Douglas
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A municipal borough of southeast Isle of Man, England, on the Irish Sea. It is a popular seaside resort and the most important city on the island. Population: 26,200.
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Douglas (1758). John Home's only successful tragedy tells of Lady Randolph, who, after the death of her husband and disappearance of her son, has married Lord Randolph. When he goes off to war, he is rescued from certain death by the brave Young Norval, who has been raised by a shepherd, Old Norval. The young man, of course, turns out to be Lady Randolph's long‐lost son and assumes his rightful name of Douglas. But Lord Randolph's mind is poisoned against Douglas by the crafty Glenalvon. Douglas is murdered, Lady Randolph throws herself from a cliff, and Lord Randolph (recognizing the wrong he has abetted) goes off, hoping to die in battle. The play apparently was first produced in America in 1758, two years after its London premiere, although the original cast‐list has not survived. It was revived shortly afterward in Philadelphia with the young Lewis Hallam as Young Norval, David Douglass as Lord Randolph, and Mrs. Douglass (the elder Hallam's widow) as Lady Randolph. The play remained popular for about one hundred years, and the role of Young Norval became a popular debutant role for such performers as John Howard Payne.
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Douglas, city (1991 pop. 19,950), capital of the Isle of Man, Great Britain. It is a popular resort, connected by rail to Ramsey and Port Erin, on the Irish Sea. Tourism is the chief industry. There are also light-engineering, knitting, and carpet-weaving factories. The Tower of Refuge, near the harbor entrance, was designed in 1832 by William Hillary, founder of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. The Manx Museum has a collection of the natural history and antiquities of the Isle of Man.
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