... dancing master from Shrewsbury. The real father of the Harlequinade in Britain, however, was John Rich, part-owner of the Covent Garden Theatre. The son of a theatre manager, Rich embarked on a stage career at an early age. Outstanding success was denied ...

... the retailer was Brooks Brothers, of Wolverhampton and Dudiley. “We were blackballed by ports like Southampton and by Covent Garden. We refused to impose a surcharge ourselves on ...

... Harlequin’s importance had declined his name was still associated with the title (“Harlequin and Cinderella” was staged at Covent Garden as late as 1820). Most of Rich’s pantomimes were so popular that his rival, David Garrick, was forced to follow suit by ...

... Weeks Commencing February 28th and Marc BALLET & OPERA FESTIVAL PROGRA)V The Royal Ballet From THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, COVENT GARDEN Evenings at 7.30 p.m. Matinees Tuesday and Soturday 2.30 SWAN LAKE Monday (Evening), February 2&th—Tuesday (Mat. and Evening) ...

... Lieutenant Hornblower, part 3. 7.30 Petticoat Line. 8.0 Szell Conducts Beethoven: Concert, part 1. 8.31 Interval: Debut at Covent Garden. 8.46 Beethoven Concert (part 2). 9.58 Weather Forecast. 10.0 News and Comment, followed by Listening Post. 1045 Today ...

... Chester Nimitz, Cor . Pacific fleet during t - hospital at Oakland, thrombosis, - rring at the only a year learning + Covent Garden Car “oached to star in “Bo n Theatre, Moscow. * * v D. B. Scully, of M: and Technology, is t« lemistry for two year 'ugan ...

... its expansion programme, a British subsidiary was formed with a works and service depot in London. At Long Acre, dose to Covent Garden, the i5lB and 1822 Buicks were zssembled. They were often known as Bedford Buicks. ~The following year In America, Buick ...

... is delighted, for he has never seen her on stage. Her singing partner will be John Rhys-Evans, from Sadler’s Wells and Covent Garden. The show is a new Amerlcan production from the Lincoln Centre, New York, with a cast of 54, including Bert Brownbill, ...

... made by BBC-2 tonight. But I fear not many will be led up the garden path, even if it does lead to the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Most viewers, I am sure, will be shopping around in that other market — the one in Honey Lane—round about 8 o'clock. You ...

... jewellery pieces in the lavish new production of “Aida” which went on colour television live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, were mostly the work of two clever girls who work at the Royal Opera House—Jean Percival, of Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, and ...

... Tito Gobbi reveals the secrets of his version of Puccini’s celebrated Gianni Schicchi, which he performed last year at Covent Garden. Tt is a comic role, in which the wily Schicchi impersonates a dying man and dictates a will leaving everything to himself ...

... London anarchists meet in a beautiful 400-year-old pub — The Lamb and Flag—tucked away in Rosestreet, a narrow alley behind Covent Garden. On a wall opposite the pub a slogan, “God is Dead,” is scrawled in white paint. Inside, on the Sunday evening when I went ...