... the list of plays in which Sir Henry Irving appeared, between 1871 and 1903, at the Lyceum Theatre and the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, as marked by Her Majesty Queen Mary to indicate which were the plays she witnessed. In this connexion, it is interesting ...

... the story he revels in all the robust dialogue Miss Ashton's narrative lacks. When Garrick gives Dick his blessing on the Drury Lane management, he says: You must be your own pilot. Have a care to steer wide of the reefs. What reefs? The bottle, the ...

... of Cairo A version of this one-act work, which the composer started in 1783 and never finished, was, it seems, given at Drury Lane in 1870, which was before even my time. That version is said to have contained precious little real Mozart so those who ...

... experience and sharpened by time. In any case the title ought to have recalled one of the most unforgettably foolish of that Drury Lane series of musical plays which began with Rose Marie. The film was that same musical, with the same alternately cloying and ...

... tremendously, and the London of his day comes to life. It is a full history, 62 easy to read, especially such scenes as that in Drury Lane when he was one of the first to join in the booing of this first play, Mr. H, from which he had great hopes. Another confessed ...

... how many, alas! of these outlying theatres have become cinemas, or have vanished altogether were deservedly famous. But Drury Lane at Christmas-time was panto- mimically the centre of the universe and, so far as the West End was con cerned, reigned in ...

... defy but fulfil tradition, should be ephemeral, but that this particular example should wear so well. Its initial run at Drury Lane, you may remember, was inter rupted by the outbreak of the war. Since then it has toured the country continuously, but shows ...

... Edwardes, the producer for as a play this never did amount to much, and it struck me as amounting to even less than it did at Drury Lane some sixteen years ago. The music is tuneful enough, but is spoiled by being plugged to a tedious degree. How many times ...

... brought out, and that is the main thing, though I missed the loyely stage-pictures of previous productions at His Majesty's, Drury Lane, etc., with Mendelssohn's music played by a large orchestra the Westminster season has to be run on economical lines in ...

... remember, was one of those high-powered importations from America which, in the nineteen-twenties, found so congenial a home at Drury Lane. It has been running, on and off, and here and there, ever since. Its immediate predecessor and compatriot, Rose Marie, ...

... (Prince of Wales). This is a story of the land of date-palms. It struck me that palms can date. London first saw this at Drury Lane sixteen years ago, when, except in the musical sense, it struck no new note. The present revival is lavishly presented and ...

... countryside, and deserves study by every thinking person. This is a first-class production. Books (Continued from page 41) at Drury Lane from the balcony. It looks like comparative peace and success for Nicky i who has already played his part in a very J pleasant ...