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FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT

... has been playing H Hamlet at Drury Lane, does not find the speculation a pay- ing one, I fear. He has taken the theatre out of I r Chatterton's hands, so the responsibility, such as it Is, lies with him alone, Drury Lane is I I I i i i I I I such a big ...

Published: Friday 13 December 1878
Newspaper: Newcastle Courant
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 1392 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT

... the whole world, when, without going into such matters, Herr ?? had a sufficient defense. He will make his appearance at Drury Lane next week in Hamlet, anid I amn curious to see what kind of reception he will meet with on the occa- sion. It is perfectly ...

Published: Friday 29 November 1878
Newspaper: Newcastle Courant
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 899 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT

... that when he found the delightf ol moment close at hand, the excitement proved too much for himl. I Since the re-opening of Drury Lane Theatre this autuml the public have had placed at their disposal a series of programmes, the variety of which has .been ...

Published: Friday 06 December 1878
Newspaper: Newcastle Courant
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 1920 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT

... own hands, will have plenty of scope for his energies. Notwithstanding a strong cast, Shakespeare's Winter's Tale at Drury Lane has not proved a success. After Saturday it will be played alter- nately with Macbeth, in which tragedy Mr Dillon will ...

Published: Friday 25 October 1878
Newspaper: Newcastle Courant
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 1107 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT

... very heavy expen a. I do not know what to think about the rumour that Lady Burdett-Coultts intends to set up Mr Irving at Drury Lane to cultivate the national taste forna high-class dramatic feast. She is rich enough, certainly, to try such an experiment ...

Published: Friday 08 March 1878
Newspaper: Newcastle Courant
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 1089 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT

... unfortunate, but if Toole takes it in hand, it will leave a fair chance. I am told that Sha]kspeare's Winter's Tale at Drury Lane, will shortly give place to Othello, wvith the following ?? Moor, Mr Charles Dillon; lago, Mr Ryder; Desdemona, Miss ...

Published: Friday 18 October 1878
Newspaper: Newcastle Courant
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 2370 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

EXTINCT OCCUPATIONS

... of the sedan chairs, a lively Ecene might have been witnessed nightly during the season at the door of the old theatre in Drury Lane, behind what is now Mosley Street. There was a sheltered space or porch in fcont of the entrance to the theatre where the ...

Published: Friday 22 February 1878
Newspaper: Newcastle Courant
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 1155 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT

... Garden promises to be the most gorgeous, as it will certainly be the most expensive, ever produced on the London stage. At Drury Lane, too, everything is being done to maintain the high character of the house for this description of entertainment; and the ...

Published: Friday 15 November 1878
Newspaper: Newcastle Courant
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 1356 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT

... impression is that ta5 nation will look as blue as the room itself. Mr Wills whose play England was such a failure at Drury Lane last autuimn, is to supply the next piece for the Haymarket, where ogaged is am nounced for withdrawal. The ether night ...

Published: Friday 25 January 1878
Newspaper: Newcastle Courant
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 1542 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT

... relatives andcnumerous professional friends. His illness will occasion a considerable altiration in the arrange- ments at the Drury Lane, as his engagement to play Wolsey has of course fallen through, Othello and Belphegor with Mr Dillon in the leading ...

Published: Friday 08 November 1878
Newspaper: Newcastle Courant
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 1689 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

HISTORICAL AND ANTIQUARIAN

... card-roons, raftfing shops, gardens and other places of amcusement. In 1706 a comedy called H-amstead Heath was perforned at Drury Lane which gives a vivid idea of the gay life led there by the visitors at that early period. One actor, Smart sav- Assemblies ...

Published: Friday 20 December 1878
Newspaper: Newcastle Courant
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 1756 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT

... gloomy apart- mutint of Miss Havishani, the eccentric lady in ''Great Expectations. Shakespeare's Winter's Tale, at Drury Lane has disappointed old playgoers, who remember Plhelps at Sadlef's Wells, Charles Keoan at the Princess's, and Macready at ...

Published: Friday 04 October 1878
Newspaper: Newcastle Courant
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 1844 | Page: 2 | Tags: News