Haste to the Wedding
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Haste to the Wedding is a three-act comic opera with a libretto by W. S. Gilbert and music by George Grossmith, based on Gilbert's 1873 play, The Wedding March. The opera was the most ambitious piece
Woodpecker Tapping (Frank Wyatt) dancing with Bella Crackenthorpe (Sybil Carlisle)
Marie Studholme and George Grossmith Jr.
Criterion Theatre
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The Criterion Theatre is a West End theatre at Piccadilly Circus in the City of Westminster, and is a Grade II* listed building. It has a seating capacity of 588.
Haste to the Wedding
…The opera was the most ambitious piece of composition undertaken by Grossmith. The piece was produced under the management of Charles Wyndham at the Criterion Theatre, London, opening on 27 July 1892. It closed on 20 August 1892, after a run of just 22 performances. Although a failure, the opera introduced the…
The Criterion Theatre in 2022
The façade as designed in 1873
Detail of the entrance canopy in 2015