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Ballet in Leicester Square: the Alhambra and the Empire, 1860-1915

Ivor Forbes Guest 1992 © Dance Books, Ltd.
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  • 9781852730345 (hardcover)
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  • European: 1800-present
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  • Frontmatter (page N/A)
  • Introduction: English ballet at the crossroads (page 1)
  • The Alhambra Ballet (page 11)
  • I Ballet coomes to Leicester Square (1860-72) (page 12)
  • II Improving the image (1872-84) (page 26)
  • III The return of the narrative ballet (1884-94) (page 35)
  • IV Changing fortunes (1894-1901) (page 55)
  • V The Edwardian years (1902-10) (page 65)
  • VI the last years of the Alhambra ballet (1911-12) (page 76)
  • The Empire Ballet (page 87)
  • 7 The Empire Theatre's beginnings (1884-86) (page 88)
  • VIII Katti Lanner (page 93)
  • IX The Empire becomes the hoome of ballet (1887-91) (page 97)
  • X The emergence of the up-to-date ballet (1891-97) (page 104)
  • XI The Genee years (page 115)
  • XII The final phase (1908-15) (page 133)
  • Appendix A Ballets produced at the Alhambra, 1860-1912 (page 148)
  • Appendix B Light opera divertissements at the Alhambra, 1872-84 (page 152)
  • Appendix C Principal dancers in the Alhambra ballets, 1860-1912 (page 154)
  • Alhambra ballets: selected scenarios (page 156)
  • Appendix E Ballets produced at the Empire, 1884-1915 (page 163)
  • Appendix F Principal dancers in the Empire ballets, 1884-1915 (page 165)
  • Appendix G Empire ballets: selected scenarios (page 167)
  • Appendix H Wilhelm's scenario for "High Jinks" (page 177)
  • Bibliography (page 179)
  • Index (page 181)
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DC 16.1 (1993): 129-131 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0147-2526%281993%2916%3A1%3C129%3AMHBIB%3E2.0.CO%3B2-1
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