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... Globe and Blackfriars theatres in 1628, and printed in the following year. 2. William Cartwright was one of the company at Drury Lane Theatre when it was re- opened by Mr. Thomas Killegrew, after the Restoration. See reply to J. D. A. MUSICAL. T. Young, ...

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... left this country for America, hut in 1820 he was again playing at Drury Lane. He afterwards paid another visit to America, where ne was immensely popular, and returned again to Drury Lane, where he was for some years stage manager. W. H. L. Mrs. Stilling ...

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... ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. DRAMATIC. Georoe Elfin. Mr. .John Ryder played with Mr. Macready when he was manager of Drury Lane Theatre. He was bom in 1814. He played at the Princess's Theatre under the management of Charles Kean. J. H. E. Mi-. Wills's ...

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... ever since the house opened as a theatre. We do nut know what was realised by the benefits. Y. P.-- Her Majesty did visit Drury Lane Theatre in state during that season, and it was under Macready's management. The play was As You Like It. L. 1. Sony to ...

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... Wigan. Y. M. C. The lady's name is Mrs. McKee Rankin. J. V. Hogarth was at onetime a scene-painter. He painted scenery for Drury Lane Theatre conjointly with Mr. Edward Aram, by whom he was introduced to that branch of his profession. They painted scenes ...

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... Theatre in 1862 or 1863. Tubby. The Child of the Wreck was a successful melodrama produced in 1838. It was first played at Drury Lane Theatre, and still often crops up in the provinces. VVe have forgotten the author's name. An Actress. We sympathise with ...

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... included Grimaldi. 2. Can't tell. 3 Column's Jealous Wife was based upon Fielding's Tom Jones, which was first pro duced at Drury Lane Theatre on February 12th, 1761. P'-AYoom-- Mr. Robson's farce of B.B. was produced at the Olympic in Jeaxh.-- The .1 terry ...

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... ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. DRAMATIC. Hknry Ward. Harlequin's Invasion: A Christmas Gambol used to be frequently played at Drury Lane, where it appears to have long been popular. It was first played there in 1759, and described how Harlequin and his rude ...

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... Greek. Will reply next week. E. F. G. Not known. R. M. The coronation of George the Fourth was reproduced on the stage of Drury Lane Theatre as a grand spectacle, the dresses being in exact imitation of those worn by the chief personages who figured in ...

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... an ugly, nervous, thin, little, jerky actress, as sour as-- well, as sour grapes R. G. S .--The Pond to Ruin was acted at Drury Lane for the first time on June 6, in the year named. Puzzled. 1. It is called a comedy, and as a comedy the author wrote it ...

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... in a quarter of an hour he'd have been upon all fours, longing for a muzzle. W. Brands.-- Edmund Kean played Henry V. at Drury Lane Theatre. Arthur Sadler.-- Mrs. Henry Siddons played a farewell performance at Edinburgh in the March, or April, of 1830 ...

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... survived him so long was probably Wewitzer, who was found deadin hisbed one January morn ing at his lodgings in Wild-passage, Drury Lane, in, we think, 1S05. He was seventy-seven years old. Clubs. The Drury lime Beef-Steak Club was established in January, 1826 ...