... proving a certain extra, unsatisfactory. lie did not rcsi-il Txindon until April. 1871. lie then first appeared hansl at Drury lane—under the management of Cn. sang times in the course of sear.on. making brilliant hi the part of Raoul in The Huguenots ...

... youngster, came into the stage bos and, to tho immense emu-ement evenone present, announced he had that day signed the lease of Drury Lane. Wednesday evening Mr. Gladstone was abb* to listen with marked pleasure some music, and playing had the beneficial effect ...

... literature of the nursery, the gorgeous and amaz;nt? .spectacles chaotic splendour provided under the Harris regime i nt Drury lane boro a middle part ; they were magnificent but not pantomime, though pos- 1 .sesaod of redeeming features no longer discernible ...

... of Satan,” “The Day Rflckonimr.’’ Mr Abtid’s drama from the Shaftebuiy, Milt-on Hava Oampany, “White Heather.” the latent Drury lane success, Wnie and Women,” produced Milton Bodes, and many other piece* which would fully maintain high reputation which ...

... Mr Alf Gill. .100. con- ■ will, «iwu. V *»11 Tim sceuerr wm s|>»ria!lv for the pro ...

... business out of his “panto.” .Sir Augustus Harris was the first to break the tradition those lavish pro-* ductions which Drury lane and his own gigantic conception lent themaelves. Money makes money, and hi*' enormous outlays were made with view to enormous ...

... will be their chmupion at Maidstone. NELLIE FARREN BENEFIT. A RECORD GATHERING OF ACTORS AND ACTRESSES. UNPRECEDENTED SCENE DRURY LANE. A remarkable dramatic performance, unique in the history of the stage, took place Drury lone Theatre yesterdsy. when a ...

... NELLIE FARREN BENEFIT. Never in the history of the English stage has there been such a scene that which nt»a witnessed in Drury lane Theatre yesterday. begin with, the perforraanco lasted more than five hours, and people waited through most of the previous ...

... had admirably managed, and the reauti was that Hums of from £2O £lOO were paid for a. private box, and from £lO for stall. Drury lane presented marvellouti and the audienoe waa Lord Rosebery, the of Sutherland, the Duke and Duchess Bedford, rnd Hothnchild ...

... tween thr» parties. Had it bo-n fought the bitter end, it is not easy to see what the outcome would have been, in the gre.it Drury Lane dramas produced Sir Augustus Harris’s time, tho name of the famous manager UM'd to appear among the author*. imitior of ...

... sionntely fond music a child, and in bis ' infancy sang contralto in children's opera with Glliston, tho famous impresario of Drury lane. As boy, too, ho sang at the flw»t the very throne itself, George IV, being delighted with the way in which he acquitted ...

... equally between the Royal General Theatrical Fund and the Actors’ Benevolent Fund. Thera were no fewer than 5000 persons Drury lane, of whom 1004 were packed into the gallery. ...