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Play Reviews: Seeing double at the Lyric

... wig and false nose, and his scenes with partner Tubal had the groundlings in stitches. It was not until Macklin in 1741 at Drury Lane, that any sympathy with Shylock's plight surfaced in the atrical performance, to reveal the Jew as another human being. ...

Published: Thursday 28 February 1991
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 347 | Page: 14 | Tags: theatre review 

Play Reviews: A wisecracking cracker

... all American musicals need staging in large theatres. The Boys From Syracuse, for instance, was not a notable success at Drury Lane in 1963 because essentially it requires the intimacy which Judi Dench has made sure it receives at Regent's Park. Although ...

Published: Thursday 01 August 1991
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 490 | Page: 13 | Tags: theatre review 

Theatre News: Vaughan demands lottery cash for flagship venues

... Vaughan demands lottery cash for flagship venues FLAGSHIP venues including the Royal Opera House, the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, the Coliseum and the disused Lyceum should receive a massive cash injection proceeds of the planned National Lottery, says ...

Published: Thursday 02 July 1992
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 400 | Page: 2 | Tags: theatre review 

Theatre News: OFT called in as agents ignore code of practice

... for prices for seats for Miss Saigon at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Those questioned included Seven Dials Booking agency, Premier Box office, Edwards and Edwards, West One Tickets, Drury Lane Ticket Brokers, Ticketron(UK) and the Exact Tourist Centre ...

Published: Thursday 17 September 1992
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 529 | Page: 2 | Tags: theatre review 

Play Reviews: Guns and poses

... Stephen Sondheim, for all his brilliance, has had as chequered a career in the West End as he has on Broadway, what with the Drury Lane debacle of Sweeney I odd and the fact that Merrily \X'e Roll Along has still not made it to Shaftesbury Avenue despite two ...

Published: Thursday 12 November 1992
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 554 | Page: 25 | Tags: theatre review 

Play Review: Carousel

... to be Rodgers and Hammerstcin's best musical has never had a large-scale production in London since it was first seen at Drury Lane in the early fifties. Certainly it is one of the musicals that has staved in my mind for 40 years, but one can recognise ...

Published: Wednesday 23 December 1992
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 518 | Page: 11 | Tags: theatre review 

Play Reviews: The Artifice

... living in London, had various affairs with people in literary circles and her first play The Perjur'd Husband produced at Drury Lane a big hit but criticised for its indecent language. Various successes fol lowed and in 1706 she married a cook to Queen ...

Published: Thursday 18 March 1993
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 425 | Page: 14 | Tags: theatre review 

Play Reviews: The Wives' Excuse

... LATE 'restoration' comedy by Thomas Southeme is something H of a curiosity with no known performance since its opening at Drury Lane ^M in 1691/2 until this RSC revival at the Swan Theatre. Bl It gets a stunning production from director Max Stafford-Clark ...

Published: Thursday 25 August 1994
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 295 | Page: 18 | Tags: theatre review 

THEATRE REVIEW: Acting Up

... impulsive, headstrong and lives to act. She had two marriages and a daughter to support. She works between the two Royals, Drury Lane and the Haymarket, where she quarrels with the former establishment's management. The writing has cockiness and ego, forcing ...

Published: Thursday 29 May 1997
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 255 | Page: 14 | Tags: theatre review 

Theatre Reviews: The Meteoric Rise and Dramatic Demise of Edmund Kean

... Goodness knows just how many yards of scarlet crushed velvet it has taken to transform the Palace, 1997 into the Theatre Royal. Drury Lane, 1833, but the transformation is stunning as a backdrop for the musical and Dramatic Demise of Edmund i Kean. I Kean ...

Published: Thursday 30 October 1997
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 204 | Page: 13 | Tags: theatre review 

Theatre Reviews: Vortigern

... Force is a year late for the bicentenary of William Henry Ireland's notorious Shakespearean forgery--booed off the stage at Drury Lane on its first night back in 1796. But his swift, vigorous revival, based on the original prompt book, is more than just ...

Published: Thursday 13 November 1997
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 254 | Page: 11 | Tags: theatre review 

DANCE REVIEW: Celtic steps peter out

... Celtic steps peter out Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Dancing on Dangerous Ground Riverdance succeeded because it was a variety show with the emphasis on dance. Lord of the Dance was a hit largely because of the extraordinary showmanship of its star, Michael ...

Published: Thursday 09 December 1999
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 379 | Page: 15 | Tags: theatre review