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Lancing College
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Lancing College is an independent boarding and day school founded in 1848 by Nathaniel Woodard. The school is based in 550 acres of countryside in West Sussex, east of Worthing near the village of Lancing, Lancing educates c.550 pupils between the ages of 13 and 18, the co-educational ratio is c.60,40 boys to girls. The college is situated on a hill which is part of the South Downs, the college overlooks the River Adur and the Ladywell Stream, a holy well or sacred stream within the College grounds has pre-Christian significance. Woodards aim was to provide education based on principle and sound knowledge. Lancing was the first of a family of more than 30 schools founded by Woodard, roughly 65% of pupils are boarders, at a cost of £32,910 per year, c. 35% are day pupils, at a cost of £23,130 per year. Occasional overnight stays are available to day pupils at an additional cost, the school is a member of the Headmasters and Headmistresses Conference. Girls were first admitted in 1970, the school is dominated by a Gothic revival chapel, and follows a high church Anglican tradition. The schools buildings of the 1850s were designed by the architect Richard Cromwell Carpenter, in 1998 Lancing commissioned the choral piece Triodion to mark its 150th anniversary. The foundation stone of the chapel was laid in 1868. In fact, the chapel remains unfinished and it stands at about 50 metres, but the original plans called for a tower at the west end which would raise the height to 100 metres. The apex of the rises to 27.4 m. It was designed by R. H. Carpenter and William Slater, the chapel was dedicated to St Mary and St Nicolas in 1911, although the college worshipped in the finished crypt from 1875. It is the largest school chapel in the world, the eastern organ is a two-manual mechanical organ built by the Danish firm Frobenius and was installed and voiced in situ in 1986. A stained glass window was commissioned in memory of Trevor Huddleston OL, the chapel is open to the public. During World War II, students were evacuated to Downton Castle in Herefordshire, both the main college and the prep school buildings were requistioned by the Admiralty and became part of the Royal Navy shore establishment HMS King Alfred. In 1856 Lancing created its own code of football which was regarded as a means of fostering teamwork. S. H, maj Prince George G. Imeretinsky, Grenadier Guards and Royal Flying Corps Officer H. S. H. 13 Group, Air Officer Commanding No. F. C. J. C. O, F. Roxburgh, former Housemaster, first Headmaster of Stowe School Haldane Campbell Stewart, former Director of Music. Organist and choirmaster at Magdalen College, Oxford, cricketer for Kent County Cricket Team
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South Downs
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It is bounded on its northern side by a steep escarpment, from whose crest there are extensive views northwards across the Weald. The South Downs National Park forms a larger area than the chalk range of the South Downs. The South Downs are characterised by rolling chalk downland with close-cropped turf and dry valleys, the range is one of the four main areas of chalk downland in southern England. The South Downs have been inhabited since ancient times and at periods the area has supported a large population, there is a rich heritage of historical features and archaeological remains, including defensive sites, burial mounds and field boundaries. Within the South Downs Environmentally Sensitive Area there are thirty-seven Sites of Special Scientific Interest, as a result, while old chalk grassland accounted for 40-50% of the eastern Downs before the war, only 3-4% survives. The South Downs have also designated as a National Character Area by Natural England. It is bordered by the Hampshire Downs, the Wealden Greensand, the Low Weald and the Pevensey Levels to the north, the downland is an extremely popular recreational destination, particularly for walkers, horseriders and mountain bikers. The term downs is from Old English dūn, meaning hill, the word acquired the sense of elevated rolling grassland around the fourteenth century. These hills are prefixed south to distinguish them from another chalk escarpment, the North Downs, the rock is composed of the microscopic skeletons of plankton which lived in the sea, hence its colour. The chalk has many fossils, and bands of flint occur throughout the formation, the Chalk is divided into the Lower, Middle and Upper Chalk, a thin band of cream-coloured nodular chalk known as the Melbourn Rock marking the boundary between the Lower and Middle units. The strata of southeast England, including the Chalk, were folded during a phase of the Alpine Orogeny to produce the Weald-Artois Anticline. The chalk, being porous, allows water to soak through, behind the steep north-facing scarp slope, the gently inclined dip slope of undulating chalk downland extends for a distance of up to 7 miles southwards. In the west, the ridge of the South Downs merges with the North Downs to form the Hampshire Downs. The Western and Eastern Downs are often referred to as the Sussex Downs. The Western Downs, lying west of the River Arun, are much more wooded, particularly on the scarp face, four river valleys cut through the South Downs, namely those of the rivers Arun, Adur, Ouse and Cuckmere, providing a contrasting landscape. Chalk aquifers and to a lesser extent winterbourne streams supply much of the water required by the surrounding settlements, dew ponds, artificial ponds for watering livestock, are a characteristic feature on the downland. The highest point on the South Downs is Butser Hill, whose summit is 270 metres above sea level, the plateau-like top of this vast, irregularly shaped hill, which lies just south of Petersfield, Hampshire, was in regular use through prehistory. It has been designated as a National Nature Reserve, however, Blackdown geologically is not part of the South Downs but instead forms part of the Greensand Ridge on the Wealds western margins
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Terence Rattigan
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Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan, CBE was a British dramatist. He was one of Englands most popular mid twentieth century dramatists and his plays are typically set in an upper-middle-class background. He is known for works as The Winslow Boy, The Browning Version, The Deep Blue Sea and Separate Tables. A troubled homosexual, who saw himself as an outsider, his plays confronted issues of sexual frustration, failed relationships and adultery, Terence Rattigan was born in 1911 in South Kensington, London, United Kingdom, of Irish Protestant extraction. He had a brother, Brian. They were the grandsons of Sir William Henry Rattigan, a notable India-based jurist and his father was Frank Rattigan CMG, a diplomat whose exploits included an affair with Princess Elisabeth of Romania which resulted in her having an abortion. Rattigans birth certificate and his announcement in The Times indicate he was born on 9 June 1911. However, most reference books state that he was born the following day, there is evidence suggesting that the date on the birth certificate is incorrect. He was given no name, but he adopted the middle name Mervyn in early adulthood. Rattigan was educated at Sandroyd School from 1920 to 1925, at the based in Cobham, Surrey. Rattigan played cricket for the Harrow First XI and scored 29 in the Eton–Harrow match in 1929 and he was a member of the Officer Training Corps and organised a mutiny, informing the Daily Express. Even more annoying to his headmaster, Cyril Norwood, was the telegram from the Eton OTC and he then went to Trinity College, Oxford. Success as a playwright came early, with the comedy French Without Tears in 1936, Rattigans determination to write a more serious play produced After the Dance, a satirical social drama about the bright young things and their failure to politically engage. The outbreak of the Second World War scuppered any chances of a long run. During the war, Rattigan served in the Royal Air Force as a gunner, his experiences helped inspire Flare Path. He was a friend of Spike Milligans junior officer, Lieutenant Tony Goldsmith, Rattigan wrote an obituary of his friend and sent it to The Times. A copy of it is in Rommel, Rattigan responded to this critical disfavour with some bitterness. His plays Ross, Man and Boy, In Praise of Love, aunt Edna inspired Joe Orton to create Edna Welthorpe, a mischievous alter ego stirring up controversy about his own plays
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Minerva Theatre, Chichester
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The Minerva Theatre is a studio theatre seating at full capacity 283. It is run as part of the adjacent Chichester Festival Theatre, located in Chichester, England, the current artistic director is Jonathan Church. In November 2009, The Minerva allowed the University of Chichesters Musical Theatre Degree programme to perform a run of Oh, the show was well received and garnered positive reviews. It was directed by Garth Bardsley, with direction by Julian Kelly
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Chichester Festival Theatre
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Chichester Festival Theatre, located in Chichester, Sussex, England, was designed by Philip Powell and Hidalgo Moya, and opened by its founder Leslie Evershed-Martin in 1962. Subsequently the smaller and more intimate Minerva Theatre was built nearby in 1989, the inaugural Artistic Director was Sir Laurence Olivier, and it was at Chichester that the first National Theatre company was formed. Chichesters productions would transfer to the NTs base at the Old Vic in London. The opening productions in 1962 were, The Chances by John Fletcher which opened on 3 July, The Broken Heart, by John Ford, opened 9 July, Uncle Vanya, by Anton Chekov, opened 16 July. The Festival Season usually runs from April to September and includes productions from classics to contemporary writing, during this time the theatre also puts on outdoor promenade performances and organises other festival events including cabaret and comedy nights. A range of events is designed to add to the experience of visiting the theatre, including events, family days, tours. The theatre is run as a registered charity and is chaired by Sir William Castell. It is a Grade II* listed building, Sir Laurence Olivier Sir John Clements Keith Michell Peter Dews Patrick Garland John Gale Michael Rudman Patrick Garland Sir Derek Jacobi and Duncan C
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Harold Pinter Theatre
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The Harold Pinter Theatre, formerly the Comedy Theatre until 2011, is a West End theatre, and opened on Panton Street in the City of Westminster, on 15 October 1881, as the Royal Comedy Theatre. It was designed by Thomas Verity and built in just six months in painted stone, by 1884 it was known as just the Comedy Theatre. In the mid-1950s the theatre underwent major reconstruction and re-opened in December 1955, in 1883, the successful operetta Falka had its London première at the theatre, and in 1885, Erminie did the same. The theatres reputation grew through the First World War when Charles Blake Cochran, famous actors who appeared here include Henry Daniell who played John Carlton in Secrets in September 1929. The theatre was notable for the role it played in overturning stage censorship by establishing the New Watergate Club in 1956, the Theatres Act 1843 was still in force and required scripts to be submitted for approval by the Lord Chamberlains Office. Formation of the club allowed plays that had been banned due to language or subject matter to be performed under club conditions. Plays produced in this way included the UK premières of Arthur Millers A View from the Bridge, Robert Andersons Tea and Sympathy, the theatre was Grade II listed by English Heritage in June 1972. On 7 September 2011 it was announced that the theatres owner, howard Panter, Joint Chief Executive and Creative Director of ATG, told the BBC, The work of Pinter has become an integral part of the history of the Comedy Theatre
