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5 unusual facts about Sadler's Wells Theatre


Clifford Marle

Marle was for a time a member of a stock company at the old Sadler's Wells Theatre.

Elizabeth Fretwell

Her performances there came to the attention of Sadler's Wells and in 1955 they engaged her services as principal soprano.

Nicholas Georgiadis

In 1955, he won the school’s First Prize for Stage Design, which led to his discovery by Dame Ninette de Valois and his commission to design for the Sadler's Wells Theatre, London.

Rita Hunter

She joined the Sadler's Wells Opera Company in 1957, and sang in the chorus with them for two years before touring with the Carl Rosa Opera Company.

Thomas Guidott

He used the analytical techniques of his time to detail and document the properties of the hot mineral springs at Bath, Somerset and touted the waters of Sadler's Wells, in A true and exact account of Sadlers Well, or, The new mineral-waters lately found out at Islington (London, 1698).


Anatomy Act 1832

In 1832 a new Anatomy Bill was introduced, which, though strongly opposed by Hunt, Sadler and Vyvyan, was supported by Macaulay and O'Connell, and finally passed the House of Lords on 19 July 1832.

Anne Evans

Evans made her debut as Countess Ceprano in Rigoletto 1967 in Geneva and went on to make her debut in a leading role in 1968 as Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte at the then Sadler's Wells, later English National Opera in 1968 to critical acclaim.

Anne Sharp

In March 1947 she became a founder member of Benjamin Britten's English Opera Group, singing Britten roles at Glyndebourne, Sadler's Wells, Lucerne, Scheveningen, Oslo and Copenhagen as well as the company's home base at Aldeburgh.

Arthur Clifford

After publishing the Sadler Papers, Clifford made a search at Tixall for the papers of Walter, Lord Aston, ambassador in Spain under James I and Charles I.

Brent Sadler

Sadler was educated at the Royal Masonic School for Boys and Harris College, Preston, now the school of Journalism, Media and Communication, University of Central Lancashire, where he gained a Diploma in Journalism Studies.

Catt Sadler

Catt Sadler is an American correspondent and co-anchor for "E! News Weekend".

Chan Santa Cruz

Following General May's death, the remaining Maya officials initiated contacts with Washington through the archaeologist and American spy, (Harris, Sadler 2003), Sylvanus Morley, (Sullivan 1992).

Donald Saddler

Sadler has directed Together on Broadway: Mary Martin and Ethel Merman, George Abbott: Celebration, and I Hear Music of Frank Loesser and Friends, a concert featuring the composer's widow, Jo Sullivan.

Donnie Sadler

An alumnus of Valley Mills High School in Valley Mills, Texas (where he was an all-state shortstop), Sadler is small in stature, standing at only 5'6" tall and weighing 175 pounds.

Doris Langley Moore

During the Second World War, she wrote the scenario for a ballet, The Quest, which was choreographed by Frederick Ashton for Sadler's Wells and set to music by William Walton, with costumes and sets by John Piper.

Edith Coates

On June 7, 1945 she portrayed Auntie in the world premiere of Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes at the Sadler's Wells Theatre.

Federico Mompou

Kenneth MacMillan's ballet La Casa de los Pájaros (The House of Birds), set to orchestrations by John Lanchbery of various piano pieces by Mompou, was premiered at Sadler's Wells in London in 1955, and was also staged at the 4th Festival de Música y Danza at Granada.

Georges Schehadé

In 1974, the British composer Gordon Crosse (translation and libretto by Ted Hughes) made an opera out of this play: The Story of Vasco, premièred by Sadler's Wells Opera at the Coliseum Theatre in London.

Harlequin Cock Robin and Jenny Wren

Gilbert's pantomime opened on the same night as rival shows at the Drury Lane Theatre, Covent Garden, Sadler's Wells, and eight other London theatres.

Henry Oden

Over the years, Oden has appeared with: Jimmy Reed, Pee Wee Crayton, Big Mama Thornton, Mike Bloomfield, Buddy Ace, Curtis Lawson, Bill Withers, Little Joe Blue, Chris Cain, Percy Mayfield, Craig Horton, JJ Malone, Troyce Keys, Cool Papa Sadler, Mississippi Johnny Waters, Big Bones, Sonny Rhodes, Earl King, Johnny Adams, Maria Muldaur and Boz Scaggs.

Innovative Motorsports

Chad Little replaced him, but when his performance didn't improve over Sadler's, Sadler came back to finish the year, and posted a seventh-place run at Pikes Peak.

Institute of Welsh Affairs

As at November 2010, the Board members were Eurfyl ap Gwilym, Guy Clarke, Rhys David, Geraint Talfan Davies (Chairman), Peter Davies, Sue Essex, Nigel Griffiths, Gerald Holtham, Megan Mathias, Rob Humphreys, Robert Jolliffe, Ruth Marks, Chris O'Malley, Wendy Sadler, Professor John Tucker, Sir Adrian Webb, Dr. Ruth Williams and Professor Laura McAllister.

Jerry Desmonde

Jerry Desmonde was born James Robert Sadler in Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, into a family of music hall performers who toured the halls in Scotland, north-east England, and Yorkshire.

Jerry Sadler

Starting in 1968, Sadler was involved with the Platoro company of Indiana, which was dredging along the Gulf Coast near South Padre Island and found the wreck of a Spanish galleon.

John Norman Maclean

The book, a collection of stories and essays, chronicles the 1953 Rattlesnake Fire on the Mendocino National Forest in northern California, the 1999 Sadler Fire in Nevada, and the 1949 Mann Gulch Fire in Montana.

Laura Sadler

In the early hours of 15 June 2003, Sadler fell 40 feet (12 metres) from the balcony of the Holland Park flat of her boyfriend and Holby City co-star George Calil.

Leslie Hurry

His first stage work was for a production of Hamlet for the Sadler's Wells Ballet in 1942, work commissioned by Robert Helpmann, who had seen his paintings in a London gallery.

Major Mapleleaf

Bearing the rank of Staff Sergeant in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Sadler took the code name of Major Mapleleaf out of respect for his father.

Maria Honner

In 1833 she transferred her services to the Coburg Theatre, and, on the retirement of G. B. Davidge the lessee, removed to Sadler's Wells, where Robert William Honner was the manager.

Maureen Bruce

Bruce married another principal dancer of the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet, Donald Britton, in 1952.

Michael Thomas Sadler

Michael Sadler, the son of James Sadler, was born in Snelston, Derbyshire, on 3 January 1780.

Mizuya

According to A.L. Sadler, the earliest extant example of a space attached to a chashitsu (room intended for the tea ceremony) that is describable as a mizuya exists at the Taian, a chashitsu designed by Sen Rikyū.

Nicholas Sadler

In 2002 Nicholas Sadler was the creative consultant for the Ray Romano documentary 95 Miles to Go, directed by Tom Caltabiano (Producer, Everybody Loves Raymond)

Old Red Lion Theatre

At this time descriptions state that the Old Red Lion was a small brick house with three trees in its forecourt, visited by William Hogarth (who portrayed it in the middle distance of his painting "Evening", with the foreground being Sadler's Wells), Samuel Johnson and Thomas Paine (who wrote The Rights of Man in the shade of the trees in its forecourt).

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Rahni Sadler

Sadler approached Seven's bureau chief, Glenn Milne, on the side of the Thredbo Mountain and he agreed to reschedule.

Ralph Sadler

Sadler is one of the major characters in Hilary Mantel's 2009 novel Wolf Hall, which gives a fictional portrayal of Sadler's youth and early manhood in the household of Thomas Cromwell.

Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel

It was during the 45-year-long ministry of Thomas Sadler (1822-1891), who arrived at the Chapel in 1846 aged 24, just two years after being awarded his doctorate from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Bavaria, that the current Chapel building was constructed.

Samuel Sadler

Sadler was a chemist by profession and, having studied at the University of London, reputedly under Michael Faraday, he established the successful chemicals business of Sadler and Company Limited based at Middlesbrough - Teesside’s first oil and chemicals company.

Secreto

He finished third, beaten a neck and half a length by Sadler's Wells and Procida giving the impression that he would be suited by a longer distance.

St Mary's, Barkly West

Sadler had been recruited in England during Bishop Robert Gray’s recent visit there.

Stéphanie Montreux

In April 2007, Montreux appeared in Pegasus Opera Company's production of Delius' Koanga at Sadler's Wells Theatre to mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade in Britain.

Tales from the Crypt

Demon Knight, also known as Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight, a 1995 film starring Billy Zane, William Sadler and Jada Pinkett Smith that acted as a spin-off from the television series

Teenoso

The race attracted a strong field including the 1983 winner Time Charter who started favourite, Darshaan, Sun Princess, Tolomeo and Sadler's Wells.

UWF

The UWF Live, UWF Live (United Wrestling Federation) promotion, started by Hermie Sadler, Earl Hebner, and Dave Hebner

Yates Racing

In 2006, Sadler shared the ride with development drivers Stephen Leicht, Matt McCall, and Justin Diercks, with Marc Goossens driving on road courses.


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