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British playwright and director
Stephen Poliakoff (born 1 December 1952) is a British playwright, director and screenwriter. In 2006 Gerard Gilbert of The Independent described him as
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inventor and businessman, father of Martyn and Stephen Élie de Poliakoff, Russian-born equestrian Joseph Poliakoff, Russian-born British telephone and sound
Poliakoff
Russian-born British electronics engineer, inventor and businessman (1910–1996)
Their elder son is the chemist Sir Martyn Poliakoff, and their younger son is the playwright Stephen Poliakoff. He was appointed OBE in the 1982 New Year
Alexander_Poliakoff
British chemist (born 1947)
younger brother, the screenwriter and director Stephen Poliakoff. His paternal grandfather, Joseph Poliakoff, was a prolific inventor of electrical devices
Martyn_Poliakoff
2016 British TV series or programme
television miniseries set in 1946 in London. It is written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff, starring Jim Sturgess, Freddie Highmore, Charlotte Riley, Phoebe
Close_to_the_Enemy
2019 television drama series
by Stephen Poliakoff and stars Keeley Hawes, Linus Roache, Timothy Spall and Toby Stephens. It is a semi-autobiographical story based on Poliakoff's childhood
Summer_of_Rockets
2003 television film
Bill (Lalla). A Talkback Thames production written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff, it was originally broadcast in January 2003. It won three Emmy Awards
The_Lost_Prince
1991 film by Stephen Poliakoff
Close My Eyes is a 1991 British drama film written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff and starring Alan Rickman, Clive Owen and Saskia Reeves as well as
Close_My_Eyes_(film)
Russian-born British engineer (1873–1959)
Joseph Lazarevich Poliakoff (Russian: Ио́сиф Ла́заревич Поляко́в; 24 April 1873 – 24 November 1959) was a Russian-born British telephone and sound engineer
Joseph_Poliakoff
Scottish actress (born 1950)
plays of Harold Pinter and the television work of Alan Bleasdale and Stephen Poliakoff. In 1994–95, she performed for a second season with the RSC in A Midsummer
Lindsay_Duncan
2007 British TV series or programme
BBC television drama (co-produced by HBO), written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff, starring Dame Maggie Smith, David Walliams, Ruth Wilson and Danny
Capturing_Mary
1999 British TV series or programme
Shooting the Past is a television drama by Stephen Poliakoff, produced by TalkBack Productions for BBC Two and first shown in 1999. It was TalkBack's
Shooting_the_Past
1996 British TV series or programme
between 7 May and 25 June 1996. The series, created by acclaimed writer Stephen Poliakoff, focuses on the rivalry between two rival police chiefs of the Special
Frontiers_(1996_TV_series)
British actress (born 1981)
the Enemy Rachel Lombard BBC2 TV miniseries written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff Dark Heart Juliette Wagstaffe TV series 2017 King Charles III Kate
Charlotte_Riley
2013 British TV series or programme
on the Edge is a British television drama written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff and produced by the BBC about a black jazz band in London in the early
Dancing on the Edge (TV series)
Dancing_on_the_Edge_(TV_series)
1983 British film
starring Kate Hardie, James Fox and Jane Asher. It was written by Stephen Poliakoff. An English father heads for London in search of his missing teenage
Runners_(film)
1980 television film
Bloody Kids is a British television film written by Stephen Poliakoff and directed by Stephen Frears, made by Black Lion Films for ATV, and first shown
Bloody_Kids
British television play
Caught on a Train is a British television play written by Stephen Poliakoff and directed by Peter Duffell, based on an overnight train journey across
Caught_on_a_Train
2001 British TV drama
24 May 2001, produced for BBC Two. It was written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff, and starred Michael Gambon, who won a British Academy Television
Perfect_Strangers_(TV_serial)
British actress
help its victims." Garai has been hailed by her Glorious 39 director Stephen Poliakoff as "the next Kate Winslet" and someone who will "dominate British
Romola_Garai
1989 television play
She's Been Away is a 1989 British television film written by Stephen Poliakoff and directed by Sir Peter Hall. In her final appearance it starred Dame
She's_Been_Away
English actress (born 1968)
auditioned for her first role, in the 1983 film Runners (written by Stephen Poliakoff and directed by Charles Sturridge), at the age of 14, telling her
Kate_Hardie
2007 British TV series or programme
directed by Stephen Poliakoff. It was first aired on BBC One on 4 November 2007. It is linked, by the central character of Joe, to the Poliakoff drama Capturing
Joe's_Palace
British actor (born 1964)
Lorna Doone. He won critical acclaim for his performances in the Stephen Poliakoff film Close My Eyes (1991) about a brother and sister who embark on
Clive_Owen
2006 British television film
one-off British television drama production, written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff and first broadcast on BBC One on 15 January 2006. The film charts
Friends_and_Crocodiles
1987 British film
1987 British political thriller drama film written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff in his directorial debut. It stars Charles Dance, Cassie Stuart, Richard
Hidden_City_(film)
2006 BBC dramatic television movie
second of two linked BBC television dramas written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff. Produced independently for the BBC by Talkback Thames and starring
Gideon's_Daughter
Turing, mathematician and computer scientist Salman Rushdie, novelist Stephen Poliakoff, playwright and director Mervyn King, former Governor of the Bank
List of alumni of King's College, Cambridge
List_of_alumni_of_King's_College,_Cambridge
British actor
Claudio Macor Barons Court Theatre 2003- 2004 Sweet Panic Richard Stephen Poliakoff Duke of York's Theatre 2005 Breathing Corpses Charlie Anna Mackmin
Rupert_Evans
English actor (born 1974)
drama serial Perfect Strangers, which was written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff. In 2002, he starred in The Project, a BBC drama charting New Labour's
Matthew_Macfadyen
English actor (born 1992)
Archived from the original on 4 December 2015. "BBC Two announces new Stephen Poliakoff drama with stellar cast". BBC News. 30 March 2015. Archived from the
Freddie_Highmore
English actor
Richard Cunningham is an English actor known for playing Ryall in Stephen Poliakoff's Golden Globe winning Dancing on the Edge, for the BBC with Chiwetel
Richard_Cunningham_(actor)
2009 British film
Glorious 39 is a 2009 British war thriller film written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff, starring Romola Garai, Bill Nighy, Julie Christie, Jeremy Northam
Glorious_39
British actor (born 1948)
Theatre in London, he appeared in Coming in to Land (1986/1987) by Stephen Poliakoff, alongside Dame Maggie Smith. He also played Henry Higgins in a stage
Anthony_Andrews
Play by Stephen Poliakoff
Strawberry Fields is a theatre play written by Stephen Poliakoff and staged at the Cottesloe, National Theatre in March 1977. Strawberry Fields was the
Strawberry_Fields_(play)
English actress (born 1980)
She took the starring role of the jazz singer Jessie in the BBC Two Stephen Poliakoff six-part 2013 drama serial Dancing on the Edge, alongside Chiwetel
Angel_Coulby
Scottish actress
Pamela Luscombe in the BBC drama Dancing on the Edge, directed by Stephen Poliakoff. In 2015, she appeared as Katherine "Kitty" McVitie in BBC Two period
Joanna_Vanderham
English actor (born 1945)
"Garfinkel". Betrayal (Almeida Theatre, 1991) as "Robert". Sienna Red, by Stephen Poliakoff and co-starring Francesca Annis (Richmond Theatre, May 1992). An Ideal
Martin_Shaw
Stage play by Stephen Poliakoff
Stephen Poliakoff and first performed in April 1975 at the Bush Theatre directed by Tim Fywell. Written early in his career, the play won Poliakoff the
Hitting_Town
British actress
December 2012.[citation needed] Montgomery attracted the attention of Stephen Poliakoff via an audition tape she sent to casting director Andy Pryor for the
Janet_Montgomery
English actress (born 1982)
at that time included a 2008 adaptation of Blinded by the Sun by Stephen Poliakoff and playing Lydia Bennett in Unseen Austen, an original drama by Judith
Jodie_Whittaker
British and American actress (born 1959)
Theatre World Awards. In 2011, she returned to the British stage in the Stephen Poliakoff drama My City. Her performance earned her an Evening Standard Theatre
Tracey_Ullman
British actress (born 1987)
Close to the Enemy Kathy BBC2 TV mini-series, written & directed by Stephen Poliakoff, 6 Episodes 2018 Blue Iguana Katherine Rookwood 2019 Curfew Kaye Newman
Phoebe_Fox
His grandsons are Andrew Macdonald and Kevin Macdonald (director) Stephen Poliakoff CBE, FRSL (born 1952), playwright, director and screenwriter described
List of British Jewish entertainers
List_of_British_Jewish_entertainers
British prince (1905–1919)
Prince, a biographical drama about John's life written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff, was released in 2003. On 17 July 1917, due to a growing anti-German
Prince John of the United Kingdom
Prince_John_of_the_United_Kingdom
Stage play by Stephen Poliakoff
City Sugar is a stage play by Stephen Poliakoff. It was originally staged at the Bush Theatre in 1975 and directed by Hugh Thomas. City Sugar's cast was
City_Sugar
Irish actor (born 1977)
Haynes The Governess Henry Cavendish Sandra Goldbacher The Tribe Adam Stephen Poliakoff B. Monkey Bruno Michael Radford 1999 The Loss of Sexual Innocence
Jonathan_Rhys_Meyers
1997 British film
Food of Love is a 1997 film directed by Stephen Poliakoff. It stars Richard E. Grant and Nathalie Baye. Richard E. Grant as Alex Salmon Nathalie Baye
Food_of_Love_(1997_film)
British actor (born 1963)
Year Title Role Director Notes Ref. 1993 Century Policeman Stephen Poliakoff 1994 Captives Kenny Angela Pope 1997 Fever Pitch Steve David Evans Obsession
Mark_Strong
Irish actress
Emmy Award for Drama. In that same year, she made her film debut in Stephen Poliakoff's Close My Eyes in a supporting role. In 1993, she was cast as DS Jane
Geraldine_Somerville
1998 British film
The Tribe is a 1998 television film drama written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff and starring Joely Richardson, Jeremy Northam, Trevor Eve, Jonathan
The_Tribe_(1998_film)
English stage, film, television actor and director
Warehouse Theatre, London (1978) Mike, Shout Across The River by Stephen Poliakoff for the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Warehouse Theatre, London
David_Threlfall
English actor (born 1949)
he was the only actor (as Sneath) to appear in two loosely linked Stephen Poliakoff dramas, Friends and Crocodiles,[citation needed] and Gideon's Daughter
Robert_Lindsay_(actor)
English actress (born 1931)
4, "A Vintage Murder". In 2019, she appeared as Aunt Mary in the Stephen Poliakoff BBC TV mini-series, Summer of Rockets. Bloom has married three times
Claire_Bloom
1993 British film
Century is a 1993 British film, written and directed by playwright Stephen Poliakoff. Clive Owen stars as a 19th-century Jewish doctor who, while studying
Century_(film)
British actor and singer (born 1989)
graduated in 2011. During her final year at RADA, she was cast by Stephen Poliakoff in his play My City. Also while at RADA, Arterton formed a seven-piece
Hannah_Arterton
College of the University of Cambridge
Sanger, double Nobel laureate in Chemistry Salman Rushdie, novelist Stephen Poliakoff, playwright and director Mervyn King, former Governor of the Bank
King's_College,_Cambridge
American theatre director (1939–2023)
Writer Stephen Poliakoff. Director David Halliwell. 1974: Little Ocean, The Hampstead Theatre, London. Writer Sam Shepard. Director Stephen Rea. With
Michael_Rudman
Private school in Westminster, England
composer and producer Henry Marsh (born 1950), neurosurgeon and writer Stephen Poliakoff (born 1952, WW 1966–1970), director, playwright and television dramatist
Westminster_School
English actress
had joined the cast of Coupling). In the same year she appeared in Stephen Poliakoff's BBC TV drama, The Tribe, with, among others, Anna Friel and Joely
Kate_Isitt
Northern Irish actor
show to date. In 2007, he worked with critically acclaimed director Stephen Poliakoff, starring as artist Zach in the BBC One film Capturing Mary, alongside
Michael_Byers_(actor)
Romanian actor, singer, and director
Shakespeare, director Liviu Ciulei, 1978 Leonard Brazil – City Sugar by Stephen Poliakoff, director Florian Pittiș, 1980 Patriciu – Investigation on a Young
Florian_Pittiș
English film editor (1944–2017)
Capturing Mary (Stephen Poliakoff-2007) Joe's Palace (Stephen Poliakoff-2007) United 93 (Paul Greengrass-2006) Gideon's Daughter (Stephen Poliakoff-2005) Friends
Clare_Douglas
British actress (born 1964)
Mendes. Her last West End appearance was in Sweet Panic, the 2003 Stephen Poliakoff drama in which she portrayed a neurotic mother locked in a battle
Jane_Horrocks
British actor, comedian and writer (born 1953)
where he wrote a satirical play about the school with fellow pupil Stephen Poliakoff. He began a degree course in African and Asian Studies at the University
Nigel_Planer
British television anthology series
plays to the series included Ian McEwan, John Osborne, Dennis Potter, Stephen Poliakoff, Sir David Hare, Willy Russell, Alan Bleasdale, Arthur Hopcraft, Alan
Play_for_Today
English director and screenwriter
Sturridge directed a seven-minute short film, "Astonish Me", written by Stephen Poliakoff to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the World Wildlife Fund. The
Charles_Sturridge
English actress and filmmaker (born 1982)
in Christopher Nolan's film The Prestige (2006). She appeared in Stephen Poliakoff's Joe's Palace in 2007, in addition to appearing in several other television
Rebecca_Hall
English theatre, opera and film director (1930–2017)
relaunched in 2016 by the BFI. Hall's film She's Been Away was written by Stephen Poliakoff and starred Peggy Ashcroft and Geraldine James who both won awards
Peter_Hall_(director)
Theatre company in Sydney, Australia
Koalaroo” during the day, and Ibsen's “Ghosts” and “City Sugar” by Stephen Poliakoff with Bevan Wilson(another Australian premiere) alternating at night
The_Actors'_Company
British cinematographer
Dominic Savage 2003 The Lost Prince Stephen Poliakoff Eroica Simon Cellan Jones 2005 Friends and Crocodiles Stephen Poliakoff Gideon's Daughter 2010 The Special
Barry_Ackroyd
British actor
Officer Howard Davies National Theatre 1999 Talk of the City Clive Stephen Poliakoff Royal Shakespeare Company 2000 The Importance of Being Earnest Algernon
Angus_Wright_(actor)
English television and film director and producer
He directed six plays including Stronger than the Sun, written by Stephen Poliakoff and starring Francesca Annis as a young woman who places her life
Michael_Apted
French actress (1948–2026)
Enfants de salaud Sophie Tonie Marshall 1997 Food of Love Michele Stephen Poliakoff 1997 Paparazzi Nicole Alain Berberian 1998 Si je t'aime, prends garde
Nathalie_Baye
British actress (born 1980)
Kelly. During 2011 at the Almeida Theatre, London, she appeared in Stephen Poliakoff's My City and Neil LaBute's Reasons to be Pretty. From August to October
Siân_Brooke
people Stephen Pleasonton (c.1776–1855), American government administrator Stephen 'Steve' Poleskie (1938–2019), artist and author Stephen Poliakoff (born
List of people with given name Stephen
List_of_people_with_given_name_Stephen
British film composer (born 1949)
Gill and it was for Gill's production of Hitting Town written by Stephen Poliakoff. By the late 1970s, Fenton was working regularly in television. His
George_Fenton
Original name of a large dome-shaped building in South East London, England
Gideon's Daughter is a 2006 BBC television drama written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff, stars Bill Nighy as a publicist working to promote the Dome in the
Millennium_Dome
English actor
Coulson is also known for playing Jed in Romantic Getaway and Kevin in Stephen Poliakoff's television series Summer of Rockets. He also played a mobster in
Jordan_Coulson
English actor
Donnellan (Cheek by Jowl World Tour) Hitting Town - Ralph, a play by Stephen Poliakoff, directed by Gemma Kerr (Southwark Playhouse, London, March 2006)
Daniel_Percival
English actor (born 1939)
against the 1945 UK parliamentary elections. On film he starred in Stephen Poliakoff's Runners (1983), A Passage to India (1984), and Comrades (1986). He
James_Fox
English actor and singer (1922–2015)
Fiction Festival in Trieste, Italy. Also in 2009, Lee starred in Stephen Poliakoff's British period drama Glorious 39, Academy Award-nominated director
Christopher_Lee
British theatre and television director (born 1950)
Marlowe, Arthur Miller, Eugene O'Neill, Joe Orton, Harold Pinter, Stephen Poliakoff, Peter Shaffer, Terence Rattigan, Ron Rose, Willy Russell, William
David_Thacker
District of London, England
Stuart Pearce (born 1962), footballer Rosamund Pike (born 1979), actor Stephen Poliakoff (born 1952), playwright Imogen Poots (born 1989), actor Jacob Rees-Mogg
Hammersmith
British television writer and screenwriter
National Film and Television School. Welch married television dramatist Stephen Poliakoff. The couple have two children. "Drama - Jane Eyre - About The Show"
Sandy_Welch
Lant, bassist/vocalist for heavy metal band Venom Lakshmi Mittal Stephen Poliakoff Robin Renwick, Baron Renwick of Clifton Shireen Ritchie, Baroness
List of people from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
List_of_people_from_the_Royal_Borough_of_Kensington_and_Chelsea
British actor (born 1972)
Glorious 39 (2009), a British production written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff. 2010 was the year of Flanagan's theatre comeback. The ex-RSC came
Anthony_Flanagan
English actor (born 1970)
production of Hamlet. He was cast as Richard in the premiere staging of Stephen Poliakoff's Sweet Panic at Hampstead Theatre in 1996. The following year he appeared
Rupert_Penry-Jones
English actor
/ Olivier Theatre, London 29 April 1998 – Talk of the City Robbie Stephen Poliakoff Royal Shakespeare Company / Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon 10
David_Westhead
British actor (1937–2015)
of the UK and Greece Nikolai Pesiakoff in Breaking the Silence by Stephen Poliakoff, revived at the Mermaid Theatre May–November 1985 Johan in Ingmar
Alan_Howard_(actor)
Petersburg in just one 90 minute shot. 2003 United Kingdom The Lost Prince Stephen Poliakoff Mini series about Prince John of the United Kingdom. The Romanovs
List of films about the Romanovs
List_of_films_about_the_Romanovs
British actor (born 1966)
Billy Hennessy in Jack Higgins' Midnight Man and Lionel Symon in Stephen Poliakoff's Perfect Strangers. Jay Simon was born on 17 December 1966 in London
Jay_Simon
Literature society in London
Pinnock 2020 David Plante 2002 Clare Pollard 2024 Jacob Polley 2024 Stephen Poliakoff 1985 Peter Pomerantsev 2021 Max Porter 2020 Lucy Prebble 2018 *Alexandra
Royal_Society_of_Literature
British peer (1876–1941)
Retrieved 30 September 2015. Farndale, Nigel (15 November 2009). "Stephen Poliakoff: Anti-semitism will always be around". The Daily Telegraph. London
Arthur Wellesley, 5th Duke of Wellington
Arthur_Wellesley,_5th_Duke_of_Wellington
West End theatre in London
by Polly Teale Sweet Panic (12 November 2004 – 7 February 2004) by Stephen Poliakoff Calico (3 March 2004 – 3 April 2004) by Michael Hastings The Holy
Tom_Stoppard_Theatre
British actress
appearances included supporting roles in The Rachel Papers (1989), and Stephen Poliakoff's Close My Eyes, with Clive Owen and Alan Rickman. Sharp starred in
Lesley_Sharp
Independent day and boarding school in Mountfield, Robertsbridge, East Sussex, England
Thomas the Tank Engine David Gower, former England cricket captain Stephen Poliakoff, playwright, director and scriptwriter Peter Vansittart, novelist
Marlborough House Vinehall School
Marlborough_House_Vinehall_School
British actress
Razzle Dazzle: A Journey into Dance, and played a cameo role in Stephen Poliakoff's Joe's Palace in a scene with Michael Gambon. In 2007, Belinda played
Belinda_Stewart-Wilson
British actress
Press is an English actress, best known for her role as Hannah in Stephen Poliakoff’s 2013 BBC series Dancing on the Edge. Born in Bristol and educated
Katherine_Press
British actor, playwright, and activist
playwright, and activist. He is best known for playing the lead in Stephen Poliakoff's BBC films Joe's Palace (2007) and Capturing Mary (2007), and also
Danny_Lee_Wynter
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STEPHEN POLIAKOFF
STEPHEN POLIAKOFF
Biblical
same as Stephanas
Male
English
Popular spelling of English Stephen, STEVEN means "crown."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from the personal name Stephen (see Steven).
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Indian, Irish, Jamaican, Latin, Marathi, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Swiss
To Wear a Crown; Wreath; Garland; Crowned
Female
English
Modern variant spelling of English Stephanie, STEPHANI means "crown."
Male
English
Anglicized form of Greek Stephanos (Latin Stephanus), STEPHEN means "crown." In the bible, this is the name of one of the seven deacons of the church at Jerusalem who was stoned to death by the Jews.Â
Female
English
Modern variant spelling of English Stephanie, STEPHANY means "crown."
Male
English
Unisex short form of English Stephen and Stephanie, both STEPH means "crown."
Male
German
Low German form of Latin Stephanus, STEFFEN means "crown."
Male
Scottish
Scottish Gaelic form of French Stéphane, STEAPHAN means "crown."
Male
Russian
(Степан) Russian form of Greek Stephanos, STEPAN means "crown." Compare with another form of Stepan.
Male
German
German form of Latin Stephanus, STEPHAN means "crown."
Boy/Male
Shakespearean American Greek English Biblical
King Richard The Second' Sir Stephen Scroop.
Boy/Male
Australian, Gaelic
Crown; Wreath; Similar to Stephen
Boy/Male
Australian, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Swedish, Welsh
Crowned; Garland; Wreath; Similar to Stephen
Female
English
Feminine form of English Stephen, STEPHENIE means "crown."Â
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly Sussex)
English (mainly Sussex) : habitational name from Stepney in London, named probably with an unattested Old English personal name, Stybba (genitive Stybban) + h̄þ ‘hythe’, ‘landing place’.
Boy/Male
English American Greek
Crown; wreath. From biblical Stephen, the first Christian martyr.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Stephens.Reduced form of German Stephanhans, from a compound of the personal names Stephan (see Steven) + Hans.
Boy/Male
Russian American French
crowned with laurels'.
STEPHEN POLIAKOFF
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n. & v.
See Steen.
imp. & p. p.
of Step
n. & v.
See Steen.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Steepen
n.
One who, or that which, steps; as, a quick stepper.
a.
Provided with a step or steps; having a series of offsets or parts resembling the steps of stairs; as, a stepped key.
imp. & p. p.
of Steepen
p. p.
Stepped; gone; advanced.
n.
One of the vast plains in Southeastern Europe and in Asia, generally elevated, and free from wood, analogous to many of the prairies in Western North America. See Savanna.
n.
A large sting ray of the genus Trygon, especially T. sephen of the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. The skin is an article of commerce.
p. p.
Alt. of Stopen
n.
A wall of brick, stone, or cement, used as a lining, as of a well, cistern, etc.; a steening.
v. t.
To line, as a well, with brick, stone, or other hard material.
n.
A son of one's husband or wife by a former marriage.
n.
Voice; speech; language.
n.
A stable; a shippen.
adv. & conj.
See Since.
n.
The first martyr; the first who suffers, or is sacrificed, in any cause; -- applied esp. to Stephen, the first Christian martyr.
n.
An outcry; a loud call; a clamor.
v. i.
To become steep or steeper.
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