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4. We’ve listened to the pupils’ information. Ask my questions, please.

- How many printed books and manuscripts does the Brinish Museum contain?

- Where’s the Tate Modern located?

- In which museum can we see the samples of all banknotes?

- Which museum includes models of the first London bus?

- Where can you get acquainted with the history of the fleet?

- Where’s the collection of dinosaurs and cartoon exhibition?

- Where can we see the collection of Muslim countries?

- In which museum all the paintings are exhibited in chronological order?

- What was the address of Sherlock Holmes?

5. Now I’d like to tell you about London’s theatres as theatre in the United Kingdom play an
important part in British culture. By medieval period theatre had developed with mummers’ plays.
These were folk tales retelling old stories and actors travelled from town to town performing these
for their audience in return for money. Now there are over 50 theatres in London’s West End. The
most famous are:

The Royal National Theatre

which combines three theaters that show a variety of plays and
performances. Besides musicals and actors, the theatre is known for its
ghosts, for example, the ghost of a man, dressed in a grey suit and a
cocked hat. According to the legend he was killed in the theatre building
in the 18-19 centuries. Another ghost named Joseph Grimaldi, a clown,
which is said to help nervous actors on stage.

The Royal Court Theatre

The Royal Court Theatre, which is located in Kensington and
Chelsea, made an enormous contribution to the development of
modern theatre. It was founded in 1870. Interestingly, the original
theatre was located in a reconstructed church, and only in 1888
moved to its own building on the same street. In repertoire there are
British and foreign plays.

London’s Piccadilly Theatre

London’s Piccadilly Theatre is one of the newest venues, opening
in April 1928. Since opening in 1928, the Piccadilly Theatre has
been used for a wide range of entertainment, spanning from cinema
to ballets and dramas. Their opening musical, Blue Eyes, starred