The article explores a dispute between actors and theatre management at Covent Garden in London, England during the 1799-1800 performance season. Particular focus is given to the rules and procedures established by the theatre management including sick time, rights to roles, and the right of ...
The downstairs restaurant has been serving up meals since 1798 (making it the oldest restaurant in London – not to mention one ofCovent Garden’s best places to eat). But what we’re really interested in is the bar upstairs – which is hands-down one of the best cocktail bars in Covent...
An iconic London hotel built in the 1800s Blending Edwardian grandeur with modern comfort, our hotel sits in the centre of London's theatre district, a four-minute walk from the Royal Opera House. Covent Garden, the British Museum, and Trafalgar Square are all within a mile of our door. ...
The son of an upholster, Arne, whose middle name was Augustine, was born in Covent Garden in 1710 and baptised in St Paul’s, Covent Garden. Arne was educated at Eton College where, such was his passion for music, he is said to have secretly practised with a spinet, a smaller type ...
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This essay examines a James Gillray print, A Sale of English‐Beauties in the East‐Indies (1786), and Edward Topham's Covent Garden farce, Bonds without Judgment; or, The Loves of Bengal (1787) in the light of the implications of André Gunder Frank's ReOrient: Global Economy in the ...
La bohèmewas Puccini’s fourth work for the stage and was premiered in Turin in 1896, but surprisingly it was not an instant hit with the critics. The following year the Carl Rosa Company put it on in English at Manchester and a few months later it cam...
The book - Moving People From Street to Platform, 100 Years Underground - presents an engineering phenomenon in an innovative and visually exciting way. It traces the history and development of the London Underground train network from the mid-1800s to the present day.John Gale...