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  • Merrie England may refer to: Merry England, an idealised conception of pastoral English life Merrie England (opera), a 1902 comic opera by Edward German...
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    Merrie England is an English comic opera in two acts by Edward German to a libretto by Basil Hood. The patriotic story concerns love and rivalries at the...
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    "Merry England", or in more jocular, archaic spelling "Merrie England", refers to a utopian conception of English society and culture based on an idyllic...
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    Victoria and Merrie England, billed as a "Grand National Ballet in Eight Tableaux" is an 1897 ballet by the choreographer Carlo Coppi with music by Arthur...
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  • Merrie England is an influential collection of essays on socialism by Robert Blatchford under the pseudonym "Nunquam", published in 1893. The first issue...
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  • Merrie Land is the second and final studio album by English art rock supergroup The Good, the Bad & the Queen. It was produced by Tony Visconti and released...
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  • The Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men is a 1952 action-adventure film produced by RKO-Walt Disney British Productions, based on the Robin Hood legend...
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    made by Merrie England. At the Oxford Union a motion was approved by 103 to 54 that stated that "the aims of the Socialist tract, Merrie England, are but...
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    centre of England to visit the Malvern Hills, stopping at towns and great country houses along the way. Similar journeys to other parts of England and Wales...
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  • also appeared in the West End in such shows as Scoop, Old Chelsea, Merrie England, Frou-Frou and Husbands Don't Count. Hawtrey also directed 19 plays...
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    1832, which introduced a wide-ranging change to the electoral system of England and Wales. Definitions that purport a distinct sensibility or politics...
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  • Operatic Society (now the Urmston Musical Theatre) in a production of Merrie England, playing the role of Big Ben. Trueman died following a short illness...
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    Rule, Britannia! (category England national football team songs)
    quoted the tune in his 1897 ballet Victoria and Merrie England, which traced the "history" of England from the time of the Druids up to Victoria's Diamond...
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    York Cottage (category Royal residences in England)
    there. George V loved York Cottage, which is said to resemble "three Merrie England pubs joined together." He furnished it himself with furniture purchased...
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  • Exhibition Jubilee Issue Diamond Jubilee (1897) Honours Medal Jubilee Diamond Cherries jubilee "Recessional" Devonshire House Ball Victoria and Merrie England...
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    field of English comic opera. Some of his light operas, especially Merrie England, are still performed. As a youth, German played the violin and led the...
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    Tudor Revival architecture (category Architecture in England)
    complex aspects of Jacobethan in favour of more domestic styles of "Merrie England", which were cosier and quaint. It was associated with the Arts and...
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  • Merry Monarch (redirect from Merrie Monarch)
    or Merrie Monarch may refer to: Charles II of England (1630–1685), king of Great Britain and Ireland Kalākaua (1836–1891), king of Hawaii Merrie Monarch...
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  • Independent Labour Party, wrote the work Merrie England (1894) that endorsed municipal socialism. In Merrie England, Blatchford distinguished two types of...
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    Herne the Hunter (category Hunting and shooting in England)
    Victoria and Merrie England of 1897, which portrayed various scenes from British folklore and history. In the light opera Merrie England by Sir Edward...
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