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
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FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT

... without bctraying any very Cesperate secret, by Saying that 'the Brothers Grinn, who are looking after tbe interests of Drury Lane, are no other than MIr Blanchard him- self. The foregoing loolks rather shaky grammnar; but Air Blanchar-d is to blanae ...

Published: Tuesday 23 December 1879
Newspaper: Newcastle Courant
County: Northumberland, England
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CHRISTMAS IN THE NORTH ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO

... which will be added (by Desire), a new Farce, written by Mrs Cowley, authoress of 'The Runaway,' and performed 20 nights at Drury Lane, with very great Applause, called 'Who's the Dupe?' To begin exactly at half-past six o'clock. Places for the Boxes to be ...

Published: Friday 19 December 1879
Newspaper: Newcastle Courant
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 1323 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

CHRISTMAS CONGRATULATIONS!

... held an inquest in Bloomsbury on the body of a man who died of commonplace hunger and commonplace cold in Short's-gardens, Drury- lane. One witness, at a quarter to three in the morning, saw the deceased sitting on the pave- ment. A policeman passing at the ...

Published: Sunday 21 December 1879
Newspaper: Reynolds's Newspaper
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1480 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

LONDON CORRESPONDENCE

... to-night both Sadler's Wells and the Surrey ave LTheatres presented their Christmas pantomime, i a thus stealing a march upon Drury Lane and 1st D( Covent Garden. At Mrs Bateman's Theatre, in engine Islington, the old favourite pantomime of The officer Forty ...

Published: Thursday 25 December 1879
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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LONDON CORRESPONDENCE

... pantomime apme proealied, the streets filled sensibly.Th first, the of the pantomlime-houses which calls for notice coir is Drury Lane Theatre, where Mr Augustus; Harris has assumed the rosponsibility of mlanage- cap muelt. The Drury pantonilme this year ...

Published: Saturday 27 December 1879
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1578 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

GLEANINGS

... Hope. Their Royal Ilighncesses the Dplke, anm Duchess of Edinburgh and suite attended the performance of ''Blue Bcard, at Drury Lane Theatre, on Saturday evening. The Queen's New Year's gifts to the poor of the parishes. of New Windsor, Holy Trinity, andl ...

Published: Tuesday 30 December 1879
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
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LONDON CORRESPONDENCE

... r Howard, and adapted for the English stage by A Mr Alberryr Hg Mr George Rignold concluded his brief lesseeship- tif Drury, Lane last nivglt with an in- creased reputation, atd I hope uot a diniiijished a purse. I . ; .- - ...

Published: Monday 08 December 1879
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1776 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

OUR LONDON CORRESPONL . .......-

... sung before. As Christmas comes along the theatres begin get more netive. The two largest houses will hot! give pantomimes. Drury Lane has Little Red Riding Hoed, Covent Garden Sinb d the Sailor. Mrs Bateman gives Sadler's Wells up ta pantomime also. Pinafore ...

Published: Monday 01 December 1879
Newspaper: South Wales Daily News
County: Glamorgan, Wales
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GENERAL NEWS

... ilarlquin Bol'oko, ' at the Grecian. Two (at the Crystal and Alexandra Palaces) were broughtforward esoiie'days' ago, while only Drury Lane, Covent Garden, thle Standard, and Sanger's reserved theie )hristmas annuals for the orthodox Boxing Night.. AN 'AsiNUSa ...

Published: Saturday 27 December 1879
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2020 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

THE WEATHER AND THE PARKS

... Park-Ics infair condition; 20,00 skaters and sliders on at one time. The followin cases were ?? Dunn, 36, Craveru-ard, Drury. lane, cut face; Thomas Whibatey, i, Gueford-place, Bloomstbury, immersionin 3 feet of water and out head; Patrick Dolt, 9, H ...

Published: Monday 08 December 1879
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1922 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

Local Records and Notes

... were succeeded by the present Theatre Royal, opened on January 21, 178S. The lasi theatre before the Loyal was built was in Drury Lane, and old in- habitants remember the sedan chairs waiting at the door.- Blouvs. MASSES IN NXEWCASTLs (Ceourmnt, Dec. Pth) ...

Published: Friday 12 December 1879
Newspaper: Newcastle Courant
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 7093 | Page: 6 | Tags: News