BOXING-DAY AMUSEMENTS IN LONDON

... signalled out for admiration, even in a theatre famous for its ballets. The traditions • Night were abundantly preserved at Drury Lane and Covent Garden. At the latter theatre atmosphere of superior gentility over old Drury usually prevails Boxing Night, ...

Published: Saturday 27 December 1879
Newspaper: Glasgow Herald
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 857 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

DEATH OF MRS. HOWARD PAUL

... ability has been since dis- played at most of the metropolitan theatres, and ten years ago her performance of Lady Macbeth at Drury lane Theatre was curiously associated with her representation of Hecate. Mrs. Howard Paul's latest appearance in London was at ...

Published: Friday 13 June 1879
Newspaper: Monmouthshire Merlin
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 191 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

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... lose his daughter Ellen, aged 15 years. We last week stated that Mdllc. Nilssou received at the rate of f200 per night at Drury Lane. To tins we may add that lldmr. Patti is paid £120 each time she sings at Coveut- Garden.—Mtt/walStandard. All the Leeds ...

LONDON CORRESPONDENCE

... damaged- Exacclv ten years ago the late Mr Andrew HaMli- so da,,vrodnend his spectaculardrama,called TheGreat Ci x, at Drury Lane. It was the first of the modern P 1-aistic dramas, and it brought both manager and v author a cossiderable fortune. All ...

Published: Tuesday 13 November 1877
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 476 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

HOSPITAL SATURDAY IN LONDON

... in places of public retort,' as well as thousands of penny, Sixpenny, and ehilling subscription. cards. The lessees of Drury Lane, the Adelphi, the Princess's, and other theatres gave their houses for morning performances. A feature, however, new to ...

Published: Monday 19 October 1874
Newspaper: Glasgow Herald
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 534 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

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... Canada, and the schools of that city are closed in consequence. Mr. George Rignol4 will probably make hie ippearance at Drury Lane, early in November, in Henry V. Severe falls of snow are announced from Styria Mlesia and other mountainous districts, ...

Published: Saturday 25 October 1879
Newspaper: Pontypool Free Press
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 205 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

MICHAEL BALFE

... produced at Drury Lane on November 27, 1843, and enjoyed a singularly prosperous career. The Daughter of St. Mark was ?? remarkably attraotlve. The Enchantress, The Bondman, and The Maid of Honour, successively appeared at Drury Lane, with equally ...

Published: Saturday 22 October 1870
Newspaper: Manchester Times
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 842 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

OPERATIC PROSPECTS

... \'entadour. Mdllc. Nilsson and M. I'aure ac rcheicrsin- (in Italian), under the direction of Signocl' r I - i. viewv to Drury Lane. The part of Mlign -n it . . unsuited to Mdlle. Nilsson, as that of .largai . 1, ?? and unsuited to Madame l'atti. 'bl'is ...

Published: Saturday 19 February 1870
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 1285 | Page: 17 | Tags: News 

WILLS AND BEQUESTS

... PROPOSED BALFE SCHOLARSHIP. The statue of this composer in the vestibule of Drury- lane Theatre will not much longer be his only public memorial, the idea having been started and, taken up with energy of founding a Balfe Scholar-! ship at the Royal ...

Published: Monday 29 May 1876
Newspaper: South Wales Daily News
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 239 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

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... bought by the Belgian Government for 200,000 francs. Amy Robsart, Halliday's version of Kenil. worth, first given at Drury lane, is in rehearsal at the Adelphi. Miss Neilson will play her original part of the heroine. browning's Dramatic Idyls, will ...

Published: Friday 21 March 1879
Newspaper: Monmouthshire Merlin
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 223 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

THE PANTOMIMES

... children who occupy the stage win frequent applause. by the shrillness of their songs and the agility of their dancing. At. Drury Lane the pantomime is described as illustrative of old English.. Folk-lore and Nursery Legends, and bears the title of Jack ...

Published: Monday 29 December 1873
Newspaper: Pall Mall Gazette
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1112 | Page: 12 | Tags: News