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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Mastermind is a Marvel Comics supervillain, an adversary of the X-Men. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby, he first appeared in X-Men #4 (March 1964). He was given his "real name," Jason Wyngarde, by Chris Claremont and John Byrne. The original Mastermind was a mutant with the power to generate complex telepathic illusions. He was a founding member of the first Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and later a probationary member of the Lords Cardinal of the Hellfire Club, where he played an important role in the "Dark Phoenix Saga." The visual appearance of Jason Wyngarde was originally based by artist John Byrne on that of British actor Peter Wyngarde, who played the leader of the Hellfire Club in an episode of The Avengers. Peter Wyngarde is best known for playing Jason King, whose character visually resembles that of Jason Wyngarde a great deal. After Wyngarde's death from the Legacy Virus, his two daughters appeared, both possessing their father's illusion-creating abilities: Martinique Jason uses his code name, while Regan Wyngarde calls herself Lady Mastermind. ... Read more

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'He after honor hunts, I after love. He leaves his friends to dignify them more, I leave myself, my friends and all, for love.' - "Proteus", Act 1, Scene 1. 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona' is a delightful early work from a Shakespeare on the verge of brilliance, a rarely performed play that showcases the developing talents of perhaps the greatest literary voice that ever lived. Taking as its plot the venerable theme of the love triangle and its attendant complications, "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" was Shakespeare's first attempt at romantic comedy, a genre the author was later to master in "Twelfth Night". Read by a talented cast that includes Peter Wyngarde and Edward De Souza, this Howard Sackler production captures all the youthful whimsy, lyricism, and the already-profound grasp of human emotions which characterise early Shakespeare and which makes "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" a must for scholars and beginners alike. ... Read more