Sadler's Wells in British English
(ˈsædləz wɛlz)
noun
(functioning as singular)
a theatre in London. It was renovated in 1931 by Lilian Bayliss and became the home of the Sadler's Wells Opera Company and the Sadler's Wells Ballet (now the Royal Ballet)
Word origin
named after the medicinal wells on the site and its owner Thomas Sadler, who founded the original theatre on the siteImage ofSadler's Wells
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