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DRURY LANE SALE

... DRURY LANE SALE. Drury Lane Theatre, London, has been privet, ly purchased by • property investment company, of which Sir John Eller man, the shipowner. id a director. The purchasers will not be able to carry oat any alterations to the theatre, as the ...

Published: Friday 14 May 1920
Newspaper: Berks and Oxon Advertiser
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 100 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THE ORIGIN OF DRURY LANE

... THE ORIGIN OF DRURY LANE. Drury-lane tni-es its name from Sir Robert I)rnry in the reign of Quern Elizabeth. built a stately mansion near 'there Bush House now stands+. His ex- Im pl e was f o ll o wed by Lord Craven, the Earl of Clare, and others, with ...

Published: Friday 04 February 1927
Newspaper: Berks and Oxon Advertiser
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 99 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Exchange Cinema

... OCTOBER. ALL THE WEEK• CHARLIE CHAPLIN in qHOULDER ARMS MONDAY, TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 3rd, 4th. 3th. Everywoman The Great Drury Lane Drama. The most Gorgeous Spectacle ever produced. A great new serial commences Monday, The Adventures of Ruth Featuring ...

Published: Friday 30 September 1921
Newspaper: Berks and Oxon Advertiser
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 79 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

THE WHISTLING OYSTER

... sibila3l noise when inhaling and exhaling. Fattening on a diet of Wan in howl of salt water . it brought many customers to a Drury Lane shopkeeper. arid Dickens and Thackeray we:p among those who went to hear it whistle. ...

Published: Friday 09 September 1938
Newspaper: Berks and Oxon Advertiser
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 101 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

CLUB GOSSIP

... his new scheme for popularising opera at prices within the reach of all. At ono time, during a season of grand opera at Drury Lane Theatre, Sir Thomas lest as much as .tl,OOO a week. Little wonder that he thinks poorly of the keenness for music of Londoners ...

Published: Friday 02 December 1927
Newspaper: Berks and Oxon Advertiser
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 110 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

MARQUIS FINED FOR ASSAULT

... , was fined 20s. and 235. co,,ts for iuiaaulting • taxi-cab driver named Howell. Howell said be was called by a fare at Drury Lane Theatre. While on his way there the marquis hailed him, but be told him he was engaged. The marquis then said. I have had ...

Published: Friday 10 February 1911
Newspaper: Berks and Oxon Advertiser
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 185 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

TE IC BERKS THE WORLD'S t:uve TALES. Thoughout all the ages stories of woman's power over man have been freely

... so that he sacrificed name, fortune, and honour for her sake. Then, again, Nell Gwynn, the girl who once cold oranges in Drury Lane, won the heart of Charles 11.--and kept it. Madame do Pompadour—the uncrowned queen of France—was a woman of humble birth ...

Published: Friday 02 March 1923
Newspaper: Berks and Oxon Advertiser
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 186 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

A TRRATRICAL YARN

... Joseph Harker, the eminent scene-painter, and it concerned the production in the early 'eighties of Mother Goose nt Drury Lane. One day, it seems, a painting•rown hand was putting the finishing touches to a setting that did not satisfy the producer's ...

Published: Friday 16 January 1925
Newspaper: Berks and Oxon Advertiser
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 230 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

LAUNCH OF THE UNKNOWN

... respecting the boat to the newspapers. It is thought that The Unknown will sail under the White Star or Dominion DAN LEND AT DRURY LANE. Not many of Dan Leno's personal friends and very few of the audience at The Flood Tide knew that the popular jester eat ...

Published: Friday 16 October 1903
Newspaper: Berks and Oxon Advertiser
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 217 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

R.S.S., AND GENERAL

... HEAD OFFICE-791 Gracechureh Street, London, E.O. THE MURDER IN DRURY LANE. The inquest on the body of the little girl Mary Kenealy, who wus murdered in a house in Gold•imith-street, Drury-lane, London, on January 23, Wall concluded on Monday. The jury returned ...

Published: Friday 03 February 1899
Newspaper: Berks and Oxon Advertiser
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 228 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

PREMIER ON LAND REFORM,

... had accumulated from the mere collection of so many human beings in a given area. At a demonstration afterwards held at Drury Lane Theatre, under the presidency of Sir J. Dickson-Poynder, M.P., Mr. Winston Churchill, M.P., was the principal speaker. and ...

Published: Friday 26 April 1907
Newspaper: Berks and Oxon Advertiser
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 278 | Page: 7 | Tags: none