A report on Palace Theatre, London
West End theatre in the City of Westminster in London.
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Richard D'Oyly Carte
9 linksEnglish talent agent, theatrical impresario, composer, and hotelier during the latter half of the Victorian era.
English talent agent, theatrical impresario, composer, and hotelier during the latter half of the Victorian era.
In 1891 he erected the Palace Theatre, London (originally called the Royal English Opera House), which he intended to be the home of a new school of English grand opera, but this ambition was not realised beyond the production of a single work by Sullivan, Ivanhoe.
Ivanhoe (opera)
6 linksRomantic opera in three acts based on the 1819 novel by Sir Walter Scott, with music by Sir Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by Julian Sturgis.
Romantic opera in three acts based on the 1819 novel by Sir Walter Scott, with music by Sir Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by Julian Sturgis.
It premiered at the Royal English Opera House on 31 January 1891 for a consecutive run of 155 performances, a record for a grand opera.
West End theatre
6 linksMainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres in and near the West End of London.
Mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres in and near the West End of London.
The Palace Theatre opened in 1891.
Augustus Harris
4 linksBritish actor, impresario, and dramatist, a dominant figure in the West End theatre of the 1880s and 1890s.
British actor, impresario, and dramatist, a dominant figure in the West End theatre of the 1880s and 1890s.
In 1892 Harris took over the failed Royal English Opera House and turned it into a successful music hall with the new name The Palace Theatre of Varieties.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
3 links2016 British two-part play written by Jack Thorne based on an original story by J. K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Thorne.
2016 British two-part play written by Jack Thorne based on an original story by J. K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Thorne.
Previews of the play began at the Palace Theatre, London, on 7 June 2016, and it premiered on 30 July 2016.
Gilbert and Sullivan
4 linksGilbert and Sullivan were a Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the dramatist W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) and the composer Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900), who jointly created fourteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, of which H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado are among the best known.
Gilbert and Sullivan were a Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the dramatist W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) and the composer Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900), who jointly created fourteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, of which H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado are among the best known.
Sullivan felt that Gilbert was questioning his good faith, and in any event Sullivan had other reasons to stay in Carte's good graces: Carte was building a new theatre, the Royal English Opera House (now the Palace Theatre), to produce Sullivan's only grand opera, Ivanhoe.
Arthur Sullivan
4 linksEnglish composer.
English composer.
Sullivan's only grand opera, Ivanhoe, based on Walter Scott's novel, opened at Carte's new Royal English Opera House on 31 January 1891.
Henry Wood
3 linksEnglish conductor best known for his association with London's annual series of promenade concerts, known as the Proms.
English conductor best known for his association with London's annual series of promenade concerts, known as the Proms.
It is certain, however, that Wood was répétiteur at Carte's Royal English Opera House for Sullivan's grand opera Ivanhoe in late 1890 and early 1891, and for André Messager's La Basoche in 1891–92.
Shaftesbury Avenue
3 linksMajor road in the West End of London, named after The 7th Earl of Shaftesbury.
Major road in the West End of London, named after The 7th Earl of Shaftesbury.
At the intersection of Shaftesbury Avenue and Charing Cross Road there is also the large Palace Theatre.
Thomas Edward Collcutt
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Thomas Edward Collcutt (16 March 1840 – 7 October 1924) was an English architect in the Victorian era who designed several important buildings in London including the Savoy Hotel, Lloyd's Register of Shipping and the Palace Theatre.