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OUTLINES OF THE WEEK

... asks what has become of the Havelock Memorial, inaugurated with such pomp under the auspices of the Duke of Cambridge at Drury Lane. Three months have since elapsed, and hitherto the sub- scriptions for the monument, far from corresponding to the brilliant ...

Published: Saturday 03 July 1858
Newspaper: Usk Observer
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 782 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

GREAT FIRE

... The flames ascended so high into the air that the steeple of St. Giles's Church, the summit of the Royal Italian Opera and Drury Lane Theatre, tha steeples of St. Mary-le-Strand and St. Martin's Churches, were completely brought out by the illu- mination ...

Published: Saturday 01 September 1866
Newspaper: Usk Observer
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 765 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

©futuarg. --,

... Already celebrated as an Italian contralto vocalist at the King's Theatre, she commenced her English career by a debut at Drury- lane Theatre in February, 1820, and soon the figure of Madame Vestris as Don Giovanni in London was to be seen in every form ...

Published: Saturday 16 August 1856
Newspaper: Usk Observer
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 944 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

T O W IT TA LK

... mosquitoes of Australia. Very,different from this respectable couple are the two lucky managers of sensation drama theatres. Drury Lane has, as usual, devoured all the profits of Peep 0'Day, and Mr. Boucicault, at Westminster, has succeeded in bringing his ...

Published: Saturday 04 July 1863
Newspaper: Usk Observer
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 1037 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

A STREET IN TIEN-TSIN,

... into his ears and eyes, and performs a variety of tricks too numerous to be detailed. Could Mr. E. T. Smith secure him for Drury- lane, he would make his fortune. We enter a perfumer's shop, full of knick-knacks and necessaries for my lady's toilet. Pearl ...

Published: Saturday 24 November 1860
Newspaper: Usk Observer
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 1061 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

EPITOME' OF NEWS, 4

... Miller and his Men. Our young musicians, says f.he writer, might do worse than give an hour to Trie ■filler and his Men.' Drury Lane Theatre is announced. to. be. let %r the next six months; a movement which indicates that The Amber Y/itch, in spite ...

Published: Saturday 20 April 1861
Newspaper: Usk Observer
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 1578 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

.iSpttoweof ISfetosi. ---

... particular, Mr. G-. V. Brooke will leave Melbourne in February and upon nis arrival in England appears at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, where he is engaged by Mr. E. T' Smith. The first prize of the Manchester Art Union was drawn by the wife of a farm labourer ...

Published: Saturday 26 January 1861
Newspaper: Usk Observer
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 1560 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

--.........-... OUR MISCELLANY

... by seeing Mr. Ross's performance of George Barnwell.' During the run of the popular drama of the Maid and the Magpie, at Drury Lane and Covent Garden in 1815, a servant girl in the gallery at one of the theatres was so over- come by the natural pathos ...

Published: Saturday 25 June 1864
Newspaper: Usk Observer
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 1637 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

Eyitoint of jlttoB

... other journals. The value of theatrical property may be estimated by the fact that an original renter's share, of £ 300, in Drury Lane Theatre, was sold on Tuesday last, by Mr. Robins for JE40. 19s. A similar share fetched £42. Another pleasant token of American ...

Published: Saturday 27 February 1858
Newspaper: Usk Observer
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 1657 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

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... Trist, auctioneers, offered to public competi- tion, at theAuction Mart, a renter s share of £ 500 in the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, entitled originally to.2s. 6d. per night of per- formance, since reduced to Is. 3d. per night, but now paying an annual ...

Published: Saturday 11 July 1857
Newspaper: Usk Observer
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 1675 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

1SvttoniJ> of Hteteg, jFouigti fz Slomegtir

... honour of the intelligence-of the peace. Mr. Charles Yerner, lately of the Manchester Theatre Royal, has been engaged at Drury Lane for the coming season. Miss Louisa Pyne, with Messrs. Harrison, Stretton, and Horn- castle, in the course of their transatlantic ...

Published: Saturday 30 August 1856
Newspaper: Usk Observer
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 1925 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

IBpttome of Ketos, Jfomgn & momegtic

... IBpttome of Ketos, Jfomgn & momegtic. The operatic season at Drury Lane Theatre commenced on Easter Monday. The Martha and the Saracen, both of Liverpool, were destroyed by fire at the Bowry River, on Jan. 11. The breaking up of the ice at St. Louis ...

Published: Saturday 29 March 1856
Newspaper: Usk Observer
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 1851 | Page: 2 | Tags: News