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THE STAGE

... night's rare enjoy- tnent. ' AMillion of 3fonev,' by Mr. IT. Pettitt and Sir Aurivtun HIarris, which has been played at Drury Lane with much quccess, was produced at the Queen's Theatre for the first time in the provinces last Monday evening. There was ...

Published: Friday 05 August 1892
Newspaper: Manchester Times
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 716 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

THE CONFIDENCE TRICK

... into conversation about Nelson's Monument, which led to an invitation to have some refresh. ments. They wvalked towards Drury Lane, where they had a glass of milk. All three then went to a public house. Chalkley said that he had had £9,000 lefk him by ...

Published: Saturday 11 September 1886
Newspaper: Manchester Times
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 678 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENCE

... gave us a taste of it. As Mr. Augustus Harris has recently stated in a magazine article, his Virginus was a failure at Drury Lane. Yet there was a great [sincerity hidden by his obsolete method; and his death takes away one of the few remaining actors ...

Published: Tuesday 10 November 1885
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 1710 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT

... of time. Another interesting relic of old London has disap- peared by the demolition of the Old Lion Ina in Wych street, Drury Lane. The inn is famous as having been the chief haunt some hundred and fifty years ago of the thieves of the metropolis, and ...

Published: Saturday 08 January 1881
Newspaper: Manchester Times
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1852 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT

... and halls of dazzling light become more 'and more bewildering. From the classical dramatic regions of Covent Garden. Drury Lane,: end the Strand, mianagerial magnificence has extended itself to distant'Hoxton, and to slummy Whiteohapel. Thespis has ...

Published: Saturday 01 January 1859
Newspaper: Manchester Times
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1609 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

THE STAGE

... utility business under Barry Sullivasi, at ia salary of 30s. or £E2 a week. Thenr, said trhb' present lessee of Coveat Garden, Drury Lane, and at least one proviucial establishment, and sole or part owner of perhips 100 popular dlrarnas and operas: I did more ...

Published: Friday 06 October 1893
Newspaper: Manchester Times
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1575 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

THE STAGE

... Christmas nerformanues took plane. The most important of the many theatrical events, however; Was the production of the Drury Lane pantomime, which this vear is entitled IHumpty Dntnpty; or Hrleqziinv the ,Yellow 1Dwarf, and the auir One wit] the Golden ...

Published: Friday 01 January 1892
Newspaper: Manchester Times
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 882 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

OUR LONDON LETTER

... produc- if tion of the Drury - lane pantomime. The L business of the opening is not yet developed; the fun will come later. Bet the spectacle n last night was generally admitted to be the L finest ever seen on the Drury - lane stage. z Sir Augustus Harris's ...

Published: Wednesday 28 December 1892
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 1977 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

SOCIETY AND THE STAGE

... hgiven the solution at the end, to guess the difficulties at the beginning. 4yMrs. Bernard Beers is dangerously ill . | At Drury Lane preparations for the Septemlber ri- ropening are by no means backward. Elaborate scenic effects are already engaging the ...

Published: Saturday 12 July 1890
Newspaper: Manchester Times
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1788 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

DESTRUCTION OF A MENAGERIE BY FIRE

... entirely confinet to lthe interior of the building. EXPLOSION AT DRURY LANE THEATRE. 'lwo men, ncased Hairris and Creed, were on Wednesday night engaged in the liine-liglht roam, at Drury Lane Thoatre, Londoci, mixing gas, when one of he libags they were ...

Published: Saturday 07 June 1884
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1768 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

METROPOLITAN GOSSIP

... vandalism could be prevented. There has been a tempest in a teapot about the play of Formosa, now being represented at Drury Lane, certain of the critics having spoken of the piece as one of an im- moral tendency. Perhaps the worst that can be brought ...

Published: Saturday 28 August 1869
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2025 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

MR. MACREADY'S FAREWELL TO THE STAGE

... memorable in the an- IAL nals of the English dramna, took place yesterday even- C ing. Mr. Macready took his pn tirg becefit at Drury lane, and appeared for the lart time, in the character of 'itS Macbeth. The termination of his carer was wortlhy of l or its ...

Published: Friday 28 February 1851
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 968 | Page: 5 | Tags: News