Gershwin's lyrics were well received, and allowed him to successfully enter the theatre world with just one show.

Meanwhile, Robert, the new member of the team, arrives at the theatre, is civilly received by the stage manager Arthur and quickly falls in love with Lucille, another newcomer.

There is a brief epilogue sequence in which the fates of the six only known survivors are shown: Sydney underwent surgery on his kneecap injuries and lives as a horticulturist with his son Seymour, Arthur received an OBE for lifelong service to the theatre and retired to the country, Sebastian wrote a book about the film's events and is currently negotiating the film rights.

In 2000, at the age of 81, she appeared Off Broadway in Kenneth Lonergan ’ s The Waverly Gallery and received more awards for a single performance in a single season than any actress in theatre history, including The Drama Desk Award, The Lucille Lortel Award, The Drama League Award and The Outer Critics Circle Award.

The film received only a limited release in the U. S., in a 110-week run at a single theatre.

Although their relationship was brief, she secured him his first major engagement, as a mimic and a singer in l ' Alcazar in Marseille to which he received critical acclaim by French theatre critics.

Colbert received theatre awards from the Sarah Siddons Society, a lifetime-achievement award at the Kennedy Center Honors, and, in 1999, the American Film Institute placed her at number twelve on their " AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Stars " list of the " 50 Greatest American Screen Legends ".

In 1936, he went to Paris and on 9 May appeared at the Comédie-Française as Sganarelle in the second act of Molière's Le Médecin malgré lui, the first English actor to appear at that theatre, where he acted the part in French and received an ovation.

In 1996, he received an honorary Drama Desk Award for a lifetime devotion to theatre.

Dench has received many award nominations for her acting in theatre, film and television ; her awards include eleven BAFTAs, ( including the Bafta Fellowship in 2001 ) seven Laurence Olivier Awards, ( including the Society's Special Award ) two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Golden Globes, an Academy Award, and a Tony Award.

and Half A Sixpence starring Tommy Steele received their world première at the theatre in the 1960s before transferring to the West End.

Awarded the Bronze Star for valor and the Purple Heart for wounds received in the Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II during the Battle of Tarawa of the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign.

Marlborough remained despondent about the general situation, but his optimism received a major boost with the arrival in theatre of Prince Eugene, his co-commander at Blenheim.

His tragedies were very well received and were performed at the Dresden court theatre ( Dresdner Hofbühne ).

Since the mid-1960s he has been known primarily for his work in the theatre ; he received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor in the film adaptation of The Dresser ( 1983 ), which he had performed on the West End and on Broadway.

Courtenay received a knighthood in February 2001 for forty years ' service to cinema and theatre.

His autobiography, Dear Me ( 1977 ), was well received and saw him describe his life ( ostensibly his childhood ) while being interrogated by his own ego, with forays into philosophy, theatre, fame, and self-realization.

Callow's immersion in the theatre began after he wrote a fan letter to Sir Laurence Olivier, the Artistic Director of the National Theatre, and received a response suggesting he join their box office staff.

The live theatre scene received a boost during the 1990s, when UN sanctions limited the import of foreign films.

To accomplish razing this theatre and three others, as well as the Hotel Astor, the business interests received Hayes ' consent to raze the theatre named for her, even though she had no ownership interest in the buildings.

The Abbey was the first state-subsidized theatre in the English-speaking world ; from 1925 onwards it received an annual subsidy from the Irish Free State.

In September 1729 he received the offer of the post of court poet to the theatre at Vienna, with a stipend of 3000 florins.

His first great success was achieved by La vendemmiatrice, an Italian intermezzo or operetta, composed for the Aliberti theatre in Rome and received with universal applause.

* 1945 – World War II: The Captain class frigate HMS Goodall K479 is torpedoed by U-286 outside the Kola Inlet becoming the last ship of the Royal Navy sunk in the European theatre of World War II.

* Georgian Theatre Royal, a theatre and playhouse in Richmond, North Yorkshire, UK

Hobart is home to Australia's oldest theatre, the Theatre Royal, as well as the Playhouse theatre, the Backspace theatre and many smaller stage theatres.

Keith Johnstone ’ s work at the Royal Court Theatre in the late 1950s is seen as an important framework for contemporary improvisational theatre today.

He initially worked as an assistant director at Northampton repertory theatre ( now known as Royal & Derngate ), but in the early 1960s moved into television direction and was credited in this role on early episodes of Z-Cars in 1964.

* Old Vic theatre founded ( as the Royal Coburg Hall ) in London.

* September 18 – A new theatre to hold the Royal Opera House opens in London to replace the first, burnt down in a fire in 1808.

The bombing of Dresden by the Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Force between 13 and 15 February 1945 remains a controversial Allied action of the Western European theatre of war.

One of her theatre roles was in Joe Orton's What the Butler Saw at the Royal Court Theatre, and her many television appearances included a role in Inspector Morse ( 1990 ).

The theatre, built not far from the site of the present Royal Shakespeare Theatre, was almost washed away in two days of torrential rain that resulted in terrible flooding.

A small theatre known as the Royal Shakespeare Rooms was built in the gardens of Shakespeare's New Place home in the early 19th century but became derelict by the 1860s.

He founded the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1904 and was knighted, for his contributions to theatre, in 1909.

In a career mainly devoted to the classical theatre, Scofield starred in many Shakespeare plays and played the title role in Ben Jonson's Volpone in Peter Hall's production for the Royal National Theatre ( 1977 ).

Highlights of his career in modern theatre include the roles of Sir Thomas More in Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons ( 1960 ), Charles Dyer in Dyer's play Staircase, staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1966, the definitive Laurie in John Osborne's A Hotel in Amsterdam ( 1968 ), and Antonio Salieri in the original stage production of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus ( 1979 ).

In 1980, David Jones ( director ), former Associate Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company chose to launch his new theatre company at the Brooklyn Academy of Music ( BAM ) with The Winter's Tale starring Brian Murray supported by Jones ' new company at BAM In 1983, the Riverside Shakespeare Company mounted a production based on the First Folio text at The Shakespeare Center in Manhattan.

During the next two decades, she established herself as one of the most significant British theatre performers, working for the National Theatre Company and the Royal Shakespeare Company.

The theatre was named in honour of Geoffrey Whitworth who played a key part in developing a British tradition of amateur drama and in building political support for The Royal National Theatre erected at Waterloo, London after his death.

Hazel Albarn, originally from Lincolnshire, was a theatrical set designer for Joan Littlewood's theatre company at the Theatre Royal Stratford East in London and was working on the satirical play, Mrs Wilson's Diary just before Damon was born.

The King's Opera House ( now rebuilt as Her Majesty's Theatre ) ( 1816 – 1818 ) where he and George Repton remodelled the theatre, with arcades and shops around three sides of the building, the fourth being the still surviving Royal Opera Arcade.

The other theatre was the Theatre Royal Haymarket ( 1821 ), with its fine hexastyle Corinthian order portico, which still survives, facing down Charles II Street to St. James's Square, Nash's interior nolonger survives ( the interior now dates from 1904 ).

In the background can be seen the spire of the old St Andrew's Cathedral: the rest of the building burned down in 1962 and was replaced with a new church on the same site. The Theatre Royal, Dumfries was built in 1792 and is the oldest working theatre in Scotland.

Ogilby then went on to establish Ireland's first theatre, the Theatre Royal, Dublin, as a consequence of which he was made deputy-Master of the Revels in 1637.

His work in theatre, including an award-winning performance in the title role of the Royal Court Theatre's Hamlet, led to several supporting roles in film and television.