... talked a lot of nonsense on this subject in the past. How often have we complained of the atrocious treatment meted out by Drury Lane and the Lyceum to the fairy stories The ideal panto mime, wrote William Archer, should charm the senses, stimulate the ...

... favourite local. Some were certain that the last distillation of the authentic spirit of panto mime was to be caught only at Drury Lane; others discovered superior charm in the characteristic grandeur of Covent Garden; still more plumped for the rollicking ...

... practically reared in Drury Lane. There have been four Drury Lane Theatres the theatre of Killigrew and the Restoration, the Drury Lane of Garrick, of Sheridan and Siddons, the Drury Lane of Augustus Harris and Arthur Collins, and the Drury ...

... by an official of ENSA. Recording its three centuries of history, s Mr. W. J. Macqueen Pope writes in Theatre (j Royal Drury Lane (W. H. Allen, 17s. 6d.): S Orange girls, tragedians, comedians, buffoons, clowns, swindlers and men of S high repute immortal ...

... paint from a statue of Shakespeare which, until he noticed it, had lain neglected in a lumber-room at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Being cleaned of many coats of paint, it is now revealed that the statue is of lead, and it has been identified as the ...

... MASTERPIECE, BUT IT IS A FIND This statue of Shakespeare, which has lain neglected in a lumber room at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, was recently rediscovered by Mr Fred Sundin, an upholsterer and french polisher. After it had been cleaned of its many ...

... leading lights of this colourful show. BACKSTAGE with 9 After the longest closure in the history of the Lpresent house, Drury Lane Theatre reopens 011 December 19, with the Noel Coward operetta Pacific I860, a show which, I gather, will reveal, among ...