... Arthur Collins, who was joint managing director of Drury Lane, he entered the profession after working on the Stock Exchange and playing as an amateur. His first professional appearance was at Drury Lane when he was 19, in a walking-on part. Later he appeared ...

... 29, just two days after W. Macqueen-Pe>pe. the his- torian at Drury Lane, where she was working until her sudden death, b was his wish to feature her in his be>e>lc. A History e>t Drury Lane. Because her work 1 was back -stage and not as per- i former ...

... ERNEST KINGDOM. who died on Mav 27. aged 78, will be best remembered as one of the pillars of Drury Lane (W. Macqueen Pope, 1955), where he was assistant manager from 1947 up to the time of his retirement in 1973. In his earlier years, he was associated ...

... long illness, was well known in musical comedy and pantomime. After having appeared in many of the Ivor Novello shows at Drury Lane, she played one of the leading roles in an Emile Littler revival of Song of Norway at the Palace. Her more recent West End ...

... WILLIAM ABINGDON V17ILL1AM ABINGDON, former stage-director at Drury Lane, died in London on December 13, aged 71. The son of an actor, he went on the stage, appearing in Tree's company at His Majesty's in 1910 and later in Within The Law at the Haymarket ...

... Wilson Barrett as a boy actor in The Silver King and played in the Ben Greet Com pany. He was in The Whip and other shows at Drury Lane and played Ensign Blades in Quality Street at the Duke of York's in 1913. He joined The Co-Optimists and ap peared in Sally ...

... Carpenter Stage Manager THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE Suddenly on December 8. 1975 Remembered with affection Directors. Management Staff TMEATR^OVA^DRUR>^>NE LOUIS WALTON Master Carpenter Stage Manager THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY LANE Passed away suddenly December 8. ...

... of Wale* Her cousin was Rosa Kenney. Juliet to Edward Compton's Romeo at Drury Lane. Another cousin was Charles Kenney. father of Horace Kenney. who was with Irving at Drury Lane. Her father was a musician who spent most of his later years looking after ...

... 1900 and appeared in The Casino G:rl at the Shaftes bury She had a long and distin guished carecr. It is in connection with Drury Lane thai she will be best remem bered She was there in 1902 in Mother Goose. in 1903 in Humpty Dumpty. and in 1904 in The ...

... Obituary ROBERT PHILPOT OOBERT PHILPOT, musical director of Camelot at Drury Lane, died in the Middlesex Hospi tal on Monday, July 19. Born in Auckland, New Zealand, he won a piano playing competition at the age of eleven and in 1949 graduated as a ...

... Married CARLO MANSI, a singer now appearing in The Great Waltz at Drury Lane, was married on Sunday last to Maggie Dew, head dancer from the London Palladium. The wed ding took place at St Mathias Church, Worcester Park, Surrey. ...

... panto mime dame, died at Brighton on September 25. aged 80. He made his dibut as a baby, being carried on in Cinderella at Drury Lane in 1884. Born in London, he studied dancing under Espinosa and was trained as a pantomimist by his father, George Lupino ...