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A Favots Child-Actor

... t the House of (’oninions in order that Hon. Members might not miss Betty’s Hamlot Hi® first season twenty-eight night# Drury Lane produced £17.200. last appeared as ** phenomenon in 1808. his return to tlie stage a mere actor, in 1812. he was not success ...

BOOK EXTRACTS

... autiior has a profound admiration. She v him for t.he* la-t time in his drcs.-in-' rooni duritiK a matinee ef ■Dante” at Drury Lane: ”On t>r«-\ioiis oreasion. a year or two before*, had f.;itcriy said. • They arc killit'i; me'- the only iair.t ever hewd ...

BOY’S STORY OF ADVENTURE

... she became a premiere she visited all the capitals of Europe, and in 1870 was brought to London by Colonel Mapleson for at Drury Lane. In 1876 she retired from the stage and founded training school of dancing. ...

ABOUT MEN AND WOMEN

... that gallant band. ic. the age of seventy-three, still hale and hearty. New Master of Freemasons. Tlic new Master of the Drury Lane Lodge of Freemason#. Lord Athlurnney. was formerly the Coldstream Guard', and hia active service included both the Dongola ...

DARTMOUTH AND SOUTH HAMS CHRONICLE. FRIDAY, MAY 7. 1909

... reach the latter figure come into region “stars.” When a famous actor - manager appeared some three or four years ago in Drury Lane, ho was reputed to receive £250 week. Actors Ranked with Barbers. great the official prejudice against the stage in China ...

NAVAL APPOINTMENTS

... third baron. •• Blue Hanger had lived great deal France, and when returned to England fouo'l himself in the drces-circlo at Drury Lane to stranger who was wearing top-boota: Tliis would have been regarded as a Breach etiquette in France, and Lord (’olerame ...

SURVIVED SEVENTEEN WOUNDS

... the King’s Proctor for the action he had taken, hut the circumstances must find against him. DRAMATISTS’ ADVENTURE IN THE DRURY LANE • ACCIDENT.” The details of an amusing .sequel to this week’s meeting of the Dramatists’ Club nowcreep into print for the ...

“ 30HN BULL” LIBEL CASE

... the Star Music Hall Bermondsey, but his chief fame, says the Daily Telegraph, was secured by his lengthy association with Drury Lane Theatre, where appeared in a number of pantomimes under the management of the late Mr. Chatterton, his duty as clown being ...

£4,000 EACH FOR TWO SERVANTS._

... OVERCOME IN A SMOKE HELMET. During a fire which broke out on Monday night in the basement of a house in Goldsmith-street. Drury-lane. Fireman Charles Deaeon, of the Southwark headquarters, went down into the basement wearing a smoke helmet. As be did not ...

CHIPS OF NEWS

... apparently from heart di.. etkee. She had just drawn her Old Age Pension. William Crump, a stage hand at the Theatre Royal. Drury Lane. for nearly thirty years. died in King'. College Hospital as the result of ie. juries sustained by falling several feet ...

DEATH OF MR. HERMANN VEZIN. NOTABLE VETERAN ACTOR

... drama. Hinko. at the Queen's Theatre. In 1873 'Mr. Vezin played with Phelps, Toole. and Mathew. at the Gaiety 'Theatre. At Drury Lane, 1876. he played Macbeth for the benefit of the Philadelphia Centennial. On the production at the Crystal Palate, 1876, ...