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The Pantomimes

... The Pantomimes. The Christmas Annual at Drury lane Theatre will be Wdittington and His Cat, in which the famous Vokes Family will appear. The production, as usual, will be the offspring of Mr E. L. Blanchard's facile and witty pen. At Covent-galdeg Theatre ...

Published: Sunday 03 October 1875
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 434 | Page: 11 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE FAILURE OF MR. F. B. CHATTERTON

... Bankruptcy Court, on Thursday, before Mr Registrar Brougham. The debtor, who is the Lessee and Manager of the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, late of the Princess's and the Adelphi, has petitioned for the liquidation of his affairs, and Mr Terrell applied to the ...

Published: Sunday 16 February 1879
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 817 | Page: 7 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

The School for Scandal

... Royal in Drury-lane. Altered from 'Vaubrugh's Relapse; or, Virtue in Danger.' By Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Esq. London: Printed for G. Wilkie, No. 71, St. Paul's-churchyard. WIMDCCLXXXI. This comedy was, I believe, brought out at Drury-lane in 1777, ...

Published: Sunday 08 December 1878
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 517 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

Unveiling the Balfe Memorial at Dublin

... (Saturday). DIED, on the 12th inst.. in his twenty-sixth year, Thonlmas Wilson Thoene, for the last five years connected with DrurY- lane, Adelphi, and Princes s Theatres, ...

Published: Sunday 20 April 1879
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 530 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

SHAKESPEARIAN AMATEURS

... hacked, like that of Shakespeare, to an incomparable depth. A once well- known ?? refuge for ineffectual Thespians, in Drury- lane, was called the Garsick's Head, anid by the same token, as als Irishman might romalde, that was the very sign wanting ...

Published: Sunday 23 February 1879
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 512 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

Mdlle. Titiens at Boston

... Boston. SGNoI RlossI, the eminent Italian actor, will make his first appearance before an English audience in Italian, at Drury- lane Theatre on Wednesday night, April 19th, under the joint direction of Mr F. B. Chatterton and AIr John Hollingshead. His ...

Published: Sunday 26 March 1876
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 502 | Page: 10 | Tags: News 

Mr. E. T. Smith and the Royal Exchange Vaults

... Every part of the building can be seen from any spot within, and considering that I have had licences for Her Majesty's, Drury- lane, Lyceum, and other Theatres patronised by Royalty and the aristocracy of this country, and for upwards of thirty years not ...

Published: Sunday 22 April 1877
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 554 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries

... of Mr Alleroft. The part he played waa Master Toby, in Wilkins's play of Civillsolion. During a speculative management at Drury-lane he made a further trial of his abilities, appearing, October 7th, 1852, as Fathom, in The Hunchback, but, the season only ...

Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries

... (now the Prince of Wales's) Theatre. In 1834 he wrote Tani O'S'hanter and The King's Seal, produced with marked success at Drury- lane, and the drama of Lo Zingaro, brought out at the Adelphi. Among the sixty other pieces he contributed to the London stage ...

Advertisements & Notices

... Man- chester, in the autumn oJ 1847, under tMr. Sloan's management. r. R.-The famous French tragedienne Rachel played at Drury- lane Theat/e on the 9th of lugust, 1855, on the occasion of a benefit per/brmance in aid of the Societ6 Francaise de Secours ...

Published: Sunday 10 September 1871
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 507 | Page: 9 | Tags: Advertisements & Notices 

ENGLAND AT DRURY-LANE

... England, has addressed the following letter to the Editor of The Times:- Sir,-As the well-abused author of England at Drury -lane Theatre, will you, with your accustomed kindness, allow me to fire one shot for myself, having sustained the broadside of ...

Published: Sunday 07 October 1877
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 650 | Page: 6 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

COURT AND FASHION

... nel Teesdale, insected the exhibition of fans at the South Kensington Museum. mn the evening they visited the Opera at Drury- Lane Theatre. THE COUNTESS TELE&I, the accomplished daughter of the late Lord and Lady Langdale, died at Damascus on the 3d inst ...