Title
Memories of the Royal Opera House
Subject
Music Hall and theatre in Leicester
Description
Memories of the Royal Opera House, Leicester
Creator
Leicester Oral History Archive
Source
Leicester Oral History Archive
Publisher
East Midlands Oral History Archive
Rights
You may use this item in accordance with the licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/
Format
.mp3
Language
English
Type
Oral history
Duration
44 sec
Bit Rate/Frequency
105 kbps
Transcription
All the big shows were at the Opera House. That was really the Opera House in the sense that he had Gilbert & Sullivan, D’oyly Carte, it was a good class place that was. I’ve seen some Edgar Wallace plays there, I’ve seen Gordon Harker play there. Have I mentioned before Harry Welchman in ‘The Lady of the Rose,‘ The Merry Widow, all first class companies. Yes, you was assured of good entertainment at the Leicester Opera House. The Opera House orchestra was very good indeed, it always included a harp, a thing you very rarely see nowadays, but the harpist in the, in the orchestra. Also, the floor could be raised to make a circus of it and I don’t think many people knew that.
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