... Sheridan is writing to his father-in-law, Thomas Linley, at Bath. In 1775 Sheridan, Linley, and Ford bought Garrick's share in Drury Lane Theatre for ^35,000, and our letter has to do with this transaction. In 1776 the theatre opened under Sheridan's management ...

... Timothy Bohun (pronounced Boon), heir to a disputed Baronetcy-- these ludicrous idiosyncracies belong more to Dickens than to Drury Lane. Mr. Baskcomb's portrait of the man| whose flags-of-all-nations' trick started the War deserves a frame in the 1 gallery ...