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The LONDON of the FUTURE: What the Royal Academy Have Planned for the City After the War

... lovely varlets, and people may stroll at their leisure. Co vent Garden is laid out as a musical and dramatic centre, with Drury Lane Theatre incorporated in it and a new opera house, concert hall, and so forth- Other plans relate to a processional way from ...

Published: Saturday 24 October 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2535 | Page: 25 | Tags: Photographs 

ENSA ENTERTAINS THE FORCES

... was of primary importance. By February 1930 he had completed a skeleton organisation. On Septembers, '939. Ensa moved into Drury Lane. It was the only possible place being [complete with rehearsal rooms, the huge stage, workshops, paint frames, wardrobe ...

Published: Saturday 23 January 1943
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1728 | Page: 26 | Tags: Photographs 

AWAY FROM THESE WARS: Memories and Thoughts of the Years Between

... when he took the great gamble which made and marred his life. He raised the wind to buy out Garrick, and became manager of Drury Lane, and though for many years he derived a big income in thousands a year from the theatre, he never again cleared himself ...

Published: Saturday 31 July 1943
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1764 | Page: 28 | Tags: Photographs 

HITTING AT THE BOMB BASES: An Impressive Picture from the Pas de Calais; and Pictures of the Course of a Flying ..

... LAW COURTS The engine has cut out and the flying bomb is hurtling downwards at a steep angle. It fell in a side road off Drury Lane, blasting, among other buildings, the offices of the Daily Herald 3 AFTER THE EXPLOSION the cloud of black smoke mushrooms ...

Published: Saturday 19 August 1944
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 344 | Page: 11 | Tags: Photographs 

THE THEATRE GOES ON BOOMING

... nights with Perchance to Dream. Sir A. P. Herbert has followed suit with Big Ben. Noel Coward is also going to serve it up at Drury Lane. Some experts think that the drop in the quality of Hollywood films is partly responsible for the popularity of the live ...

Published: Saturday 26 October 1946
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2109 | Page: 29 | Tags: Photographs 

THE ROYAL FAMILY ON THE EVE of their DEPARTURE

... about three months, the King and Queen and the Princesses made numerous public appear ances, including a special visit to Drury Lane for the charity performance of Noel Coward's Pacific I860. In order to arrive in England in time to act as Deputy to the ...

Published: Saturday 01 February 1947
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 358 | Page: 8 | Tags: Photographs 

GARRICK, JOHNSON and IRVING: Three Celebrated Londoners in the News

... Square, we are told, Johnson, arrayed in scarlet waistcoat and rich gold-laced hat, departed to see the first performance at Drury Lane. It was put on by his old friend Garrick. From 1750 Johnson brought out The Rambler at Gough Square on Tuesdays and Saturdays ...

Published: Saturday 01 February 1947
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 497 | Page: 22 | Tags: Photographs 

OKLAHOMA

... COMEDY, AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE Betty Jane Watson as Laurey I singing Every New Day, one of the song-hits. Oklahoma is in its I fifth year on Broadway, and on its opening night at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, J it received such a reception ...

Published: Saturday 17 May 1947
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 418 | Page: 29 | Tags: Photographs 

BRITAIN'S ENDURING ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE: Buildings, New and Old, Which Have Lately Figured in the News Headlines

... association with the King's favourite does not appear to be substantiated. It is known that Nell lodged at the Cock and Pie in Drury Lane, lived at Epsom with Lord Dorset, had a house in Leicester Square and owned Sandford Manor, but her biographers make no ...

Published: Saturday 26 July 1947
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1006 | Page: 17 | Tags: Photographs 

THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY WEEK: Her Majesty with the K.O.Y.L.I at York: Visits to the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

... was pa|1 0 the Drury Lane musical comedy Oklahoma. At the end of the per- formance the company lurnec face the Royal Box and sang Happy Birthday, your Maies THE QUEEN CELEBRATES HER FORTY-SEVENTH BIRTHDAY-- A ROYAL FAMILY VISIT TO DRURY LANE Her Majesty ...

Published: Saturday 16 August 1947
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 547 | Page: 21 | Tags: Photographs