... had a most engaging letter. It read: You may be interested to know that Mary Ellis, Ivor Novello's co-star in his famous Drury Lane musicals Glamorous Night (1935) and The Dancing Years (1939), will be 100 years old on June 15 next. Miss Ellis still lives ...

... no two minds about the dances. Nightly, the magic of Agnes de Mille's choreography earns louder and longer applause from Drury Lane audiences than any other feature of the production. (Chit Chat, June 15, 1950) 25 YEARS AGO: Guildford Celebration The Yvonne ...

... Tito Sadkw't Weds Dick Whittington Shaftasbury Casper, the Musical St Martin's The Mousetrap Strand Buddy Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Dancing on Dangerous Ground Theatre Royal, Haymarket Collected Stories Vaudeville The Chiltem Hundreds Wimbledon Theatre ...

... the hammer at Christie's later this month. The son of celebrated actor Edmund Kean and one-time manager of Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Kean published the script for performance at the Princess' Theatre, Oxford Street in 1858. Starring Kean himself as Lear ...

... in several long-running West End shows, notably Charlie Girl, with Anna Neagle, and The Great Waltz at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. With her historical cos tume talks she became one of the most successful after- lunch and after-dinner speak ers, and energetic ...

... Harrison. The show opened on Broadway in 1956, where it ran for six and a half years before transferring to the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Produced in association with Cameron Mackintosh and directed by Trevor Nunn, My Fair Lady is scheduled to open at the ...

... bookshops and libraries throughout the country. One of the largest reading events will be held at the New London Theatre on Drury Lane, which will play host to 1,000 schoolchildren, and a number of authors, including Allan Ahlberg, Malorie Blackman, Roger ...

... more homely environs of Runshaw Sixth Form College near Cricket's home town of Rochdale. Unless, that is, the new owner of Drury Lane, the Palladium and the Adelphi cares to oblige? CHITCHAT ...

... Field asks just what's in a West End label Cameron Mackintosh's move to take The Witches of Eastwick from the 2,000 seat Drury Lane to the 1,100 seat Prince of Wales is quite brilliant. Not only does this cut the house costs but it gives this musical ...

... switches to smaller venue BY CAMERON ROBERTSON Cameron Mackintosh will transfer The Witches of Eastwick from the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane to the Prince of Wales, amid claims that he never wanted to open it at a large venue in the first place. 1 he blockbuster ...

... This is Joseph Papp's version which was such a hit in Central Park in 1980 that it transferred to Broadway and later to drury Lane. Because it was originally produced in the open air it is an ideal choice for Regent's Park, and I would go so far as to ...

... weeks at the Palace Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue. Thoday explained: Last year, we sold out two or three performances at Drury Lane. We would have really liked to have done that as a run in the West End, but it was not available. That would have been a ...