THE BURNING OF HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE

... 283ft. in length, and 64ft. high. In 1790 the interior of the building was partly remodelled by Marinari, scene painter at Drury Lane. The exterior colonnades and- fagqades were completed by Messrs Thomas Nash and Repton, in 1818, at a cost of 50,0001. One ...

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS

... ?? from the Clubs It deserves record, if only as a piece of theatrical his- tory, that the longest season ever known at Drury Lane Theatre is that which was closed last evening. ' Mr. Fechter will, it is said, occupy the Lyesum for a few weeks previous ...

THE THEATRICAL EXAMINER

... thus faintly suggested belonged the character of Scott's Bob Roy; and the melodrama founded on that novel, as now acted at Drury Lane, is touched with the spirit of it. When, in the final chorus of praise to Rob Roy Macgregor, 0, we hear how Still he ...

THE NEW THEATRE ROYAL

... very strong one Miss Croes, the lady who produced such a great imnpression so Diana Vernon in the revival of Rtoh Boy at Drury Lane, has been specilly engaged for the character of Aricl. hir. James liennrte will percocate P'rospero, and probably no man ...

POETRY

... ' He's pinching me, said the boy. WELL SAID, PAT !-When Mr. Sheridan pleaded in court his own cause, and that of the Drury Lane Theatre an Irish labourer, known amongst the actors by the name of Billy Brown, was called upon to give his evidence. Previous ...

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS

... Ig3I MUSMNT DRRY ^LANE TEE &TREU longest season, and, perhaps shortest recess itet r atterton has re-opened Drury Lane, ony and progI a nme tlet mnat command ib s om ltr. Bernard's somewhat ponderous tee ?? .Faus het, been revived, with a cast 7ti. Ole'r ...

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE

... to the Opera in the Haymarket. In I790 the interior of the building was partly remodelled by Marinari, scene painter at Drury Lane. Upon the accession of Queen Victoria, the theatre took the name of 1-Her Majesty's. Few houses thave been under so many ...

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS

... eliii -t ion found in one face, his entertain- tnent i' aiuti' d ttnIiqUe. Mr. it' U- tts .> i t In playing Shylock at Drury Lane . a, 1 m-1 lvetk, but the personation of the V' -i rtai lly not one of his happiest efforzs. It m, r, t- rfortuance, because ...

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS

... it is y said, True to the Core will be represented. P Next Saturday will be the last night of the present 9y season at Drury Lane, on which occasion Mr. Chatterton 'e will take his annual benefit. Mr Edward Weston, late lessee of the music hall in Holborn ...

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS

... in the pallmnest days of the draas, when Kqaxs and Kembles trod the boards of the them great patent theatre, the doors of Drury Lane were generally closed when the hot season cotmensed, and orneequebtly to the present leseee of the national theatre is due ...

THE COLLEEN BAWN

... Converted into an opera by Mr. Benedict at Covent Garden and perverted to the uses of burlesque by Mr. Byron and others at Drury Lane, the Strand, and the Surrey Theatres, the play seems yet to have lost little of its first firm hold upon public sympathy ...

WHO WANTS A GUINEA?

... Gentleman, took rank as a stock comedy, was presented at the Haymarket in i8i2, was transferred, in 1828, to the boards of Drury Lane Theatre, and has occasionally been repeated since with more or less success. That the comedy will now obtain for itself ...