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- The orchestra was conducted by Edward Elgar.
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This is a list of Royal Variety Performances, gala evenings held annually in the United Kingdom, which are attended by senior members of the British Royal Family.
No.DateRadio BroadcastVenue2213 November 1950—2329 October 1951—243 November 19529 November 1952 BBC Light Programme252 November 1953—History of the Royal Variety Performance. Please visit our huge Archive section to see year by year, the enormous amount of acts from around the globe, who have performed at the Royal Variety Performance and view the original show programmes.
Performances. After the first Royal Variety Performance on 1 July 1912 presented by Sir Alfred Butt, it was seven years before the next show, on 28 July 1919 held at the Coliseum Theatre presented this time by Sir Oswald Stoll. The orchestra was conducted by Edward Elgar.
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The history of the Royal Variety Performance is truly fascinating; 87shows over 103 years provides not only a wonderful history of the support given to the Royal Variety Charity by senior members of the Royal Family, but also serves as a breathtaking chronological history of the very best in entertainment from around the globe, year by year ...
The Royal Variety Performance The first Royal Variety Performance, with King George V and Queen Mary in attendance, took place on 1 July 1912 at the Palace Theatre in London's West End. This was a lavish occasion with 3 million roses draped around the auditorium and over the viewing boxes.
1919 - London Coliseum. A PAGEANT OF PEACE - a Royal Variety Performance. This second 'royal show' was staged as a celebration of peace and, as the official announcement expressed it, had been ' commanded by the King to show his appreciation of the generous manner in which artistes of the variety stage had helped the numerous funds connected ...
This is a list of Royal Variety Performances, gala evenings held annually in the United Kingdom, which are attended by senior members of the British Royal Family; initially this was always the reigning monarch(s) but in more recent years, the senior members attending have alternated between HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, HM The ...
