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See also: English actor, was See also: born at See also: Broadstairs, and educated in See also: London, where his See also: father had a school
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He first made his mark as a comedian by his exceedingly amusing performance as the curate in The Private Secretary, a See also: part in which he succeeded Beerbohrn See also: Tree; but he is even more associated with the title role in See also: Brandon See also: Thomas's Charley's Aunt (1892), a
See also: farce which had an unprecedentedly long run and was acted all over the See also: world
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PENMARC'H, a See also: village of western See also: France in the department of See also: Finistere, 18 m
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S.W. of See also: Quimper by road
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Pop
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(r906), of the village, 387; of the commune, 5702
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On the extremity of the peninsula on which it is situated are fortified remains of a See also: town which was of considerable importance from the 14th to the 16th centuries and included, besides Penmarc 'h, St Guenole and Kerity
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It owed its prosperity to its See also: cod-See also: banks, the disappearance of which together with the See also: discovery of the See also: Newfoundland cod-banks and the pillage of the place by the bandit La Fontenelle in 1595 contributed to its decadence
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The See also: church of St Nouna, a
See also: Gothic See also: building of the early 16th century at Penmarc 'h, and the church of St Guenole, an unfinished tower of the 15th century and the church of Kerity (15th century) are of See also: interest
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The See also: coast is very dangerous
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On the Point de Penmarc 'h stands the Phare d'See also: Eckmuhl, with a See also: light visible for 6o See also: miles
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There are numerous megalithic monuments in the vicinity
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