His Majesty's Theatre is a West End theatre situated in the Haymarket in
the City of Westminster, London. It stands on the site of the Queen's
Theatre (1705) designed by John Vanbrugh, where more than 25 operas by
George Frideric Handel premiered. The present building, designed by
Charles J. Phipps, was constructed in 1897 for the actor-manager Herbert
Beerbohm Tree, who established the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA)
there. In the early 20th century, the theatre hosted spectacular
productions of Shakespeare and other classical works, and premieres by
such playwrights as Bernard Shaw and Noël Coward. The theatre's
capacity is 1,216 seats, and it was Grade II* listed by English
Heritage in 1970. LW Theatres has owned the building since 2000. The
land beneath it is on a long-term lease from the Crown Estate. Andrew
Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera has run at His Majesty's since
1986. It was known as "Her Majesty's Theatre" during the reigns of
Victoria and Elizabeth II.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_Majesty%27s_Theatre,_London>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1792:
French Revolution: Due to an overwhelming fear that foreign
armies would attack Paris and prisoners would revolt, revolutionaries
began the summary execution of more than a thousand prisoners.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_Massacres>
1946:
The interim government of India, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru,
was formed to assist the transition of India from British rule to
independence.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru>
1957:
South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm began an official
visit to Australia, the first by a foreign incumbent head of state to
the country.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngo_Dinh_Diem_presidential_visit_to_Australia>
1967:
Paddy Roy Bates proclaimed HM Fort Roughs, a former World War
II Maunsell Sea Fort in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, England,
as an independent sovereign state: the Principality of Sealand
(pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
e.g.:
1. An initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list
of examples: for the sake of an example; for example.
2. (informal, nonstandard, proscribed) An example.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/e.g.>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
At certain moments, words are nothing; it is the tone in which
they are uttered.
--Paul Bourget
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Paul_Bourget>
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