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Portraits in Bath. (Report from Europe).
In the eighteenth century, no spa was more popular than Bath in southwestern England. At its peak, more than twenty thousand fashionable members of society made their way there each year. The attractions included the Great Pump Room, the Assembly Rooms, and, more important, being seen. Bath's social life has been well documented, particularly by Jane Austen.
After London, the city was the most important in Britain for artists, of whom there were some 160 at one period. Like other tradesmen, they came to profit from visitors with plenty of time and money on their hands. Among the tradesmen was Josiah Wedgwood, who opened his first showroom outside London in Bath in 1772.
Artists came to Bath from all over the British Isles, particularly from Dublin. They also came from Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain. They would rent a house and make one room their studio and ...
- Wit Tank, Assembly Rooms Theatre, North Bailey, Durham.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire March 23, 2009 700+ words
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- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire September 25, 2008 700+ words
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- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire October 16, 2008 700+ words
...Evening Telegraph) I Attended the Steve Coogan concert at the Assembly Rooms on October 5. When the show was over, I was horrified...Or get some psychiatric help you cowardly loser! The Assembly Rooms obviously needs to beef up its security. And why were people...
- Review: Snow white at Derby Assembly Rooms.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire December 13, 2008 700+ words
...over the panto reins from Derby Playhouse, the city's Assembly Rooms has built up a tradition for delivering crowd-pleasing...Year. WHAT: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Where: Derby Assembly Rooms. When: Until January 11. Tickets: GBP8.50-GBP18...
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- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire August 14, 2006 700+ words
...Johannesburg classroom being asked by their teacher to tell each other a story. It finishes over 30 years later in the Assembly Rooms' Wildman Room as the same two 12-year-olds - long grown-up and now longtime lovers - tell the stories of their intertwining...
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- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire March 26, 2009 700+ words
(From Nottingham Evening Post) Derby's Assembly Rooms has revealed that its Christmas pantomime this year will be Cinderella. The show consistently tops polls as a favourite panto...
- Snooker fan left in pool of blood after crashing down steps at Assembly Rooms.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire April 17, 2009 700+ words
...Evening Telegraph) A Snooker fan narrowly escaped serious injury last night in a dramatic fall at the Derby Assembly Rooms. He fell down a dozen steps and almost tumbled over a balcony railing after getting out of his seat to tell...
- Young English folk band, Kerfuffle, won the In The Tradition award at Derby's...
- Magazine article from: Sing Out! March 22, 2003 700+ words
Young English folk band, Kerfuffle, won the In The Tradition award at Derby's Assembly Rooms last December. Organized by performer and ADA Records head honcho Mick Peat, the event featured six finalists performing in the...
- LIFESTYLE: Revenge is spectacular as well as sweet The troubles have often...
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire March 26, 2004 700+ words
...night is over there are vows of remembrance and vengeance that must finally be settled - a story that echoes the tragedy of the Troubles exactly. * Revenge is at Belfast Assembly Rooms in Waring Street until April 3. Box Office 028 9043 9313.
Source: HighBeam Research, Portraits in Bath. (Report from Europe).