... went down off the coast of Norway after it had sunk an enemy vessel. At a later period he was assistant stage manager at Drury Lane Theatre, and this was followed by his appointment as chief stage designer in the 8.8. C. television department. For the ...

... pioneer was John Rich, manager of Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, which had fallen on evil days owing to competition with Drury Lane. In desperation, Rich announced that on December 26 he would present a New Italian Mimic Scene (never before produced) ...

... frequently stated. o do & CHARLES KEAN (1811-1868), was born in Waterford, educated at Eton, and became an actor. He appeared at Drury Lane in 1827, and had a good reception in the provinces and in America. He played with his father in a round of s?n.kesperian ...

... to Ireland. He became a dislinfilahed extor. He first appeared the S€mock Allev Theatre, Dublin. He was performing in the Drury Lane theatre 4n 1717, and almost immediately took ;} leading position among the actors of his time. He was very charitable, and ...

... facts, perhaps, are that young Betty had accumulated £30,000 at the age of 12. that the directors of both Covent Garden and Drury Lane theatres almost came to blows about securing his services, and that Pitt dissolved Parliament so that members might to see ...

... police had to get the help of the Foot Guards to regulate the traffic. Alternately Betty acted in Covent Garden Theatre and Drury Lane, drawing £1,700 in three weeks, then an unsurpassed return for any star of the theatre, however eminent Young Betty was ...

... ang led 1o his connection with the London theatres, principally in tragic parts He gave performances at Covent Gardens, Drury Lane and the Haymarket, Notwithstanding his success on tha stage, he continued to practice min.a. ture pa.im,ix;g throughout ...

... 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. POST-WAR APPRENTICES ...

... Robin Adair was written :as a tribute to the irishman of that name. I The song was first sung to Lonidon audiences at the Drury Lane Theatre by Kitty Clive. the Irish soprano, who was born in 1711. Leoni. a famous Italian tenor, sang i I ,it n Dublin in ...

... Maritana First Produced at Drury Lane Theatre, London, November 15, 1845 Oa 17th, 18th, and 19th April. in the abtrve Opera will be presented by the tßis!uv Cht,r3l a iii Urches- Tile play aud -;try tral Socitty. tb. : Opera:— In Aci 1 the Spanish King ...

... K. Caulfield, T Gately, P. Kelly (Creagh); W. Kenny, 11 Finn, P Ward, P Conroy, ,K. Hunt. S. Kelly, G Keny. CI First at Drury Lane Shanley, P Geraghty. Theatre, London, November 15, 1845 ...

... ‘Dublin. became 2 tuter early in life in London He took orders as a-Protestant clergvman, and ministered in the Strand and Drury Lane. He afterwavrds became secretary to th: Duchess of Kings'on He edited the “'Public Ledger” and the Morning Post” for a time ...