Date
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Location
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Description of Meeting
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Person
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This dictator of Nazi Germany
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Adolf Hitler
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22 August 1931
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Briennerstrasse, Munich
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... is run over by this British peer and landowner
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John Scott-Ellis
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Summer 1923
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Chirk Castle, Wrexham, North Wales
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... who as a child talks of the Boche with this English author of 'The Jungle Book'
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Rudyard Kipling
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June 1889
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Elmira, New York State
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... who meets his hero, the author of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'
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Mark Twain
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February 1909
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Stormfield, Connecticut
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... who takes on as a prodigy and talks at length with this deaf and blind author
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Helen Keller
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December 1952
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66 Fifth Avenue, New York
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... who discovers the joy of jumping with the help of this modern dancer and choreographer
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Martha Graham
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Autumn 1978
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316 East 63rd Street, New York
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... who without a word takes the breath away from this pop singer, known for 'Like A Prayer'
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Madonna
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15 March 1991
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The Ivy Restaurant, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
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... who has a first and only date with this pop singer and dancer, known as the King of Pop
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Michael Jackson
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14 May 1984
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The White House, Washington DC
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... who is received at the White House to front an anti-drink driving campaign by this actress and First Lady
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Nancy Reagan
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15 October 1981
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The White House, Washington DC
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... who is interviewed by this leading pop artist, known for Campbell's Soup Cans
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Andy Warhol
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20 December 1978
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1040 Fifth Avenue, New York
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... who is never invited to parties hosted by this socialite and ex-First Lady
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Jackie Kennedy
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5 June 1961
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Buckingham Palace, London
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... who awkwardly discusses paintings of horses at a dinner with this Queen of the United Kingdom
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HRH Queen Elizabeth II
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18 May 1972
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4, route du Champ d'Entraînement, Bois de Boulogne, Paris
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... who visits the deathbed of her uncle, this abdicated ex-King of England, now a Duke
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The Duke of Windsor
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12 November 1968
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4, route du Champ d'Entraînement, Bois de Boulogne, Paris
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... who watches in horror as his wife is swung around by Richard Burton with the latter's wife, this actress from Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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Elizabeth Taylor
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6 June 1955
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Marfa, Texas
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... who brings out nerves in this Rebel Without A Cause actor while filming Giant
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James Dean
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23 September 1955
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The Villa Capri, Hollywood
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... who is forewarned of his impending death by this English actor known for his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi
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Alec Guinness
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4 August 1955
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The Church of the Immaculate Conception, Farm Street, London W1
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... who crawls around on a church floor picking up jewels with this English writer known for 'Brideshead Revisited'
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Evelyn Waugh
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4 February 1949
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The Ambassador Hotel, Park Avenue, New York
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... who is deliberately difficult when he meets this Russian composer of The Rite of Spring
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Igor Stravinsky
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December 1939
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Burbank Studios, Los Angeles
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... who allows that piece to be used in Fantasia, the third animated feature film by this pioneer of animation
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Walt Disney
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27 August 1964
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Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Los Angeles
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... who resists demands for alterations to the script of Mary Poppins from this author of the original book series
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P. L. Travers
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30 October 1949
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The American Hospital of Paris, Neuilly-sur-Seine
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... who with other devotees attends the funeral of this Russian mystic philosopher and spiritual teacher
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George Ivanovich Gurdjieff
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June 1934
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Taliesin, Spring Green, Wisconsin
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... who makes a disciple of, then makes sauerkraut for, this architect and designer
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Frank Lloyd Wright
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Autumn 1957
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The Plaza Hotel, Fifth Avenue, New York
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... who designs a house for Arthur Miller and his wife, this actress, model and sex symbol
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Marilyn Monroe
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19 September 1959
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The Café de Paris, Hollywood
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... who wears her sexiest dress to a Twentieth-Century Fox dinner on the American tour of this Russian premier
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Nikita Krushchev
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23 April 1956
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Harcourt Room, Palace of Westminster, London
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... who launches into a tirade against democratic socialists after a throwaway remark by this future deputy leader of the Labour Party
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George Brown
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22 November 1963
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Rediffusion TV Studios, Kingsway, London WC2
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... who launches into a tirade against American actors when joined in the Green Room by this method actor, known for his performance in Baby Doll
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Eli Wallach
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February 1974
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Caesars Palace, Las Vegas
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... who despite a bitter feud in the press is welcomed in person by this singer known as 'Ol' Blue Eyes'
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Frank Sinatra
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September 1966
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The Daisy, Rodeo Drive, Los Angeles
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... who pays a waiter to punch this writer and investigative journalist, known for The Boys in the Band
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Dominick Dunne
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April 2007
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The Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, Los Angeles
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... who during a court recess urinates next to this pioneering music producer, known for his 'Wall of Sound' approach
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Phil Spector
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June 1977
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Whitney Recording Studios, Los Angeles
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... who after three weeks of writing and recording songs together pulls a gun on this Canadian singer-songwriter known for 'Hallelujah'
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Leonard Cohen
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Winter 1967
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The Chelsea Hotel, 222 West 23rd Street, New York
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... who shares a lift with, then later writes 'Chelsea Hotel' about, this rock singer known for her cover of 'Piece of My Heart'
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Janis Joplin
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August 1970
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The Chelsea Hotel, 222 West 23rd Street, New York
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... who takes under her wing this singer-songwriter and poet, known for her album Horses
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Patti Smith
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November 1969
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Horn and Hardart automat, West 23rd Street, New York
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... who is mistaken for a very pretty boy and treated to a cheese sandwich by this beat poet and writer
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Allen Ginsberg
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May 1957
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Room 9, The Villa Muniriya, 1, rue Magellan, Tangier
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... who gives nude pictures of himself and his boyfriend to this British figurative painter
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Francis Bacon
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1977
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Warwick House, St James's Place, London SW1
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... who boos and hisses when no one else dares criticise the singing of this English princess and sister of the Queen
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HRH Princess Margaret
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Spring 1968
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20 Thurloe Square, London SW7
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... who watches a blue movie with this English theatre critic
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Kenneth Tynan
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1970
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United Nations Plaza, New York
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... who engages in a high-profile feud, culminating in a $500 bet, with this novelist, known for 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' and 'In Cold Blood'
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Truman Capote
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1979
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Le Restaurant, Bel Air, Los Angeles
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... who discusses reincarnation then loudly sings classics with this jazz singer of 'Is That All There Is?'
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Peggy Lee
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24 February 1970
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The East Room, the White House, Washington DC
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... who plants an unsolicited kiss on the cheek of this U.S President, the only to ever resign from office
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Richard Nixon
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20 December 1970
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The White House, Washington DC
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... who awards a Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Special Agent Badge to this singer known as 'The King of Rock and Roll'
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Elvis Presley
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27 August 1965
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Perugia Way, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
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... who receives four starstruck Beatles, including this co-lead singer and bassist
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Paul Mccartney
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27 June 1965
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The Adriana Hotel, Rome
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... who is judged a "bad-mannered little s***" after a backstage meeting with this English playwright known for Hay Fever
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Noël Coward
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29 July 1946
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Biarritz
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... who is serenaded "really quite sweetly" by this Russian aristocrat, known for a certain high-profile murder
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Prince Felix Youssoupoff
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29 December 1916
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The Moika Palace, St Petersburg
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... who poisons, then shoots, then has to shoot a further four times to kill this Russian mystic and friend of the Tsar
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Grigori Rasputin
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21 June 1915
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Tsarskoye Selo, nr St Petersburg
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... who boasted loudly about his sexual encounters with the Tsarina, much to the annoyance of her husband, this last Emperor of All Russia
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Tsar Nicholas II
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23 May 1903
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Kremlin Square, Moscow
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... who is amazed when the bells of the Kremlin ring, seemingly at the will of this escape artist and illusionist
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Harry Houdini
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23 June 1914
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SS Imperator
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... who uses a simple trick to completely baffle this characteristic ex-US president known for his anti-trust policies and huggable bedtime friends
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Theodore Roosevelt
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6 May 1906
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The White House, Washington DC
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... who struggles to get a word in edgeways over the incessant talk of this English author of 'The War of the Worlds'
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H. G. Wells
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22 July 1934
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The Kremlin, Moscow
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... who after a three-hour discussion about socialism decides he has "never met a more candid, fair and honest man than" this Georgian ruler of the Soviet Union
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Josef Stalin
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Early June 1936
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6 Malaya Nikitskaya Street, Moscow
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... who presents a poisoned box of candy to this Russian writer and founder of socialist realism
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Maxim Gorky
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13 January 1900
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21 Ulitsa Lva Tolstogo, Moscow
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... who is disappointed when he finally meets his hero, this Russian author of 'War and Peace'
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Leo Tolstoy
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December 1876
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Moscow Conservatory, Bolshaya Nikitskaya
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... who is initially enthusiastic about, but afterwards begins to doubt the legitimacy of, this Russian Romantic composer of Swan Lake
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Pyotr Il'ich Tchaikovsky
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May 1888
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Moscow Conservatory, Bolshaya Nikitskaya
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... who sits on the Conservatory's examining board and is blown away by the efforts of this Russian composer and virtuoso pianist
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
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Summer 1931
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The Garden of Allah, Los Angeles
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... who initially drowns out, then is drowned out by, this harpist and comedy actor known for his films with his three brothers
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Harpo Marx
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Summer 1928
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Villa Galanon, Cap d'Antibes
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... who is left "naked to the world" after having his sunbathing towel pulled away by this Irish playwright of Pygmalion
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George Bernard Shaw
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12 September 1895
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Penallt, Monmouthshire
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... who crashes his bicycle into this British philosopher and mathematician
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Bertrand Russell
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October 1964
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43 Hasker Street, London SW3
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... who insists on making cucumber sandwiches for this English actress from Ryan's Daughter
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Sarah Miles
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January 1961
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Bray, the Republic of Ireland
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... who for a film role has to pretend to be raped by this English actor known for his title role in Billy Budd
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Terence Stamp
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February 1968
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F2, Albany, Piccadilly, London W1
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... who provides interior design advice to this British leader of the Conservative Party and future Prime Minister
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Edward Heath
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December 1934
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Hauteville, St Peters, Kent
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... who as a child tries to sing Christmas carols to, but is turned away by, this German-born British painter
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Walter Sickert
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June 1927
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11 Downing Street
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... who gives painting advice to this British politician and future wartime Prime Minister
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Winston Churchill
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Summer 1951
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St James's Theatre, London SW1
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... who barges into the dressing room of this English actor, known for his celebrated roles as Richard III and Heathcliff
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Laurence Olivier
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21 May 1951
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4 Christchurch Street, London SW3
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... who has dinner with a feeling-phony-version of this author of 'The Catcher in the Rye'
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J. D. Salinger
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Late August 1944
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The Ritz Hotel, 15 place Vendôme, Paris
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... who in Paris meets one of his literary heroes, thirty years his senior: this author of 'A Farewell to Arms'
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Ernest Hemingway
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Autumn 1924
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La Closerie des Lilas, 171, boulevard du Montparnasse, Paris
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... who in Paris meets one of his literary heroes, thirty years his senior: this English author of 'The Good Soldier'
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Ford Madox Ford
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November 1899
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Montmartre, Paris
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... who in Paris meets one of his literary heroes, thirty years his senior: this Irish author of 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'
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Oscar Wilde
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November 1891
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9, boulevard Malesherbes, Paris
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... who loses his nerve and walks out on having dinner with this French author of 'Remembrance of Things Past'
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Marcel Proust
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19 May 1922
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Hôtel Majestic, avenue Kléber, Paris
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... who has every attempt at conversation fended off by this Irish author of 'Ulysses'
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James Joyce
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30 July 1931
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31 Hyde Park Gardens, London W2
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... who fends off every attempt at conversation from this British politician and diarist
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Harold Nicolson
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August 1967
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Sissinghurst Castle, Cranbrook, Kent
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... whose purple border is complimented by this younger British diarist and photographer
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Cecil Beaton
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Early March 1967
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La Mamounia Hotel, Marrakesh
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... who is offered LSD in a car by this singer from The Rolling Stones
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Mick Jagger
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Spring 1967
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Harley House, Marylebone, London NW1
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... who is told he should go into politics by this British journalist and Labour politician
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Tom Driberg
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June 1976
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601 Mountjoy House, the Barbican, London EC2
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... who tries to have his wicked way with a young Martin Amis after being left alone by this English-American journalist and anti-theist
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Christopher Hitchens
|
14 September 2005
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Baruch College, 55 Lexington Avenue, New York
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... who trades abuse in a fruitless public debate on the Iraq war with this British politician and future leader of the Workers Party of Britain
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George Galloway
|
23 January 2006
|
Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
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... who is voted off Celebrity Big Brother after an argument with this English comedian and TV presenter
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Michael Barrymore
|
May 1996
|
Bayswater, London W2
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... who is befriended and helped after rehabilitation by this British royal and wife of Prince Charles
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Diana, Princess of Wales
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3 March 1981
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Goldsmiths' Hall, London EC2
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... who receives advice on being a princess from this film actress and Princess of Monaco
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Princess Grace
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Winter 1961
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Grimaldi Palace, Monaco
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... who after public outcry has to withdraw from making Marnie with this English film director known as the 'Master of Suspense'
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Alfred Hitchcock
|
September 1950
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6005 Camino de la Costa, La Jolla, California
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... who walks out after increasingly frustrating attempts at developing a script for the film adaptation of 'Strangers on a Train' with this author of 'The Big Sleep'
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Raymond Chandler
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October 1944
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Warner Brothers Studio, Burbank, Los Angeles
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... who is unable to work out the plot of his own novel after being begged for help by this director of Scarface
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Howard Hawks
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July 1930
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Lakeside Country Club, Burbank, California
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... who over a game of golf settles his differences with this aviation millionaire and builder of the Spruce Goose
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Howard Hughes
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Spring 1940
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7000 Romaine Street, Los Angeles
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... who builds a special bra for Jane Russell to the amazement of his assistant, this producer of the James Bond films
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Cubby Broccoli
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November 1965
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Kurt's of Mayfair, London W1
|
... who after a meeting in a barbershop, finds a successor to Sean Connery in this Australian actor who played Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service
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George Lazenby
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8 February 1970
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Studio 5B, London Weekend Television
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... who accuses several senators of collusion in a plot to kill President Kennedy, on a TV programme hosted by this British television interviewer
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Simon Dee
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5 June 1970
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Studio 5B, London Weekend Television
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... who has as his final ever guest this 100th Archbishop of Canterbury
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Michael Ramsey
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May 1919
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The Headmaster's Study, Repton School, Derbyshire
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... who is punished at school by his future predecessor, this 99th Archbishop of Canterbury
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Geoffrey Fisher
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Summer 1931
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Repton School, Derbyshire
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... who is photographed by an unassuming pupil, this British-Norwegian author of 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'
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Roald Dahl
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Summer 1972
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Iver Grove, Iver, Bucks
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... who cannot recommend writing children's books enough to this English author of 'Lucky Jim'
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Kingsley Amis
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November 1959
|
Slough
|
... who after a remark about Princess Margaret several months ago, is dropped off in the wrong place in revenge by her future husband, this British photographer
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Tony Armstrong-Jones
|
November 1966
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Chez Moi, Addison Road, Holland Park, London W14
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... who receives a call from this Australian comedian and creator of Dame Edna pretending to be his mother
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Barry Humphries
|
November 1963
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Gotham Book Mart, 41 West 47th Street, New York
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... who while having his hair cut listens to this Spanish surrealist artist talk nonstop about Aboriginals
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Salvador Dalí
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19 July 1938
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39 Elsworthy Road, London NW3
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... who sketches his hero, this Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis
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Sigmund Freud
|
August 1910
|
Leiden, Holland
|
... who elicits reconsideration of his marital relationship from this Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer
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Gustav Mahler
|
23 April 1909
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Rue de l'Université, Paris
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... who refuses to kneel while modelling for this French sculptor, known for The Thinker
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Auguste Rodin
|
1900
|
Rue de la Gaîté, Paris
|
... who is fascinated by and nearly has sex with this pioneer of modern dance
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Isadora Duncan
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18 September 1926
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Hôtel Welcome, Villefranche-sur-Mer
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... who starts a free-for-all fight at a party eventually broken up by this French poet and author of 'La Belle et La Bête'
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Jean Cocteau
|
February 1936
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The Karoa, South China Sea
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... who forms a fleeting friendship with this English silent film actor, best known for his character The Tramp
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Charlie Chaplin
|
14 July 1937
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Beverly Hills Tennis Club, Los Angeles
|
... who plays pro-celebrity tennis doubles with this comedy actor, famous for his films with his three brothers and his comedy cigar
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Groucho Marx
|
June 1964
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3 Kensington Court Gardens, London W8
|
... who shows off his serious side and knowledge of poetry to this English poet, known for 'The Waste Land'
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T. S. Eliot
|
14 April 1943
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Aeolian Hall, 135-137 New Bond Street, London W1
|
... who provokes giggles at a reading of that poem from this Queen of The UK, wife of George VI
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Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
|
5 June 1972
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Windsor Castle
|
... who talks about kitchens with this socialite and wife of ex-King Edward VIII
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The Duchess of Windsor
|
22 October 1937
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Berchtesgaden, the Bavarian Alps
|
... who takes tea with this dictator of Nazi Germany
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Adolf Hitler
|