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CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENTS

... are by M. Petit, and the whole has been produced by Mr. Edward Stirling. The gorgeous senery by Messrs Grieve and.Telbin. DRURY LANE. -Peter Wilkins; or, Harlequin and the Flying Woman of the Loadstone Island, is the attractive title of the great Christmas ...

NOTES ON NEW BOOKS

... good deal of London life as it then existed, and to gratify his admiration for theatricals by frequent at- tenidance at Drury Lane when Garrick was delighting the critics of the metropolis. He was likewise introduced to the great statesmen of his time ...

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION

... over which Beck- ford displayed a degree of coolness equalled only by Sheridan's enquiry when he sat in a tavern while Drury Lane was burning, whether he could'nt have a glass of wine quietly by his own fireside i Mr. Murray, the pub- lisher, contributes ...

THE CRYSTAL PALACE MUSIC [ill]

... )Mr. Geer-h~ Eanisford attended to thle lightfing; eliot all thle cci;- mechanins lies been constructed ay )In-. J. Lasi. Drury Lane ; andi thatr the scenery (writh ae xieo':epocnj and the decorations are Cthe work of Mr.. C.Sothcc the Grecian Theatre. ...

NOTES ON NEW BOOKS

... be about £15000.; 'the sent of such a building varies from £3,500. to £4,000. a year. He pays at the rate of £7,800. fy Drury Lane. The Haysnarket was rented for many years at £4,400. a year, and is worth that amount now. T[he Princess's was let to Mr ...

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS

... stage in a still more complete manner, Mr. Day has this week engaged Madame Caradori, ?? donna at her Majesty's Theatre and Drury Lane. Madame Caradori made her first appearance to a crowded house on Monday evening, and achieved a great suecess. Tho selection ...

THE MAGAZINES FOR JUNE

... ale-hounes,' -such as Horace Walpole saw it-were dangerous snares . To Soho, to Mrs. Cornely's, he wont later, He was seen at Drury Lane, where Garrick had given him a box, and Mr. Cradock, the fashionable amateur, author, and aroor, was in the habit of meeting ...

BOXING-DAY IN BIRMINGHAM

... Policeman, Mr. Walton Scott. The scenery was designed, painted, and arranged by Mr. James Roberts, jun,, of the Theatres Royal Drury Lane and Covent Garden; the flowers, supplied by Mr. J. Wall, of the Theatre Royal Drury Lano; the perfumes, by Mr. E, Thmnmel; ...

LITERARY, ARTISTIC, AND SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS

... to the Shakespeare Committee for a morning performance; Mr. Falconer has proposed to give the proceeds of an evening at Drury Lane; Air. Webster has proposed to give an evening at the Adelphi- Mr. Buckatone has offered an evening at the Haymarket; and ...

ADVENTURES IN THE CAREER OF AN ACTOR

... The Lord's SVaxming pan.' From the Tottenniam Stroeet Theatre I wont to the Eo~gliah Opera, now the L~yceum; from there to Drury Lane; thence to the Haymarket- from there to Covent Garden, the Olympic, the Adelphi; and here I amP such as I am. During that ...

MUSICAL MEMOIRS OF HENRY PHILLIPS.*

... fortunately a neighbour allowed hlm to practise on her own piano, and the youth was as happy as a king. During his career at Drury Lane he was too much of a boy to appreciate all the great men he had seen, when Charles Dibdin, Dr. Kitchener, and a score of ...

LITERARY, ARTISTIC, AND SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS

... ieady for the printing off as soon as the Hiat shall go forth. It is, however, most rigidly guarded and under lock atid key. Drury Lane will re open under the managemeant of Messrs. Falconer and 0lhatterton on the 24th of Sap. tember, when Mr. Pbelps will ...