... Shakespere's time, Drury Lane appears to have been celebrated for the best productions of the second-rate orderof dramatists, a set of men who would have been first 'in any other age. We have little to say of the par- ticulars of Drury. Lane at this period ...

... THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF MR. CHARLES KEAN..j His first appearance on any stage took place at Drury Lane Theatre, on the opening night of the season, Monday, October the 1st, 1827. Youmg Norval in Home's tragedy of Douglas was the character selected ...

... grace, in enunciating I the 'Dearly beloved,' and in reading an Epistle. For B all this,.Will was indebted to the players at Drury Lane 1 -but the necessary money was well laid out.: It re- turned cent per cent. Covent Garden was not bac]cward in lendiug him ...

... aged 67, of Neal's Passage, Seven Dials; John Sheare, aged 34, of Hart St., Covent Garden; Morris Gibbons, of 4 King St., Drury Lane; and Christopher Manley. The men had conti- nued for some time at work, when those who were in the 1st floor had their attention ...

... occasioned by the mhe hearing, but the infliction of injury upon Grasiani and led Smith, by preventing his appearance mit Drury Lane. It w*as ith perfectly evident that Air. Smith had acted vith perfect :Id o'ia fides throughout the whole of the transaction ...

... Mcasycoiuliant. In regard to lago, it will be recol- I lected that he was engaged to star it with Edmund Kean, at c, Drury Lane; and the occasion still remains one of the bright- n est recollections of a long theatrical experience. There was, r however ...

... exploits were closely followed by liaric- quin Sheppard, a Night scene, is Grotesque Characters, at the 'l'hentre-Royal, Drury Lane, with scencs ' paianted front the real places of action ; and that afterwards a farce, in threa acts, with the title of ...

... and other stage entertainments are given. The theatre license is granted to about 20 places in the metropolis, excluding Drury Lane and Covent Garden, whics are kept open in virtue of Royal patents granted to Killigrew and Davenantin the time of Charles ...

... masquerade on the last night of the ''emple revels, and to the two theatres in Drury Lane and Dorset Gardens. He was chiefly attracted by the Tower and the performances at Drury Lane. The wild beasts and implements of war were adapted to his rougher nature ...

... a lessee of one of the principal theatres, with- drawn, and the result has been that, with the exception perhaps of the Drury Lane and the Lyceum theatres, all the different theatres throughout the metropolis have been, or are in the course of being turned ...

... borne in mind that for 'four years Robson has been support- lag aiim~ost extravagant establishment with boxes at the opera, Drury Lane,' horses, carriages, a&C. What the exact amount is will not be ascertained until the divideids are payable. That will bethe ...

... artistes will include Mdme: Grisi, tj Mons. aiid Aldme. Gassier, Volpint (the new tenor who ie achieved so great a success at Drury Lane during the se recent operatic performances), Lorini, Tennant, Formes, and other singers. Amongst the operas o already selected ...