... provinces. Almost as many pantomines are being produced in the provinces as ever, but London has fewer, and there is no Drury Lane Pantomine this year. The tendency appears to be for children’s plays to take the place of the old-fashioned topsy ...

... “Beggars Opera’” forms the main feature of the programme on Wednesday night. This was first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in 1737 by “His Majesty’s Servants with music prefixed to each song.” Later in the evening the birthday of the immortal ...

... script of the present version is taken from the “ copies used in the theatres” as given by Thomas Dibdin, the prompter at !Drury Lane, At 7-45 on Thursday, the 21st June, Melville. Gideon, of Co-optimist fame, is giving a short recital from London, and at ...

... golden cockerel whose crowing warns the King and his Court of danger threatening the city. The opera was first performed at Drury Lane in 1013 when the famous Russian bass, Chaliapin, took the prindpal part of Dodin,- the king. At its subsequcnt performance ...

... Belast to take part. ini the periormance of Offentach’s “Tales i Hoffman,” Mr. Williams has been olaving in “The New Moon” at Drury Lane Theatre. Some time ago a concert of the voices Paciiori and Albani from the past broadcast and on Thursday at 9-10 eners ...

... “The Mikado,” two excerpts of which will be rclayed from the Savoy Theatre at 8-15 and 10-12 on Friday. The Theatre Roval, Drury Lane, has of all the London theatres the longest and most varied history, and has had the distinction of being burnt down at ...

... and «Martha’”’ “Martha” was rcmodelled from a ballet and as “Lady Henriette” qu'ckly spread ali over the world and reached Drury Lane London, in 1849. An excellent cast of selected vocalists is to present this opera on Thursday, 24th July. The performarce ...

... Featuring LAWRENCE TIBBETT, GRACE MOORE, ROLAND YOUNG. and ADOLPHE MENJOU. THE YEAR’S FINEST MUSICAL TREAT ! The famous Drury Lane musical comedy success transferred to the screen with sensational results. A delightful romance of Russia, splendidly directed ...

... Prince Cnarles EdwarC, were sweeping southwara, and it secmed that London might be invaaed. At the end of a performance at Drury Lane an actress spontareously sang the Anthem. The resporse was so great that the National Anthem was sung cvery might after ...

... cruel smile, the chairmanship of the Ritz-Carlton group of hotels, Booth’s Gin, the Grand Buildings in Trafalgar Square, and Drury Lane Theatre, a few more directorships such as that of the London Branch of the Norwich Union, and there is your man. Even this ...

... in each of the two acts, and it is to their credit that they )aecompliuhed their work in a manner which rivalled that of Drury Lane professionals, and in the scene shifting very littl> time was lost between the various vumbers with the result that there ...

... that she had known the late Lord Lurgan (his father) extremely well while he was one of the directors of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Marie Burke recalls frequent occasions on which he brought his son behind-stage to show him conditions ‘‘behind the scenes ...