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... publishes a letter from Mr. F. B. Chatterton, in which that gentlemian says that, having been for seven years manager of Drury Lane Theatre, he has for six years done his utmost to provide the public with the legitimate, drama. He has put the best plays ...
... FORMOSA. Mr. F. B. Ohattertoss, the lessee of Drury-lane Theatre, Not) Dn-. has addressed the following letter to the Times ;- to A tee I Ito not wish to intrude on the discussion concerning the seng 'es- moral effect of Mr. Boueicauit's new play, ...
... kind. As a rule, 'however, adverse criticism does not do gocd.to the thing 'criticised; and as a fact the attendance at Drury Lane has greatly diminished since the cotitroversy. We believe that the falling off in the numbers of the audience was first ...
... life, as the .'aj'or originally remarks in the much-abused Play of Formosa, by Mr. Dion Boucicault, now on v~ew at Drury Lane Theatre. Certain mdi-n ncdaols, whose zeal may possibly outstrip their dis. creti..n, have proposed the formation of an ...
... ugly facts iii support of the statement. Mr. Chatterton is not the only manager who has failed to make Shakspeare pay. A Drury Lane manager can only keel) himself going by a constant succession of very large audiences, and it must be admitted that there ...
... dravln film the lowest quarters of London. Costermongers, orange vend('ors, l cpins of o) ster-stalls, supernumeraries froam Drury Lane, sweeps, *].cibhicls, looner girls--such I found on inquiry wvere tile professions :o c\hich the 1o10-1pickers as a rule ...
... exceptional circumstane. But it may at any rate be said of Mr. NAQaNADY's ,noble enterprise-first of Covent Garden, end then of Drury Lane-that if it did not pay Lit attracted the highest consideration, end :proved thsat thre w asa publio for Saxz8SPEAURS and ...
... celebrated, and not very in- experienced, theatrical manager, no leesa person, in fact, than MNi. CHATTERTON, the manager of - Drury-lane Theatre, From his somewhat lengthened, and by no means discreditable, exer- tions on this subject, as explained in Tuesday's ...
... ' the other half in evading his angry creditors. He was sometimes for hours, even for days, ambushed in the Treasury at Drury Lane. ae seldom answered letters,- and veryoften did not open those, he received. He lost re- ceipts and paid billsatwice or ...
... prosaicnmat- ters of fact we find the same wide diversity of opinion existing. Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON, the lessee and manager of Drury Lane Theatre, sends a flaming account to the Times of the monster houses which ' Formosa 1 draws, only to be contradicted ...
... Cardinal, you'll shew a little honesty. The principal event in the theatrical world is Mr. Bouci- cault's new drama at Drury Lane, Formosa; or, the Rail- road to Ruin. With scarcely an exception the dramatic critics of the different London papers, whilst ...
... amusement. MDLLE. AMY TREVELLI AT THE OXFORD MUSIC HALL.-TIi3 lady filled second parts when Italian Opera was located at Drury- lane, under Mr. Mapleson, and her voice, which betrays much cul- tivation and finish, was heard to great advantage in Let me ...