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BOMB DAMAGE IN DRURY LANE

... BOMB DAMAGE IN DRURY LANE The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, the oldest theatre in the world which Is still used as a theatre, was damaged in a recent air raid, but the bomb fortunately damaged no part of the historic portion of the building. ...

Published: Friday 15 November 1940
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 44 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

'OKLAHOMA' ENDS RECORD U.S. RUN

... York engagement on May 29 and go on tcur after 2.202 performances, says a New York message. The play celebrated year the Drury Lane Theatre, London, April 20, and Theatre Guild Executives said that Londoners expected it to play least three year*. ...

Published: Wednesday 19 May 1948
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 70 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

COUNSEL AT FAMOUS TRIALS

... famous cases he investigated includes the suicide of Regine Flory, the French actress, who shot herself in a private room at Drury Lane Theatre, the murder of Nora Upchurch, and the assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, in 1922. ...

Published: Tuesday 28 March 1944
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 83 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

SIR SEYMOUR HICKS

... six months in the Middle East arranging entertainments for the troops, has resigned his position as controller of Ensa at Drury Lane. a statement Cairo to-day he announced that he is going to Soutn Africa this month to lecture for the British Council. It ...

Published: Monday 04 August 1941
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 87 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

End Of Ensa

... 'Ensa should cease on March 31, when symphony concerts for the workers will also oome to an end, and the music division at Drury Lane will close down. By the late summer of 1946, the existing N. A. A.F.1.- E.N.J3.A. organisation will have been replaced by ...

Published: Thursday 27 December 1945
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 103 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

OLDEST ACTOR IS 85

... walking-on part in 1879, and continued his career in full vigour until his final appearance as Sir Thomas Erpington the Drury Lane production of Henry V. Now, in retirement, he spends a good deal of his time reading. Irving, Madame Modjeska, Lewis Waller ...

Published: Thursday 08 October 1942
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 149 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

HOME SERVICE 1,474 kcs. (203.5 Metres); 767 kcs. (391.1 Metres); 668 kcs. (449.1 Metres); 6.08 mcs. (49.34 11 ..

... Orchestra. 7.3o—News in Norwegian. 7.45— The Human Body, 6. Reproduction, by a Doctor. B.o—Musical Play, The Stones of Drury Lane, by Phillip Leaver and Vernon Harris. B.3o—Myra Hess (piano). 9.o—Time, Big Ben; News. 9.2o—Japan Wants the Earth, Part ...

Published: Monday 18 May 1942
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Miscellaneous | Words: 163 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

HOME SERVICE 1,013 kcs. (296.1 Metres); >kcs. (312.1 Metres); 6.14 tries. (48.86 Metres). 1.50 — Whit Ho! ..

... in English Songs. 7.3o—News in Norwegian. 7.45 — The Human Body, 1, by Professor L. J. Witts. B.o—Play, The Stones of Drury Lane, by Phillip Leaver and Vernon Harris. B.3o—Songs and Music of Britain. Geraldo's Concert Orchestra. 9.o—Time, Big Ben; ...

Published: Monday 25 May 1942
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Miscellaneous | Words: 152 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

GERMAN GUEST AT WOMEN'S MEETING

... blessed with women actresses, he said. He listed the first women actresses, including Nell Gwynne, who sold oranges in Drury Lane. The first woman playwright was Aphra Behn. She was buried in Westminster Abbey. The first woman stage director was Eliza ...

Published: Tuesday 10 May 1949
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 233 | Page: 3 | Tags: none