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Ballet in Leicester Square : the Alhambra and the Empire, 1860-1915
- Author / Creator
- Available as
- Online
Details
- Creator
- Ivor Guest
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- London : Dance Books ; 1992
- Princeton, NJ : Distributed in the USA by Princeton Book Co., 1992
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (x, 192 pages, [32] pages of plates) : illustrations (1 color)
- ISBNs
- 9781852730345, 185273034X
- OCLC
- ocm55719568
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-180) and indexes.
- Introduction: English ballet at the crossroads -- The Alhambra Ballet. I. Ballet comes to Leicester Square (1860-72). II. Improving the image (1872-84). III. The return of the narrative ballet (1884-94). IV. Changing fortunes (1894-1901). V. The Edwardian years (1902-10). VI. The last years of the Alhambra ballet (1911-12) -- The Empire Ballet. VII. The Empire Theatre's beginnings (1884-86). VIII. Katti Lanner. IX. The Empire becomes the home of ballet (1887-91). X. The emergence of the up-to-date ballet (1891-97). XI. The Genee years (1897-1908). XII. The final phase (1908-15) -- App. A Ballets produced at the Alhambra, 1860-1912 -- App. B Light opera divertissements at the Alhambra, 1872-84 -- App. C Principal dancers in the Alhambra ballets, 1860-1912 -- App. D Alhambra ballets: selected scenarios -- App. E Ballets produced at the Empire, 1884-1915 -- App. F Principal dancers in the Empire ballets, 1884-1915 -- App. G Empire ballets: selected scenarios -- App. H Wilhelm's scenario for 'High Jinks'