... Apropos of the coming electric light and its struggle with gas, Byron tells us in one of his letters, that for three weeks Drury Lane empty because of their having used gas, which it was said would poison all in the house; and an instance is very well known ...

... Show hollow on the boards of Drury Jane. The stage of the Porte St. Martin Theatre has not the same capacities as that of Drury Lane; but M. finniou'n new play neevin to have been' mounted with a splendour which has altogether beggared the crities'stock ...

... required to propel the whale through the water at the rate of 12 miles an hour. Tim dresses in one of the scenes in the Drury Lane pentoinitne--••• proce.on of all the kings and queens of England since the mayn't, with historical events—oost over MOO ...

... was as follows: Madame Crosmond had last season been engaged as a member of Mr. Augustus Harris's Italian Opera Company at Drury Lane. This year her engagement at the Royal Italian opera was so far settled that the salary had been arranged, the draft contract ...

... in the year—the children's fancy dress ball at the Mansion House, and the cutting of the I3addeley Cake on the stage of Drury Lane Theatre. It was my fortune (good or ill) to be present at both, and I was struck with the hearty enjoyment of the little ...

... at the Grecian were followed by two years at Covent Garden. in company with my old comrade., and this is my I:iih year at Drury Lane Theatre under Sir Augustus Barris. I suppoee 81r Augustus Harris never spendslers than £L5,000 on one of his pantomimee ...

... plaints which are made respecting the price of meat. London h.s been truly called • world of contrasts, Who sot heard of Drury-lane? The very mention of the ward is suggestive of a msgeofizent theatre. upon wows have appeared some of the moo eminent tragedians ...

... remembered. when the estate was under the management of Colonel PRYSE and Mr FRYER. Mr HARRIS. the Arsectsful lessee of Drury Lane Theatre, in an able paper on that place f eutert lit. which appears in last mouth's Fortnightly Iterieso, says that the ...

... wonderful instrument. The mood part of the programme cm:masted ,4 the dramatic sketch A Pair of Lunatics, as played at Drury lane the Avenue Theatres. The Mere was deacribmi in these columns not long ego. the characters were taken by Lieut Stephens, ...

... will be ready S. Wynn Ma the new prowled. they are sou~n the immediate vicinity of Drury-is is a narrow turning out of Drury-lane towards Holborn end, and it has always been a dismal du graded dirty, and popular', nudql:l: action. What a happy chance ...

... the English Ministers received notice that an attempt would be made to assassinate the King, and ad% ised him not to go to Drury Lane. George 111. replied that he feared nothing. On arriving he to ik care to enter his box find, and as he did AO a pistol ...

... having oomposed as en interpolated air in Auber's Crown diamonds for Mr Harrison, the weldknown *nor. who rang in opera at Drury Lane in 1846, to • words provided by Poet Bunn. The interpolation caused much discussion at the time, and re. stilted in something ...