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Sadler's Wells
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(London E1)
In 1683 Thomas Sadler opened a music house at some medicinal wells here, a short distance to the north of the old city of London. He thus began a link with entertainment which has lasted intermittently to this day. A theatre built in 1765 had *Grimaldi as its star attraction from 1802. The present theatre was built by Lilian Baylis in 1927–31 and became the cradle of the *Royal Ballet, the *Birmingham Royal Ballet and the *English National Opera.
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