... dear Maggie Smith and father 's a bricklayer and once, when I was a little girl who danced in the children's ballet at Drury Lane, and he 'd taken away my new shoes and pawned them so that I had to go to work in an old pair of mother's, bless her I saw ...

... Polly Brough as Francesca, and Miss Constance Collier as Donna Rcma Volonna. Rehearsals of the forthcoming autumn drama at Drury- lane Theatre will commence about the middle of the month, as usual. The piece, which is in four acts, is by Mr. Cecil Raleigh ...

... play-- among others, of The Toreador and more than one funny farce, while he has also been respons ible for many of the Drury Lane panto mimes. It is one of the ironies of his life that he wrote several of Old Drury's Christ mas pieces which were belauded ...

... and as the Parrot Queen late strong woman may be relied upon for the humorous element. She is well supported by such old Drury Lane favourites as Mrs. Raleigh, Messrs. Sydney Valentine, Herbert Standing, and C. H. Lowne. The National Theatre always en ...

... reconstructed and re-decorated Vaudeville, and Mr. Cecil Raleigh's new drama, which is still entitled The Best of Friends, at Drury Lane. Many details concerning the respective plots of these important plays have, from time to time, been given in The Sketch ...

... in Mr. Hall Caine's drama at His Majesty's Theatre Mrs. Arthur Raleigh, who will, I presume, next week be on the stage at Drury Lane Miss Eva Moore, who watched her husband's (Mr. Esmond) admirable acting from the stalls Miss Beatrice Ferrar Mr. Arthur ...

... piece of acting was Mr. Aubrey Smith's, and his part was far too short. To say that The Best of Friends is the best of Drury Lane dramas seems true. Some, perhaps, have had more vigorous stories, some more startling scenes, some more striking comic relief ...

... place on Friday. October 11th, and valuable prizes will be awarded as usual for the best costumes. In The Best of Friends at Drury Lane Theatre, the re sponsibility of furnishing scenes such as Lord Amesbury s rcoms in St. Simon's College, Oxford, and the ...

... 'THE BEST OF FRIENDS. AT DRURY LANE THEATRE. THE LAST SCENE IN THE CIRCUS GALLERY. Mercfa, the Circus girl (who has been recognised by the Duke of Richborough as his granddaughter) is appearing for the last time as an acrobat. In the course of her descent ...

... let in thanks to those amazing gentlemen, the Dramatic Critics for two bitter disappointments. The first was the drama at Drury Lane. They had told me, gushingly, that it was immense, and I, pitifully enough, believed them. They had told me that it was ...

... Irish descent and born at Bristol in 1758. She married at the age of sixteen and made her first appearance as an actress at Drury Lane as Juliet in December, 1776. Exactly two years later she appeared as Perdita, and it was prophesied she would Captivate ...

... call his play a melodrama, whatever you may think it is. You don't know how they hate the word, though, I believe, those Drury Lane things pay very well indeed. Call a play a play and any author's play perfection, and you can't make a mistake. Though it ...