Georgian era Georgian era The Georgian era is a period in British history from 1714 to , named after the Hanoverian kings George I, George II, George III and George IV. The sub-period that is the Regency era is defined by the regency of George IV as Prince of Wales during the illness of his father George III. The definition of the Georgian era is often extended to include the relatively short reign of William IV, which ended with his death in 1837. The term "Georgian" is typically used in the contexts of social and political history and architecture. The term "Augustan
What we've got here is failure to communicate What we've got here is failure to communicate The phrase "What we've got here is failure to communicate" is a quotation from the 1967 film "Cool Hand Luke", spoken in the movie first by Strother Martin (as the Captain, a prison warden) and, later, paraphrased by Paul Newman (as Luke, a stubborn prisoner). The context of the first delivery of the line is: The Captain's line is often misquoted as "What we "have" here is "a" failure to communicate". This is actually a quote by Zero Mostel in the 1969 comedy movie The Great Bank Robbery. Towards the end of