About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 52. Chapters: Ballet companies in the United Kingdom, Ballet in London, Ballet in Scotland, Ballet schools in the United Kingdom, British ballet dancers, The Red Shoes, Her Majesty's Theatre, The Royal Ballet, Ninette de Valois, Royal Academy of Dance, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet School, Scottish Ballet, English National Ballet, Freed of London, White Lodge, Richmond Park, Diana Gould, Adeline Genee, Rambert Dance Company, Marie Rambert, Beryl Grey, Pamela May, Tamara Karsavina, Leslie Edwards, Thane Bettany, Nadia Nerina, Peter Darrell, Elmhurst School for Dance, English National Ballet School, Margaret Dale, Dominic North, London Children's Ballet, Will Kemp, Hugh Laing, British Ballet Organisation, Peter Royston, Monica Mason, Donald Britton, Jonathan Ollivier, Tramway, Independent Ballet Wales, Yasmine Naghdi, Christopher Bruce, Bush Davies School of Theatre Arts, Central School of Ballet, Aida Foster stage school, Jason Piper, Tom Sapsford, Mary Skeaping, Yvette Espinosa. Excerpt: Her Majesty's Theatre is a West End theatre, in Haymarket, City of Westminster, London. The present building was designed by Charles J. Phipps and was constructed in 1897 for actor-manager Herbert Beerbohm Tree, who established the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art at the theatre. In the early decades of the 20th century, Tree produced spectacular productions of Shakespeare and other classical works, and the theatre hosted premieres by major playwrights such as George Bernard Shaw, J. M. Synge, Noel Coward and J. B. Priestley. Since World War I, the wide stage has made the theatre suitable for large-scale musical productions, and the theatre has specialised in hosting musicals. The theatre has been home to record-setting musical theatre runs, notably the World War I sensation Chu Chin Chow and the current production, Andrew Lloyd Webber's...
