The Covent Garden Album [antikvár]

THE Gdvent Garden Album There is a special atmosphere to the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, an impulse of excitement which has been felt by all who have come to know and understand the theatre. In this, the family album of Covent Garden's first 250 years, the authors have sought to convey, in originál photographs and illustrations, the ambiance as well as the history of the world's greatest theatre. Perhaps no other theatre can boast such a resplendent history. In an unbroken line, from its formation two and a half centuries ago, the greatest figures of the theatre, opera and ballet have appeared upon its stage. It is a unique institution and it is the purpose of this book to celebrate its great achievement. Within its pages may be found many of the greatest performances and the finest artists in the history of the performing arts - all members of the extended Covent Garden family. 'From the rich store of archive material the authors have put together a fascinating scrapbook of portraits, contemporary prints and caricatures, playbills and photographs. But it is of more than just visual interest - a piece of evocative theatrical nostalgia - the excellent captions giving much information about Covent Garden's long history.' - Róbert Henderson, Daily Telegraph Lord Drogheda was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, and served as Chairman of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden from 1958 to 1974. Since then he has been Joint Chairman of the Royal Opera House Development Appeal Fund, which was set up to raise funds for the theatre's programme of expansion. Ken Davison was educated at Shrewsbury School and Magdalen College, Oxford, and became a barrister at the Inner Temple. During the war he was a night fighter pilot in the RAF and subsequently worked in industry, joining the Royal Opera House in 1961 as Organising Secretary of the Friends of Covent Garden. In addition he is Archivist of the theatre. Andrew Wheatcroft was educated at St John's School and Christ's College, Cambridge. He is the editor of Nicholas II: the Last Tsar (1972) and fíussia in Originál Photographs 1860-1920 {1977) and is the author of The Tennyson Album (1980), all published by Routledge & Kegan Paul, and Arabia in Originál Photographs (Kegan Paul International, 1982).