Entertainments included his a famous theater and orchestra with serf actors.

* PEERS-Period Events and Entertainments Reenactment Society-a group that holds themed vintage dance events of various eras on the first Saturday of each month

Entertainments blogging site Trivial Pursuits ( www. trivialpursuits. org ) is a play on the name of the game, as a dedication to it.

The Sabbatical Officers are: The President, Communications Officer, Welfare Officer, Education Officer and Entertainments Officer and are elected on an annual basis ; all capitated students are entitled to vote.

During the Second World War he was called up and joined the RAF Police but was later invalided from service, whereupon he joined Entertainments National Service Association ( ENSA ) and then ( on 4 May 1942 ) the BBC's Drama and Repertory company in Manchester.

In May 2007 Tussauds was purchased by Merlin Entertainments who continue to operate the castle on a lease, having sold the freehold to Nick Leslau's Prestbury Group on 17 July 2007.

The younger Grossmith admired the comic pianist and entertainer John Orlando Parry, who created and performed in many of the German Reed Entertainments, and he tried to emulate Parry in developing his own sketches, consisting of humorous anecdotes, mildly satirical comment, ad lib chat, and comic songs centred on the piano.

Born in Bristol, England, he was educated at Bristol Grammar School, and served his compulsory National Service as a clerk in Calcutta and later in the Combined Services Entertainments Unit in Singapore where he entertained the troops alongside John Schlesinger, Stanley Baxter, and Kenneth Williams, before going on to study acting at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Most of the early top performers on British television and radio did an apprenticeship either in stage variety, or during World War II in Entertainments National Service Association ( ENSA ).

In July 2007, the resort and park was sold to Nick Leslau and his investment firm Prestbury who now lease the park back to Merlin Entertainments to operate on a 35-year lease.

Kershaw studied Politics at the University of Leeds, a decision made solely with an eye on the position of Entertainments Secretary for Leeds University Union.

Bizarre was named Inner City Entertainments " Flava of the Week " and went on to release an album called Attack of the Weirdos.

In 2007, Tussauds was bought out by Merlin Entertainments, who now operate the park on a lease from Nick Leslau.

While O ' Hegarty succeeded in his studies, Walsh did not, and returned to Cork where a friend, Sir Edward Fitzgerald, arranged work for him on the Entertainments Committee of the Cork International Exhibition.

* Merlin Entertainments announced a 5 to 10 year-plan to spend £ 30 million on Legoland in an effort to make it a resort with enough attractions to sustain 2 or 3 day visits.

* Shea, Peter, M ( 2010 ) Champagne From Six To Six ( A short social history of Recreations and Entertainments at the Beechworth and Ovens goldfields 1852-1877 ) Conn: Eloquent Press Illus, 189pp ,( Informative first hand accounts of cultural activity on the Beechworth and Ovens Goldfields )

These being tastefully hung among the trees, which line the walks, produce an impression similar to that which is called up on reading some of the stories in the Arabian Nights Entertainments.

Under the terms of the deal, The Lego Group would take a 30 % share in Merlin Entertainments and positions on their board.

In his preface to the printed edition, Dryden explained he had had to adapt the libretto to the changed political circumstances of 1691: " But not to offend the present Times, nor a Government which has hitherto protected me, I have been oblig'd so much to alter the first Design, and take away so many Beauties from the Writing, that it is now no more what it was formerly ..." He also made alterations to suit Purcell's musical needs: " the Numbers of Poetry and Vocal Musick, are sometimes so contrary, that in many places I have been oblig'd to cramp my Verses, and make them rugged to the Reader, that they may be harmonious to the Hearer: Of which I have no Reason to repent me, because these sorts of Entertainments are principally design'd for the Ear and the Eye ; and therefore in Reason my Art on this occasion, ought to be subservient to his.

* Private Equity: Invests in mid-cap companies in Europe and North America with a focus on secondary buy-outs that include Travelodge ,, Merlin Entertainments, Doncasters, Mauser, Alliance Medical and Almatis.

The area is already home to two other Merlin Entertainments attractions.

It is now run by Cambridge City Council Arts & Entertainments, together with over two hundred event staff.

He also choreographed Lakeshore Entertainments two feature films “ Game ” ( starring Gerard Butler and Michael C. Hall ) and “ Crank 2 ” ( Starring Jason Statham ).

< p > To recover them is, Thomas Betterton's company, therefore, to their due Estimation, a new Project was form'd of building them a stately theatre in the Hay-Market, by Sir John Vanbrugh, for which he raised a Subscription of thirty Persons of Quality, at one hundred Pounds each, in Consideration whereof every Subscriber, for his own Life, was to be admitted to whatever Entertainments should be publickly perform'd there, without farther Payment for his Entrance .</ p >< p >— John Vanbrugh's notice of subscription for the new theatre </ p > He was joined in the enterprise by his principal associate and manager William Congreve and an actors ' co-operative led by Thomas Betterton.

The story involves Adam Pennyman and his obsession with and attempts to catalog video games into a book called " The Catalogue of Obsolete Entertainments ".

In 2001 Cummings introduced Hunter to fellow HBoS client Nick Leslau, which lead to the purchase of stakes via Leslau's Prestbury Investment Holdings in the freehold property portfolios of Travelodge hotels, licensed premises ; and the theme park portfolio of Merlin Entertainments, including Alton Towers.

Japanese Musical and other Entertainments.

KITE and HENDERSON, in announcing the following Entertainments ensure the Public that this Night's Production will be one of the most splendid ever produced in this Town, having been some days in preparation.

The tradition of a fair is maintained by the annual Carnival which is organised by the Rothwell Entertainments Committee.

In 1855, the German Reed Entertainments began a process of elevating the level of ( formerly risqué ) musical theatre in Britain that culminated in the famous series of comic operas by Gilbert and Sullivan and were followed by the 1890s with the first Edwardian musical comedies.

Now all Fairs in Scotland have to apply to the local authority for a Public Entertainments Licence.

The London Stage 1660 — 1800: A Calendar of Plays, Entertainments and Afterpieces Together with Casts, Box-Receipts and Contemporary Comment Compiled from the Playbills, Newspapers and Theatrical Diaries of the Period, Part 1: 1660 – 1700.

-Arabian Nights Entertainments ( serial, transl.

In college, Dickinson got involved in the Entertainments Committee: " one day you'd be a roadie for The Jam, the next you'd be putting up the Stonehenge backdrop for Hawkwind or whatever.

As a result, the University had tried to kick him out for failing his Second Year exams and not paying his accommodation fees, but was saved because of his role as Entertainments Officer.

Privates On Parade is a musical comedy, partly inspired by Nichols's own experiences in the Combined Services Entertainments Unit.

It is the flagship attraction of Merlin Entertainments in the United Kingdom.

The Tussauds Group was bought by Merlin Entertainments in March 2007 for over £ 1billion from DIC, placing Alton Towers under their control.

In June 2005, a 70 percent stake in the four theme parks was sold to Blackstone Group of New York, an investment and advisory firm, under its Merlin Entertainments brand.

He and his wife were present at the press conference at which Barry Legg MP launched his Public Entertainments Licences ( Drug Misuse ) Act, which allowed councils to close down licensed venues if the police " believed " controlled drugs were being used " at or near " the premises.

Events included the student newspaper's Review front-page photograph of a nude couple strolling hand in hand on the Mall, naked pyramid competitions between fraternities, and other, less documented, occurrences.