat | Jawor |
| Gmina | Mściwojów |


title: Marcinowice, Świdnica County

abstract: Marcinowice is a village in Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Marcinowice. It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) east of Świdnica and 44 km (27 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

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# Marcinowice, Świdnica County

**Marcinowice** \[mart͡ɕinɔˈvʲit͡sɛ\] is a village in Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Marcinowice. It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) east of Świdnica and 44 km (27 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

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| Marcinowice | |
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| Marcinowice | |
| Coordinates: 50°52′N 16°35′E / 50.867°N 16.583°E / 50.867; 16.583 | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
| County | Świdnica |
| Gmina | Marcinowice |


title: Marcinków, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship

abstract: Marcinków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wąchock, within Starachowice County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Wąchock, 8 km (5 mi) north-west of Starachowice, and 35 km (22 mi) north-east of the regional capital Kielce. Marcinków was the location of several Paleolithic industrial sites, which are now archaeological sites, part of the Rydno Archaeological Reserve, consisting of several hundred former Paleolithic sites stretching from Skarżysko-Kamienna to Wąchock. The sites were discovered in 1921.

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# Marcinków, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship

**Marcinków** \[marˈt͡ɕiŋkuf\] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wąchock, within Starachowice County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Wąchock, 8 km (5 mi) north-west of Starachowice, and 35 km (22 mi) north-east of the regional capital Kielce.

Marcinków was the location of several Paleolithic industrial sites, which are now archaeological sites, part of the Rydno Archaeological Reserve, consisting of several hundred former Paleolithic sites stretching from Skarżysko-Kamienna to Wąchock. The sites were discovered in 1921.

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| Marcinków | |
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| Village | |
| Train stop in Marcinków | |
| Marcinków | |
| Coordinates: 51°5′29″N 20°58′32″E / 51.09139°N 20.97556°E / 51.09139; 20.97556 | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Świętokrzyskie |
| County | Starachowice |
| Gmina | Wąchock |
| Population | 674 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | TST |


title: Margaret, Countess of Comminges

abstract: Margaret, Countess of Comminges (1366-1443), was a Countess regnant suo jure of Comminges in 1375–1443. Daughter of her predecessor. She was the Co-ruler of her husbands: John III, Count of Armagnac, John ΙΙ, Viscount of Fezensaguet and Mathieu of Foix. In 1453, Comminges was reunited to the French crown by King Charles VII of France.

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# Margaret, Countess of Comminges

**Margaret, Countess of Comminges** (1366-1443), was a Countess regnant suo jure of Comminges in 1375–1443.

Daughter of her predecessor. She was the Co-ruler of her husbands: John III, Count of Armagnac, John ΙΙ, Viscount of Fezensaguet (son of Geraud II, Viscount of Fezensaguet) and Mathieu of Foix. In 1453, Comminges was reunited to the French crown by King Charles VII of France.

* Christine Lalanne-Belair, « Marguerite de Comminges : la fin d'un comté », Revue de Comminges, Société des études du Comminges, no 2, 2016, p. 453-458 (ISSN 0035-1059).


title: Farringdon, Devon

abstract: Farringdon is a village, civil parish and former manor in the district of East Devon in the county of Devon, England. The parish is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Clyst Honiton, Aylesbeare, a small part of Colaton Raleigh, Woodbury, Clyst St Mary and a small part of Sowton. The village is twinned with Secqueville-en-Bessin, Normandy, France. The parish church of St Petrock and St Barnabas is a Grade II* listed building. Rebuilt in 1870, it retains its original Norman font. One of its most famous incumbents was John Travers, a Nottingham man who was brother to the famous puritan cleric Walter Travers and who was related by marriage to another, Richard Hooker.

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# Farringdon, Devon

**Farringdon** is a village, civil parish and former manor in the district of East Devon in the county of Devon, England. The parish is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Clyst Honiton, Aylesbeare, a small part of Colaton Raleigh, Woodbury, Clyst St Mary and a small part of Sowton.

The village is twinned with Secqueville-en-Bessin, Normandy, France.

The parish church of St Petrock and St Barnabas is a Grade II\* listed building. Rebuilt in 1870, it retains its original Norman font. One of its most famous incumbents was John Travers (died 1620), a Nottingham man who was brother to the famous puritan cleric Walter Travers and who was related by marriage to another, Richard Hooker.

## Manor

The manor of Farringdon was long held by the "de Farringdon" family, whose pedigree from the early 13th century to the late 16th century is given in the Heraldic Visitations of Devon. Lancelot Farringdon (d.1598) "a proper and discret gentleman in outward show", in the words of Risdon (d.1640), was the last in the male line and committed suicide, and was "found hanged in his bedchamber by his garter to the bedstead". His estates passed to his two sisters, Abigail Farringdon, the elder, married to John Drake of Peter Tavy in Devon, and Mary Farringdon, the younger sister whose share of the inheritance included Farringdon, married to William Cooper. The arms of Farringdon were: *Sable, three unicorns in pale argent armed and crined or*.

## Historic estates

The parish of Farringdon contains various historic estates including:

* Crealy (anciently *Crowlegh, Crowleigh, Crealy, Crailey, Crayley,* etc.), in about 1600 the seat of the "Mortimer *alias* Tanner" family. Today it is the site of the "Crealy Adventure Park & Resort" themepark.
* Denbow (anciently *Penbow, Benbow,* etc.), anciently a seat of the Martyn family.
* Upham, in the time of Pole (d.1635), the seat of Humfry Walrond (born 1554), (4th son of Humphry II Walrond (died 1586) of Bradfield in the parish of Uffculme, Devon) who purchased it from a member of the Duke family of Otterton. At some previous time it had been a possession of the Cary family. The surviving 17th century mansion, now a farmhouse, has on the first floor a plaster overmantel with strapwork decoration.

Media related to Farringdon, Devon at Wikimedia Commons

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| Farringdon | |
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| Village | |
| St Petrock's church, Farringdon | |
| FarringdonFarringdon | |
| Coordinates: 50°42′48″N 3°23′48″W / 50.71333°N 3.39667°W / 50.71333; -3.39667 | |
| Country | England |
| County | Devon |
| District | East Devon |
| Time zone | UTC+0:00 (GST) |


title: Faux-Villecerf

abstract: Faux-Villecerf is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France.

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# Faux-Villecerf

**Faux-Villecerf** (French pronunciation: \[fo vilsɛʁf\]) is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France.

## Population

Historical population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1962 | 208 |  |
| 1968 | 228 | +9.6% |
| 1975 | 223 | −2.2% |
| 1982 | 225 | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 240 | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 224 | −6.7% |
| 2008 | 223 | −0.4% |

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| Faux-Villecerf | |
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| Commune | |
| The church in Faux-Villecerf | |
|  | |
| Location of Faux-Villecerf | |
| Faux-VillecerfFaux-Villecerf | |
| Coordinates: 48°20′07″N 3°44′14″E / 48.3353°N 3.7372°E / 48.3353; 3.7372 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Aube |
| Arrondissement | Nogent-sur-Seine |
| Canton | Saint-Lyé |
| Intercommunality | Orvin et Ardusson |
| Government | |
| Mayor (20202026) | Marie-Rose Baillot |
| Area**1** | 21.3 km2 (8.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | 205 |
| Density | 9.6/km2 (25/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 10145 /10290 |
| Elevation | 160 m (520 ft) |
| **1** French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers \> 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |


title: Faux-Fresnay

abstract: Faux-Fresnay is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.

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# Faux-Fresnay

**Faux-Fresnay** (French pronunciation: \[fo fʁɛnɛ\]) is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.

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| Faux-Fresnay | |
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| Commune | |
| The church in Faux-Fresnay | |
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| Location of Faux-Fresnay | |
| Faux-FresnayFaux-Fresnay | |
| Coordinates: 48°38′45″N 3°56′32″E / 48.6458°N 3.9422°E / 48.6458; 3.9422 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Marne |
| Arrondissement | Épernay |
| Canton | Vertus-Plaine Champenoise |
| Government | |
| Mayor (20202026) | Patrice Jacquet |
| Area**1** | 27.26 km2 (10.53 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | 317 |
| Density | 12/km2 (30/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 51243 /51230 |
| Elevation | 91 m (299 ft) |
| **1** French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers \> 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |


title: Faux (river)

abstract: The Fau or Faux, also known as ruisseau de Faux is a small but abundant river of the department of the Ardennes in France. It is a left-bank tributary of the Meuse.

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# Faux (river)

The **Fau** or **Faux**, also known as **ruisseau de Faux** (the "creek Faux") is a small but abundant river of the department of the Ardennes in France. It is a left-bank tributary of the Meuse.

## Geography

The Faux has its source to the east of the town of Les Mazures in the western part of the Massif of the Ardennes (Massif ardennais) located south of the Franco-Belgian border (south of the province of Namur) at a height of 380 m. At the place where it is born, it turns south, but soon after begins a wide loop that takes it north and then northeast. After a route of 19.4 kilometers, it merges with the Meuse at Revin. It is fed by numerous and abundant streams which, like it, flow down from the Ardennes massif

It bathes the towns of Bourg-Fidèle and Revin, but the river mostly runs in the middle of the forest.

## Municipalities and townships crossed

In the Ardennes department alone, the Faux crosses the following seven municipalities, from upstream to downstream: Les Mazures (source), Sécheval, Renwez, Harcy, Bourg-Fidèle, Rocroi, Revin (confluence).

The source of the Faux is in the canton of Bogny-sur-Meuse, it then crosses the canton of Charleville-Mézières-2, the canton of Rocroi, and has its confluence in the canton of Revin, in the arrondissement of Charleville-Mézières.

## Managing body

The managing body of the Faux and its tributaries is the Établissement public territorial de bassin (EPTB) EPAMA. The Faux is part of the Meuse zone from the confluence of the Chiers to the confluence of the Semois.

## Tributaries

The Faux has seven referenced tributaries:

* the Herbiaux stream (rg), with a tributary:
    + the Vieux Pré stream (rg),
* the Cuviseau stream (rg), with two tributaries:
    + the Maillard (rg)
    + the stream of Sécheval (rd),
* the Le Noir stream (rg) which merges into the Vieilles Forges lake with two tributaries:
    + the brook of Fond de Fallette (rg),
    + the brook of Pont Gilles (rg)
* the Galop stream (rg), with a tributary:
    + the Gravelle stream (rg),
* the Marie (rd),
* the Moulins stream (rg), with two tributaries:
    + the Moulin Manceau stream (rg)
    + the Rond Terne stream (rg),
* the Champ Fleury stream (rg)

Its Strahler number is therefore three.

## Hydrology

The Faux Basin is almost entirely located in an area with high rainfall. The modulus of the river at the confluence of the Meuse is 1.78 m3/s (63 cu ft/s), for a small watershed of 96.9 km2 (37.4 sq mi).

The depth of runoff of water flowing in this basin is 579 millimeters, which is high, much higher than that of the average for France, all basins combined, and even compared to the various rivers of the Meuse basin, generally very abundant. The average of the French basin of the Meuse at Chooz, near the Faux's exit from French territory, shows a water depth of 450 millimeters.

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| Faux
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| Lac des Vieilles Forges | |
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| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Physical characteristics | |
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| Source |  |
| location | Les Mazures |
| coordinates | 49°53′19″N 4°39′23″E / 49.88861°N 4.65639°E / 49.88861; 4.65639 |
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| Mouth |  |
| location | Meuse at Revin |
| coordinates | 49°55′57″N 4°37′32″E / 49.93250°N 4.62556°E / 49.93250; 4.62556 |
| Length | 19.4 km (12.1 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | MeuseNorth Sea |


title: Marbella Corella

abstract: Beatriz Marbella Corella Sías, better known as Marbella Corella, is a Mexican singer who gained fame by coming 3rd place in the hit reality show La Academia. After spending six months in reality, recipient of third place in the competition was, winning prize of $500, 000.00, and a recording contract with Warner Music. In 2007 launched "Mírame" her first solo album, which collected many of the songs performed at La Academia, plus a DVD of the same; and soon managed to sell more than 30,000 copies in Mexico production and placing in the top 50 of the best selling albums in the country, according to AMPROFON. In December 2014 she released the single "La que miente en tu cara".

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# Marbella Corella

**Beatriz Marbella Corella Sías** (born September 14, 1988), better known as **Marbella Corella**, is a Mexican singer who gained fame by coming 3rd place in the hit reality show La Academia.

After spending six months in reality, recipient of third place in the competition was, winning prize of $500, 000.00, and a recording contract with Warner Music. In 2007 launched "Mírame" her first solo album, which collected many of the songs performed at La Academia, plus a DVD of the same; and soon managed to sell more than 30,000 copies in Mexico production and placing in the top 50 of the best selling albums in the country, according to AMPROFON.

In December 2014 she released the single *"La que miente en tu cara"*.

## Biography

In 2006, she was selected for the Mexican musical reality TV show La Academia. During this show she sang "Sin él", "Si quieres verme llorar", "Lagrimas y lluvia" and other songs.

## Discography

### Studio albums

* Mírame (2007)

### Compilations

* La Academia Cinco: Vol. 1
* La Academia Cinco: Vol. 2

### Collaborations

* La Academia le canta a José Alfredo Jiménez – *"Un pedazo de luna"*

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| Marbella Corella | |
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|  | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Beatriz Marbella Corella Sías |
| Also known as | Marbella Corella |
| Born | (1988-09-14) September 14, 1988 |
| Origin | Caborca, Sonora, Mexico |
| Genres | Latin, Regional Mexican |
| Instruments | Singing |
| Labels | Warner Music |


title: Marbella (film)

abstract: Marbella is a 1985 comedy-romance 'caper film' set in the Spanish coastal resort of Marbella, starring Rod Taylor and Britt Ekland.

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# Marbella (film)

***Marbella*** is a 1985 comedy-romance 'caper film' set in the Spanish coastal resort of Marbella, starring Rod Taylor and Britt Ekland.

## Plot

William 'Bill' Anderson, known locally as Commander, is living in Marbella where he has an apartment and a sailboat named High Tide. While fishing near a late-night party being hosted aboard the Five Angels yacht owned by Patrick Arnel, an illegal arms dealer, Commander spots Deborah falling from Patrick's yacht. He quickly dives off the deck of the High Tide and swims across to rescue her.

Unbeknownst to Commander, Deborah was romantically involved with Patrick, but she had broken off the relationship earlier that night aboard the Five Angels. Angered by her decision, Patrick exacts revenge by violently ramming his yacht into Commander's sailboat when he spots Deborah onboard.

Although she is badly shaken by the night's ordeals, Commander takes Deborah safely ashore, but she flees the scene on foot, leaving him perplexed by her erratic behaviour.

Commander then attempts to seek compensation for the damage to his sailboat, but due to numerous falsified witness statements provided to the court by Patrick, Commander fails. He complains to the local police inspector, Vargas, about the lack of justice, but Vargas implies that Commander was never likely to win against a ruthless individual like Patrick.

As Commander leaves the courthouse and walks to his car, he is approached by Deborah, who has been discreetly watching the courthouse from an outdoor cafe. Commander says he could have used her help as a witness in the case, but Deborah warns him that it is unwise to get involved in a feud with a gangster like Patrick.

Commander states that his life would have been better without her, but he offers Deborah a lift to wherever she may be going. Seeming lost and directionless after her split with Patrick, she refuses to leave when Commander asks her to get out of his car. Commander relents, and they drive back to his apartment, where they quickly become an item. As they lie side by side in bed, Commander contemplates methods of revenge against Patrick. Deborah warns him that he won't be able to do it alone, but they may have a chance if they combine forces.

With Commander's desire for vengeance and Deborah's intimate knowledge of Patrick's activities, Commander formulates a plan to swindle Patrick with the use of an impersonator, a forger and a pickpocket. He visits Inspector Vargas for help locating a skilled counterfeiter. Vargas refuses the odd request, causing Commander to declare that Vargas and the local police are afraid of Patrick and are incapable of bringing him to justice.

Commander then returns home, troubled by the cost of repairing the High Tide. He informs Deborah that they will have to sell his apartment and live permanently aboard Commander's sailboat instead. While explaining the predicament, Inspector Vargas arrives on their doorstep in an angry and drunken state. He supplies Commander with the details of a Madrid counterfeiter before staggering away.

Commander then briefly visits Geneva to open a Swiss bank account that will hold the funds he intends to fleece from Patrick.

Back in Marbella, Deborah states that she has located the counterfeiter in Madrid, who now works as a stamp dealer. Commander asks a local Marbella photographer, Gustavo, to begin gathering intelligence by filming Patrick's activities.

Commander then visits the Marbella bank where Patrick holds accounts. He peers into the bank's vault while Patrick is inside and takes note of which safe deposit box Patrick uses. The box serves as the temporary repository for the money Patrick earns from each arms deal. He conceals the money inside a briefcase that is stashed inside the safe deposit box until he can transfer the money to his secret bank account in Switzerland.

Commander then watches from his parked car while Patrick leaves the bank with the cash-filled briefcase. He tails Patrick through the traffic and sees the case being passed to a third party who drives to a location where the case gets concealed inside a nondescript sack that is put aboard Patrick's yacht, the Five Angels.

From there, the money is transported out of Marbella to be transferred to Patrick's Swiss account after each illegal arms deal.

Deborah then informs Commander that she has located a suitable disguise artist in Madrid to enlist. Commander goes to Madrid to find him and to visit the counterfeiter and stamp dealer, Herman Gomez. Commander asks Herman to demonstrate his forgery skills by copying Patrick's signature and asks for the name of a good local pickpocket. Herman recommends John, now homeless. They visit a Madrid clairvoyant who knows John's address, a run-down and disused local tenement. Herman convinces him to get involved in Commander's scheme.

Commander observes John's pickpocketing skill in a trial-run on a Madrid commuter train, but they disembark with Commander unconvinced of John's abilities until Herman points out that John successfully stole a passenger's wallet and placed it in Commander's jacket pocket.

Together the three then visit the seedy Madrid nightclub where the disguise artist Mario works. Mario refuses to get involved, fearful of doing something illegal. Commander bribes the nightclub owner to fire Mario. As he leaves the club jobless, Mario is confronted by the trio, who entice him financially.

With his team of accomplices now established, Commander convenes a meeting to explain his plan. He shows them a copy of Patrick's briefcase, stashed at the bank in Marbella, which carries $3 million in cash, Patrick's usual commission for each illegal arms deal.

Commander explains that Patrick funnels the profits in his Marbella safe deposit box into a numbered and anonymous Swiss account with no name. Commander tells them that he plans to open Patrick's briefcase at the bank in Marbella and replace the Swiss deposit slip inside the briefcase with an identical-looking deposit slip for Commander's Swiss account, which is also a numbered account with no name, held at the same Swiss bank that Patrick uses.

Commander offers the trio fifty percent of Patrick's $3 million if they get involved. He says they will be long-gone by the time Patrick discovers that his deposit slip has been switched to a deposit slip of an account not belonging to him.

The four then travel from Madrid to Marbella, where Commander introduces the trio to Deborah. Herman's daughter, Mirian, also travels to Marbella from her home in Madrid, insisting that she be a part of the antics. Commander is angered by Mirian inserting herself into his plans, but he relents when he sees her sunbathing topless in his garden. Deborah looks on, concerned that Commander may be getting infatuated with Mirian.

Meanwhile, Mario is caught photographing Patrick's mansion. When he is taken hostage, he says he will complain to the police, causing Patrick to strike him with a wooden paddlestick, breaking his arm. When Commander learns from Herman and John that Mario has failed to return from his surveillance of the mansion, they conduct a daring night-time raid to rescue him.

With Mario's broken arm now in a plaster cast, Commander decides that Mario will be unable to successfully impersonate Patrick. Faced with the prospect of having to abandon the entire scheme, Commander hastily engineers a plan to enlist the help of a former military acquaintance, Sergeant Major McBride, who resides in Gibraltar, off the coat of Spain. He sets sail for Gibraltar to discuss the plan.

After he leaves port, Commander discovers that Mirian has stowed away on the High Tide. He demands that she return to Marbella aboard the High Tide's inflatable dinghy, but Mirian refuses, stating that she would like to see Gibraltar. Frustrated by her impertinence, Commander chases her around the High Tide while she laughs and teases him. When he catches up with her, Mirian's tank top is accidentally ripped off, revealing her breasts, and the pair kiss romantically. They then travel to Gibraltar together.

Mirian rests in a hotel room she shares with Commander while Commander speaks to McBride. When they arrive back in Marbella, McBride gatecrashes a party that Patrick is attending. McBride attacks Patrick, breaking his arm.

With Patrick and Mario now both nursing broken arms in plaster, Mario can successfully disguise himself to closely resemble Patrick. Commander informs his accomplices that the ruse will now go ahead.

With Patrick due to retrieve his cash-filled briefcase from the bank's security vault the following day, Commander waits at Patrick's mansion the next morning to determine what garments Patrick is wearing so Mario can wear the same colours when he impersonates Patrick at the bank.

Meanwhile Deborah is waiting near the house of the bank concierge who assists Patrick with his accounts. She asks for a lift due to a car problem, and as they drive into town together, Deborah grabs the glasses from the concierge's face, making his vision blurry and causing him to lose control of his vehicle.

When the car jolts to an abrupt stop, Deborah cracks the lenses on the glasses, to make it harder for the concierge to detect that Mario is in fact not Patrick but an impersonator at the bank.

Deborah then begins to look for garments in downtown Marbella for Mario to wear. Meanwhile, Mirian sits in a parked car, intending to create an accident when Patrick drives past, to delay his arrival at the bank. She pulls out in front of Patrick's limousine, causing a collision. As Patrick steps out of the car to investigate the damage, John discreetly removes Patrick's safe deposit key from his jacket.

John then runs to find Mario and give him the stolen key so Mario can enter the bank and open Patrick's safe deposit box.

Inspector Vargas, a confederate in the group's plans unbeknownst to them, further delays Patrick's departure from the accident by asking what occurred.

The group's tactics work, giving them enough time to get into Patrick's safe deposit box before he arrives at the bank after the delay.

At the bank, Mario has successfully passed himself off as Patrick. He opens Patrick's briefcase full of money. Herman waits near the safe deposit stronghold, pretending to attend to other business. Mario removes the signed deposit slip inside the briefcase that Patrick will use to deposit the money into his Swiss bank account. Herman forges Patrick's signature onto a new deposit slip that contains Commander's Swiss bank account number instead of Patrick's.

The briefcase full of money is then returned to Patrick's safe deposit box with everything appearing normal.

As Patrick arrives at the bank after his car accident, John deliberately bumps into him, discreetly dropping Patrick's safe deposit key back into his jacket pocket, while disguise artist Mario gingerly walks out of the bank unnoticed. Patrick goes to his safe deposit box, opens the box as usual and walks out of the bank with his briefcase, not knowing that the briefcase now contains a forged bank transfer slip that will divert Patrick's cash into Commander's Swiss account instead of Patrick's.

Commander waits discreetly near Patrick's yacht and watches as Patrick's cash is loaded onto the yacht in the usual manner, concealed inside a sack to be transferred to Switzerland. Knowing that Patrick's funds will be in Commander's Swiss account the following morning, Commander and his accomplices celebrate with champagne. He tells them that they will leave for Geneva the next day to claim their millions.

Noticing that Mirian is not present at the gathering, Commander is informed that she and Mario headed out for drinks together. Commander searches for them and finds Mirian at an outdoor bar where she and Mario are discussing their plans for the future.

Angry at how close Mirian and Mario are becoming, Commander pulls Mirian aside and asks her to return with him. He expresses his love for her, but Mirian informs him that she has no desire to marry him or anyone else. The situation becomes heated, with Commander pushing Mario away. Mirian abuses Commander and says she will have nothing more to do with him.

Commander leaves to find solace in a bottle of whiskey. Later that night, he returns to his sailboat, the High Tide, in a drunken and frustrated state, where he finds that Deborah has been waiting for him. The next morning Herman, John and Mario arrive at the High Tide's mooring to begin the journey to Switzerland. They learn that Commander and Deborah had been noticed leaving the boat with all of their luggage in-tow. Herman, John and Mario walk away from the port, feeling duped and cheated by Commander.

Having fled Marbella to escape any revenge or retribution by Patrick after fleecing him of his money, Commander and Deborah move into a large estate hidden by heavy foliage. Fearing that Patrick may be trying to track them down, Commander takes cover when he spots a light plane overhead that may be a search aircraft sent out by Patrick.

Deborah ignores Commander's warning to hide, causing Commander to admonish her recklessness. Despite all of their newfound wealth, she complains that she doesn't want to live in fear and declares that she plans to leave their hideaway.

After some harsh words, Deborah packs her belongings into a taxi and departs, causing Commander to contemplate a life spent alone in his secluded refuge.

Back in Marbella, Mirian shows John and Herman a newspaper report stating that Patrick has been killed in Amsterdam by a mystery assailant, which quickly attracts the attention of Deborah, who is now residing back in Marbella.

With Patrick out of the picture, Commander also returns to Marbella. He spots Herman sitting at a small table on the waterfront where he is again selling stamps and trinkets. When Commander enquires about the cost of the stamps, Herman says "200 pesetas" without looking up. Commander replies, "I'll take the whole lot for a million dollars, if you like". Herman peers up from his newspaper to see Commander smiling down at him benevolently.

## Cast

Co-starring with Rod Taylor (Commander) and Britt Ekland (Deborah) were José Guardiola (who plays the gangster villain Patrick Arnel) and Emma Suárez, with whom Taylor's character, Commander, has a brief romantic fling before losing her to his younger sidekick Mario, played by Óscar Ladoire.

Other actors who appeared in the film include Sancho Gracia, Francisco Rabal and Fernando Fernán Gómez. They play the roles of Inspector Vargas, John (Juan) and Herman Gómez, respectively.

* Óscar Ladoire as Mario
* Miguel Rellán as Gustavo
* Elena Arnao as Albi
* Conrado San Martín as Judge
* Emmanuele D. Black as 1st Attorney
* Manuel de Blas as Judge
* Francisco Vidal as concierge
* Alberto Fernández as manager
* Quino Pueyo as drunk
* César Varona as Marcelo
* Jorge Bosso as security guard
* Kunio Kovayashi as Chófer de Patrick
* Emilio Linder as lawyer
* Emilio Fornet as old man
* Charly Bravo as bodyguard 1
* Joaquín Parra as bodyguard 2
* Pedro Sopeña as youngster
* Al Larson as McBride
* Albert Ferdinand as Manager

## Filming locations

Apart from Spanish filming locations in Marbella and Madrid, the movie also features scenes filmed in Geneva and in the narrow streets and alleys of Gibraltar, 50 miles off the Spanish coast.

## Trivia

Although Rod Taylor's character Commando is American, Taylor himself was an Australian. When he won a 'Rolo' acting award early in his career in Australia that included an airfare to London via Los Angeles, Taylor disembarked in Los Angeles without ever continuing on to London or returning to Australia. He successfully established himself as an actor in Hollywood and spent the remaining 60 years of his life in Los Angeles.

Spanish actor Sancho Gracia, who plays the role of Inspector Vargas, was involved in an affair with Racquel Welch in Spain in 1968 during the filming of the movie 100 Rifles. At the time, Welch was married to producer Patrick Curtis. When Curtis learned of the romantic fling, he chased Gracia at gunpoint through the Aguadulce hotel where the cast and crew of 100 Rifles were staying.

Paul Chiten, a Los Angeles-based songwriter who has worked with many major musical stars including Cyndi Lauper and Donna Summer, penned the Marbella soundtrack, including the film's radio-friendly endispiece, 'Poet For the Moonlight', sung by vocalist Devere Duckett.

## InfoBox

| Marbella | |
| --- | --- |
| Directed by | Miguel Hermoso |
| Starring | Rod Taylor<br>Britt Ekland |
| Release date | * 1985 (1985) |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | English |


title: The Gray Horizon

abstract: The Gray Horizon is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by William Worthington. Sessue Hayakawa's Haworth Pictures Corporation produced the film and he himself played the lead role. Bertram Grassby, Tsuru Aoki, Eileen Percy, Mary Jane Irving, and Andrew Robson also featured in the film. The film includes sequences shot on location in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California.

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# The Gray Horizon

***The Gray Horizon*** is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by William Worthington. Sessue Hayakawa's Haworth Pictures Corporation produced the film and he himself played the lead role. Bertram Grassby, Tsuru Aoki, Eileen Percy, Mary Jane Irving, and Andrew Robson also featured in the film.

The film includes sequences shot on location in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California.

## Plot

As described in a film magazine, the skill of colorful Japanese artist Yamo Masata (Hayakawa), who lives in the hills of California, attracts the attention of a clever counterfeiter who seeks the artist's aid in the preparation of spurious bonds. At first deceived, the artist becomes indignant when he learns the truth of the enterprise, and shows the man the door. The artist's sister, O Haru San (Aoki), who is newly arrived in America and is searching for the American husband who deserted her, identifies the stranger as her spouse. He seeks to escape but in the encounter that follows both the counterfeiter and the sister meet death. In time, the artist is taken up by society and becomes wealthy and famous. Then he discovers that his chief patroness Doris Furthman (Percy), a lady he has come to love, is the bigamous widow of the man the artist murdered. The lady's brother accuses the artist of evil designs and learns the truth about the murder. When the artist demands proof regarding the accusation, he discovers that the evidence will blast the life of the woman he has come to love, so the artist destroys the evidence and prepares to go to trial.

## Cast

## Preservation

With no prints of *The Gray Horizon* located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.

## InfoBox

| The Gray Horizon | |
| --- | --- |
| Still from the film | |
| Directed by | William Worthington |
| Starring |  |
| Cinematography | Frank D. Williams |
| Production<br>company | Haworth Pictures Corporation |
| Distributed by | Robertson-Cole |
| Release date | * August 18, 1919 (1919-08-18) (USA) |
| Running time | 50 min. |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |