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3 days ago · Early Originsof BritishTheatre. British theatre can trace its origins to the religious performances put on by church ministers in the 10th Century. These really took off from the mid 1300s when the churches used so-called ‘mystery cycles’ and ‘miracle plays’ to bring the obscure Latin Bible teachings and stories from the lives of the ...
4 days ago · The present building is the fourth theatre on the site. The first, built in 1662–3 on the site of a riding yard between Brydges (now Catherine) Street and Drury Lane, was burnt down in 1671/2. The second theatre, the design of which is usually attributed to Sir Christopher Wren, was built on the same site and opened in 1674.
2 days ago · The play was premiered at London's Royal Court Theatre, on 8 May 1956 by the English Stage Company under the direction of Tony Richardson, setting by Alan Tagg, and music for songs by Tom Eastwood. The press release called the author an "angry young man", a phrase that came to represent a new movement in 1950s British theatre. Audiences ...
2 days ago · Plowright made her stage debut at Croydon in 1948 [6] and her London debut in 1954. In 1956 she joined the English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre and was cast as Margery Pinchwife in The Country Wife. She appeared with George Devine in the Eugène Ionesco play, The Chairs, Shaw's Major Barbara and Saint Joan.
3 days ago · "By the Company of Comedians.—At the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden, on Thursday next, being the 7th day of December, 1732, will be revived a comedy called The Way of the World, written by Mr. Congreve. The cloathes, scenes, and decorations entirely new, and, on account of the great demand for places, the pit and boxes, by desire, will be laid together at 5s.; gallery, 2s.; upper gallery, 1s ...
4 days ago · Maria Aitken. . . ( m. 1972; div. 1981) . Children. 3, including Jack Davenport. Arthur Nigel Davenport (23 May 1928 – 25 October 2013) was an English stage, television and film actor, [1] best known as the Duke of Norfolk and Lord Birkenhead in the Academy Award -winning films A Man for All Seasons and Chariots of Fire, respectively.
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4 days ago · William Shakespeare - Theater, Poetry, Plays: The Globe and its predecessor, the Theatre, were public playhouses run by the Chamberlain’s Men, a leading theatre company of which Shakespeare was a member. Almost all classes of citizens, excepting many Puritans and like-minded Reformers, came to them for afternoon entertainment. The players were also summoned to court, to perform before the ...
