I found the phrase âkeep the black dog at bayâ in an article titled â Ways to Beat the Winter Bluesâ in Time magazine November 14 issue. The phrase comes up at the end of the following statement: âAs the days get shorter and winter closes in, many people feel like hibernating.
The Tempest First Performed. Whitehall, London The 1st of November 1611 AD. As was the case earlier with Othello, The Tempest was first performed before King James and his court at the theatre set up within the old banqueting hall in his Palace of Whitehall.he Tempest is probably the last solo creation of Shakespeare, thus arguably the writer at his peak able to produce a play not comedy nor tragedy nor history but which has inspired actors, writers, artists and musicians since it first appeared.
Billy Elliot on stage. 1  The first ever performance of Billy Elliot the Musical took place on 31 March 2005 at the Victoria Palace Theatre, London. The official opening night took place on 12 May 2005. 2  Billy Elliot ha been staged on Broadway in New York, as well as in Sydney, Melbourne, Chicago, Toronto and Sao Paulo.