Glendinning, Victoria. Edith Sitwell. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1981.
348-50
Royal Festival Hall
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Education | Rose Tremain | At this stage of her life, Rosie's great interest and talent was not writing but painting, like her sister. She set out to make a huge, hanging, illustrated copy of Keats
's Ode to Autumn... |
| Reception | Edith Sitwell | The seventy-fifth birthday of Dame Edith Sitwell
was celebrated by a concert at the Royal Festival Hall
in London. |
| Textual Production | Jean Rhys | The production was commissioned by the BBC
, and took place at the Royal Festival Hall
in London. It was conducted by Colin Davis
, with Meriel Dickinson
as soloist. The work was later... |
Timeline
Before May 1951
Architect Robert Matthew
designed the Royal Festival Hall
and Ralph Tubbs
designed the Dome of Discovery, for the Festival of Britain on the South Bank.
3 May 1951
King George VI
opened the Festival of Britain (designed to showcase the modern, postwar, post-imperial nation) from the steps of St Paul's Cathedral. He also opened the Royal Festival Hall
.