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Letters: Balancing the books--out of need not greed

... within a year. This is not greed this is responsible business practice. If we were in theatres the size of the Palladium or Drury Lane seating over 2,000 people, we certainly would be in a financial posi tion to consider offering discounts to parties. It ...

Published: Thursday 09 October 1986
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 297 | Page: 7 | Tags: letter 

Letters: Goodbye daddy

... Goodbye daddy SIR, I am leaving the cast of 42nd Street at Drury Lane on November 1 after two and a half years of playing the sugar daddy, Abner Dillon, from day one. My reasons for leaving are not due to, as rumoured, a disagreement with the management ...

Published: Thursday 06 November 1986
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 208 | Page: 8 | Tags: letter 

Letters: Shipping out centuries of traditional British panto to America

... following year, versions ot All Baba and Sindbad the Sailor made their way to America. Whimsical Wal ker, the last clown at Drury Lane theatre, also took his own production to the USA, and it is recorded that [he theatre gallery collapsed under the strain ...

Published: Thursday 05 November 1987
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 531 | Page: 10 | Tags: letter 

LETTERS: The selling points of big name backers

... reasons for the failure of Rags and Roza. No doubt many theatregoers can identify the failure of Son- dheim's Sweeney Todd at Drury Lane and its recent success at the Liverpool Playhouse, the Wat ford Palace and the Half Moon Theatre which illustrates the im ...

Published: Thursday 19 November 1987
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 295 | Page: 7 | Tags: letter 

Letters: Stewart's greatest triumph

... greatest triumph SIR, In vour obituary ol Mike Stewart you omit one of his greatest triumphs: 42nd Street now running at Drury Lane and the Si James in New York City, and doubtless in other cities throughout the world It was Mike who found an old copy ...

Published: Wednesday 23 December 1987
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 136 | Page: 7 | Tags: letter 

Letters: Shaughraun to be sure

... play had its world premiere at Wallack's in New York in November 1874. The play had its London pre miere 10 months later at Drury Lane in September of 1875. Where London has seen The Shaughraun on several occasions in the 20th century, New York has had no ...

Published: Thursday 23 June 1988
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 269 | Page: 7 | Tags: letter 

Letters: Pursuing a panto giant

... principal comedian alongside such popular figures as Herbert Campbell, Vesta Tilley and Dan Leno in the famous Theatre Angel, Drury Lane panto mimes (1880-1893). He also collaborated on the book with Augustus Harris and E L Blanchard. He wrote songs and plays ...

Published: Thursday 29 December 1988
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 175 | Page: 7 | Tags: letter 

Letters: Shock at the awards

... believe that the idea of these awards is that they are the voice of the public. Well if the packed houses and advance sales at Drury Lane aren't indicative of what we the public feel is the best, I don't know what is. One final thought on the cere mony. If at ...

Published: Thursday 19 April 1990
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 240 | Page: 7 | Tags: letter 

Letters: Hollande gets a dressing down

... stage successes we have costumed Les Miserables (including six productions throughout the world), Miss Saigon and numer ous Drury Lane and London Palladium shows. Although Mr Hollande is now den igrating all these achievements, I do not wish to criticise ...

Published: Thursday 23 August 1990
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 501 | Page: 7 | Tags: letter 

Letters: The men who would be King

... the pleasur able experience of appearing as The Kralahome and sometimes as The King in the original London produc tion at Drury Lane in which 'The King' was played by Herbert Lorn. I also appeared as The Kralahome in the film version in which Yul Brynner ...

Published: Thursday 14 March 1991
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 229 | Page: 15 | Tags: letter 

Letters: What a difference a policy review makes

... considered by the Arts Council in January this year, it was proposed that the operation of the Royal Opera House, the Coli seum, Drury Lane, the Lyceum and the Kingsway Hall should be com bined under one management. Such an organisation would be con cerned with ...

Published: Thursday 19 September 1991
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 274 | Page: 7 | Tags: letter 

Letters: Lincoln's historic theatre must have had a lot of front

... of Lincoln Theatre Royal, it never seems to be mentioned that the frontage on to the street used to look like a miniature Drury Lane or Haymarket Theatre. There were pil lars, a pediment, and a good foyer. These were removed when Clasketgate was widened ...

Published: Thursday 21 November 1991
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 136 | Page: 7 | Tags: letter