... occasion is the concert edition of the well-known Wallace. Maritana, by W. Vincent Wallace. The opera was first produce d in Drury Lane in Ig and has been a general favourite with the public throughout the years. The Choral Union have been fortunate in securing ...

... immediate success on the Stage. Five years after his appearance at Goodman Fields In 1741, he commenced an association with Drury Lane which only ended with his retirement in 1776. Three years afterwards be died and was the first actor to be buried in Westminster ...

... to fame and by the end of that year he was an established playwright and an acknowledged wit. He obtained a share in the Drury Lane Theatre and followed David Garrick as actor-manager there. 1777 saw the production of A Trip to Scarborough and the School ...