... a major ambition when he became manager of Drury Lane, where he opened his first season with Kean in King Lear. He went bankrupt, but made a return to the theatre at the Surrey. Lamb said of him: Wher ever Elliston walked, sat, or stood, there was the ...

... raconteurs candle to their fellow conductor; paramount in malice, wit. autocracy and commercial bancruptcy. The man was never bankrupt of ideas. They submerged his listeners, confounded his enemies, warmed his friends and delighted his countless fans His stories ...