Sunday, March 4, 2018

Missing Definitions

Act Two, Scene Three

Norman Conquest – the invasion of England by a French, Norman, and Breton army led by William the Conqueror

Bayeux Tapestry – a massive narrative tapestry depicting the events leading up to the Norman Conquest

Act Two, Scene Four

Walter Winchell – a famous gossip reporter in newspapers and on radio who was able to draw on a broad set of contacts to find potentially embarrassing stories about celebrities

Edgar Hoover – J. Edgar Hoover, the first director of the FBI

Joe McCarthy – the Senator responsible for leading a massive witch hunt against suspected Communists during the early days of the Cold War as part of the Red Scare

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