Remembering Revudeville - a Souvenir of the Windmill Theatre (Hardcover, Commemorative ed.)

On the 31st of October 1964 a very British institution took its final bow. That was the night of the Windmill's farewell performance and when the curtain fell for the last time on London's world famous little theatre, and the stage door locked shut behind its keeper, the Windmill's heart stopped beating. All that was left was the lingering smell of a good cigar, the ghost of a fan dancer, the last faint echoes of laughter and applause, and then darkness. After 32 years the Windmill had breathed its last breath. Or had it? No one could have predicted that half a century later, in the year 2014, the world would still remember with affection the Windmill Theatre with its famous comedians and its legendary Windmill Girls. Fifty years on, in the public's heart, this particular British institution "Never Closed."This full colour hardback special edition book commemorates the Windmill on the fifty year anniversary of the theatre's closure. With over 600 illustrations (photographs and ephemera), stories and contributions from ex Windmillite Barry Cryer OBE, Windmill girls and boys who danced on through the blitz and many more, this book will remind those who were there of the phenomenon that was the Windmill, and give those who weren't the feeling of having visited the theatre that famously never closed.

General

Imprint:	Obscuriosity Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2014
First published:	May 2014
Editors:	Jill Millard Shapiro
Compiled by:	Jill Millard Shapiro
Dimensions:	254 x 203 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	200
Edition:	Commemorative ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-9928696-0-1
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Local history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Local history Promotions
LSN:	0-9928696-0-9
Barcode:	9780992869601

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