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Old 11-06-2008, 04:15 PM
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Spartacus? Kirk?
Correctus!

I thought he was very Kirk-like. The dimple had slipped a bit though...

All men leak.
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Old 11-06-2008, 04:17 PM
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Finally! After 20 years, my degree in ancient history pays off! Excellent idea for a game - thanks Harley

This guy has been played in quite a few films, sometimes in a fictionalised version
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Old 11-06-2008, 05:06 PM
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There's a resemblance to DW Griffith, but I don't quite think it is...that bow tie suggests an American...???
Bit of a Bay Window, what??
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Old 11-06-2008, 05:12 PM
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Irish. He probably would be surprised at what two incidents he's remembered for as he spent most of his time in quite a different field
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Old 11-06-2008, 05:40 PM
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Hmmmm not Captain Boycott or any famous Republicans I can think of...they all had beards apart from de Valera...Edwardian era??
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Old 11-06-2008, 05:45 PM
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He's best known for activities in 1895 and 1910. He definitely wasn't a Republican.
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His best-known endeavours were of a legal nature (though he was involved in politics too)
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Old 11-06-2008, 07:29 PM
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Hee. I just looked up Somerville and Ross...I had no idea they were ladies....my knowledge of Irish history is sadly lacking...
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Didn't one of them keep in touch with the other from Beyond the Grave so as to keep up the partnership?
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Edward Carson.

As played by James Mason and Ralph Richardson in The Trials of Oscar Wilde and Oscar Wilde.
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Edward Carson.

As played by James Mason and Ralph Richardson in The Trials of Oscar Wilde and Oscar Wilde.
Also the original for Sir Robert Morton in The Winslow Boy
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Nice one...didn't know he was Irish....
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Nice one...didn't know he was Irish....
Thanks to the magic of wikipedia I discovered he had a state funeral and it's on youtube
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What an excellent game! Cheers Harleybloke!
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The terrible sideburns say British but the jaunty beret says continental. Early nineteenth century?
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