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Art:

a) Cinema, Theatre;

b) Literature:

c) Painting and architecture;

d) Places of Interest all over the country.

From about 1930(найнтин серти) until very recent times the cinema enjoyed great
popularity in Britain. The first cinemas were the most impressive buildings in the
street of many towns. Later, the rapid spread of television brought a great change.
The number of cinema -goers dropped and, as a result, 1,500(ван саузэнд вайв
хандред) cinemas were closed. Many of the films were mostly imported from
America.

Theatre is a popular hobby in Great Britain as well. The main theatrical city of the
country is London. There are more than 50 different theatres in the capital and
about 200 professional companies World-famous for its concerts is Albert Hall in
London. It performs from mid-July till mud-September, involving a great variety
of orchestras and conductors, both British and foreign. Among the first-class
orchestras are BBC Symphony, London Symphony, New Philharmonic and others.

b) Literature:

Great Britain gave the world a lot of talented people. Many famous writers and
poets were born and lived in Great Britain. One of the best known English
playwrights was William Shakespeare. He draw ideas for his tragedies and
comedies from the history of England and ancient Rome.

Robert Burns represents the generation of Romantic writers. In his poems he

described with love and understanding' the simple life he knew.

Sir Walter Scott wrote the first examples of historical novel, for instance,
"Ivanhoe".

Lewis Carroll became famous when he published "Alice's Adventures in

Wonderland".

c) Painting and architecture;

Like any other art form, the architecture of the state is a kind of calling card, by
which the inhabitants of other countries can judge the level of its cultural
development and the peculiarities of its citizens’ character. England’s architecture
is aristocratic and conservative. 

The oldest and, accordingly, the fewest in England are the reminders of the Tudor
period (16th century). Tudor-style buildings can be recognized by black wooden
frames and steep roof arches surmounted by groups of chimneys decorated with
ceramic ornaments.

The Georgian style buildings are characterized by simple symmetrical layout and
minimalistic decor presented by white ornament.

Gothic traits borrowed from the French architecture of the same period are
manifested by the elongated, aspiring to the sky cathedral buildings with multiple
lancet arches and wall-bounds.

d) Places of Interest all over the country.

Britain is rich in its historic places which link the present with the past.

The oldest part of London is Lud Hill, where the city is originated.

Liverpool, the "city of ships", is England's second greatest port, ranking after
London.

Stratford-on-Avon lies 93 miles north-west of London. Shakespeare was born here

in 1564(фифтин сиксти фор) and here he died in 1616(сикстин
сикстин).Cambridge and Oxford Universities are famous centres of learning.

The British Museum is the largest and richest museum in the world. It was founded
in 1753(севентин фифти сри) and contains one of the world's richest collections
of antiquities.(антиквитиес)

Madam Tussaud's Museum is an exhibition of hundreds of life-size wax models of

famous people of yesterday and today.