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KING AND QUEEN AT DRURY LANE

... KING AND QUEEN AT DRURY LANE Inoculation Keeps Princess Away The King and Queen attended Drury Lane last night to see a gala performance of Pacific 1860 in aid of King George's Fund for Sailors. Only Princess Margaret was with them. Princess Elizabeth ...

Published: Friday 24 January 1947
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 96 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Twelfth Night

... January 6 seems have been in all countries, all ages, great festival of the turning of the year. At Drury Lane, normal times, the fftinOUß Drury Lane Theatre, it is the custom en Twelfth Night to present to each mem ber of the company a slice the Baddeley ...

Published: Saturday 04 January 1947
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 171 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Proms

... Quadrille King. His success inspired a season of Proms at the Lyceum Theatre, London, 1938. 1940, Musard conducted a series at Drury Lane. Continuous series of summer Proms dates back to the seventies, when they were started by Jules Riviere at Covent Garden ...

Published: Monday 20 October 1947
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 116 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Pantomime

... into pantomime. The father of pantomime in this country was John Rich (1692- 1761) the son of Christopher Rich, famous Drury Lane manager. At the age 24, John Rich made his first appearance as Harlequin in an entertainment at the newly opened Lincoln's ...

Published: Thursday 09 January 1947
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 175 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Doggett's Coat

... to be the olcest annual sporting event in the world. Th? race dates back to 1715 when Thomas Doggett an Irish Actor and Drury Lane comedian and friend of Congreve fervent Whig, founded the race in honour of the House of Hanover to ce'ebrate George I'a ...

Published: Tuesday 22 July 1947
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 200 | Page: 3 | Tags: none