... decade. It is a vivid record of the year, words and pictures capturing the magic of unforgettable nights pro vided by the Sadler's Wells Ballet, the Festival Ballet, the Paris Opera Ballet, to sary nothing of individual ists such as Antonio, Struchkova and ...

... patriotism for English ballet makes especially vivid her account of the twin births of the Royal Academy of Dancing and the Sadler's Wells Ballet. Declaring that she would never have agreed to change her English name as every British dancer was required to ...

... Theatre. Mairhes'er. By Rex Pogson. (Rockl ff 21s. Dancers of the World in Colour. By Gordon Anthony. (Phoenix. 4s. fid.) Sadler's Wells Ballet in Col ir. By Gordon Anthony. (Phoenix 4s. fid.) Stage by Stage. By Peter Daubeny. (Murray, 16s.) An Intruder ...

... sensational incidents. Some of us can still recall the stock seasons at the old Britannia, Hoxton, the Pavilion, Whitechapel, Sadler's Wells, the Marylebone and other London theatres, as well as the Adelphi dramas, the Melville reign at the Lyceum, and plays ...

... English circus, which had its begin- I nings in Lambeth with Philip Astley. though there had already been circus acts at Sadler's Wells and other places. Astley was born in 1742, and at 17 was an expert horseman. Later he joined the 15th Dragoons but at ...