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... Italian opera at La e Scala, Milan, where he played Edgardo in Lucia ddi Lammermoor. He, sang in the same part at D Drury Lane Theatre on, December 6th,. 1847, under e M. Jullien's management, and made such an im ) pression that his success was assured ...

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... Langtry, Mr Chas. Wyndham, and Sir Henry Irving, and, in addition, ful- filled important engagements at the Averue and Drury- lane Theatres, one of his greatest successes being his appearance in Judah, at the former house. As a Shakespearian actor he ...

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... 1884 he wrote the En'gli I version of the Bcgar Student for Carl Rosa, and later on he was librettist of Frivoli 't n Drury Lane. the adanter for the English stae1 of Verdi's Falstaff, and the. writer of rcan' it other librettos and books. A biography ...

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... other born only four- teen days before his father's death. He was a member of the Savage Club, and also a member of the Drury- lane Lodge of Freemasons. The springs of the years 1897 and 1898 the deceased spent in the Canary Islands, and even as late as ...

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... sing. Sometimes he ca-ine out as a baritone, some- times as a tenor, and when he appeared at thoe Grecian Theatre or at Drury Lane, whnen in a company rlen by the great Macready (who sometimce dippedt into light operas), he wae on the lists as a second ...

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... he showed a taste for music, and when quite a child joined a Children's Opera, formed by kobert William Elliston, of Drury- lane. He used to recall the fact that on one occasion he sang before George IV., who was so delighted that he took him on his ...

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... early he showed a taste for music, and when quite a child joined a Children's Opera, formed by ?? William Elliston, of Drury- lane. He used to recall the fact that on one occasion he sang before George IV., who was so delighted that he took him on his ...

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... disease. De- ceased, who was well known in America. will be remembered for his performances with 'Miss Fortescue and in Drury Lane drama. He had teaen the Court Theatre, London, for a- short season, terminating .in January. -:0:- THE LATE MR THOXTA~S ...