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... STAGE STOmisi-Tbere was a terrible stacge storma in one of t'uc Easter pieces broughit out by ?? illustrious Ellistois at Drury. lane. As Iiisetitites for silakiitg artificistL occatis had not then boeu invented, the tstrbuslett elee ent was represented ...

Published: Saturday 30 July 1853
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1372 | Page: 8 | Tags: News 

FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT

... Various forms of s commemorating him have been suggested, dj such as a handsome tomb over bis a I reais, a narbie statue in Drury- lane Theatre, a hospital bed for sick 1r I members of t ledm prones, or amus a sholarship. It would be absurd to erect a statue ...

Published: Monday 06 July 1896
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 1704 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

GENERAL NEWS

... Gollege, Manchester. It is understood thai' Mr. J. M. Glover hns been engaged to' composetthe music of the forthcoming ' Drury Lane drama. The DewsburyandBatley Corporations aro secking power to include petrions of ;Soothill Upper within their Tespective ...

Published: Saturday 09 September 1893
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 3056 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

DESTRUCTIVE FIRES

... shortlr after two o'clock, a fire. which quickly assumed sarinas proportions, broke out on the premises in Parket-street, Drury Lane, London, ?? Mr. Gay, fruit sales- man, of Covent Garden, as a need and frnit ware. house. A message was conveyed to the ...

Published: Saturday 17 March 1888
Newspaper: Manchester Times
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1461 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

Miscellaneous News

... with ec 3 hir to the Lyccue, as we learn, the entire operatic force he In had engaged for Drury Lane. In the meanwhlile, he does i not forego his right to Drury Lane, but continues to prosecute w e his clain by legal means. Mr. and Mrs. Sivs fleeves will ...

Published: Wednesday 08 February 1854
Newspaper: Manchester Times
County: Lancashire, England
Type: News | Words: 3216 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

GENERAL NEWS

... bouquets of flowers on her ats neck and shoulderl. by Monday, December 4, is the date arranged for the annnal matinee at Drury Lane for the benefit of the n General Theatrical Fund. ed ny Irish farmers Pro in the fortunate position of ?? ?? a sufficiency ...

Published: Saturday 25 November 1893
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 3270 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENCE

... fate, but for the country the caange is good. f Last night was devoted to plesure& -to Mr. Augustus Harris's Ptease e at Drury- lane. Thither went, apparently, half the Houe of Commons, and all ot society that is in town ('Which is n-t much). Pleasure ...

Published: Monday 05 September 1887
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 1796 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENCE

... demonstration. The decay of opera has taken fromit its original raismdre; and unlesits fortunes can be revived, like those of Drury- lane, by stirring melodrama, it will for a long time prove an incumbrance to its possessor. LocaL Coamnnsros.--The Lmdoa Gaztte ...

Published: Wednesday 26 August 1885
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 1887 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

DOMESTIC

... oIl., a sale, by auction, took place, of the intereat of the late Hon. D. Kinnird, in the property of the tbeatres ronjl, Drury Lane and Covent Garden. The figet lot pat up corneited of an annuity or rent charge iaU Covent Garden, which originally coat ...

Published: Saturday 09 November 1844
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 3097 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT

... paraffin will be used to ensure their success. D d A limited company is being formed to ch acquire a forty-years' lease of Drury Lane a Theatre, with all fixtures, accessories, and machinery, as a going concern. The capital d will amount to £,125,000, in ...

Published: Monday 31 May 1897
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 1820 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

OUR LONDON LETTER

... Saturday night, or rather early this d morving, the interesting ceremony of cutting S r the Baddeley Cake was performed at Drury- & . lane Theatre. Tl'his annual custom is a relic of Twelfth Nightusage, and is always an event of c grcat interest to the theatrical ...

Published: Monday 08 January 1894
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 1894 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT

... because she is found drunk in the streets. k The English operas at popular prices, which d of are being given all this week at Drury Lane, are f much more sucessful, o s regards the number C o of the audience attracted to them. than as le regards the singing ...

Published: Friday 19 April 1895
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 1812 | Page: 5 | Tags: News