... THE TERROR OF DRURY LANE:: Mrs. Westhall's little boy William lately got into trouble for begging. He had a colleague with him, of whom more anon. They were brought up before Mr. Flowers, at Bow-street, and, when they had been duly charged, Mrs. Westhall ...

... tilasibouseuitreet, sued Miss Lilian Delamer*, an actress now playing in the pantomime of Dick Whittington and his Cat at Drury Lane, to recover £3B 9s. 11d., as money paid by plaintiff for defendant at her request.—Mr. Wildey Wright appeared for the plaintiff ...

... was born in 1779, and began clowning in earliest youth, he being only zwo years old when he made his first appearance at Drury Lane. His great natural comic power and his physical gifts quickly brought him forward, for years his popularity was unapproached ...

... FARREN BENEFIT. SCENE AT DRURY LANE A scene which was probably unparalleled in the history of the English stage was witnessed in the early hours of Thursday morning in connection with the Nellie Farrell Benefit at Drury Lane; and formed a touching tribute ...

... the House of Commons in order that hon. Members might not miss Betty's Hamlet His first season of twenty-eight nights at Drury Lane produced £17,200. He last appeared as phenomenon in 1808. On his return to the stage as a mere actor, in 1812. he was ...

... joking, the other half in evading his angry creditors. He was sometimes for hours, even for days, ambushed in the treasury at Drury Lane. He seldom answered letters, and very often did not open those he received. He lost receipts, and paid bills twice or three ...

... nce in England of the Hon. Cecil Rhodes. A lady conducted for years, without reproach, the voluminous correspondence of Drury Lane Theatre; and others, as clerks or principals of typist Arms, turn out daily masses of coinmercial and legal folios. ...

... ever given to a vocalist appearing at Covent Garden (1:600) fell to Mme. Patti in 1870. A conductor in 1858 received at Drury Lane £8 a month; in 1875 Sir Michael Costa received £5OO a month. Fifteen thousand pounds sterling were paid in one season to ...

... HOW MUGS ARE ROOKED. Mr. James Glover, the well-known conductor nt Drury Lane Theatre, has something to say in his book Jimmy Glover amt His Friends (Chatto and Windus) on the prevalence f gaming hells which are run by a, variety of people of ...

... expulsion from the Stale. The* them ns swindlers and bigots, riotous and disorderly. Sboiidan Knowles commenced engagement st Drury lane la«l night, and was most coidiaily receired on bis return from America i lie Hev. Dr. E. Hinke, l{ector of Kllli'..tui ...

... 'Ti. the harp in the air is the title of one el the moss popular numbers in Maritana nosr actively in the repertoire at Drury Lane Theatre. I A correspondent who knew the composer Walloon intimately says that he gave on one occasion sub. elsotially this ...

... in nionta-s and appearance into a Frenchman. Thereby hangs the story that shortly after he arrived in England he went to Drury Lane, when next to hint in the dresscircle sat a stranger wearing top- boots. 11th would have been regarded as a gloats breach ...