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The Forty Thieves

... The Forty Thieves. HE best way to describe the new Drury Lane pantomime would be to borrow a phrase from colloquialism and say all the usual.' Or to take a dictionary and cull ...

Published: Saturday 07 January 1899
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 33 | Page: 37 | Tags: none

J OHN SLEE, Spring House, W oolsthorpeby-Colsterworth, Grantharn, Lincoln-

... 's chair, as photographed in COUNTRY LIFE of August 10. I well remember going in the years 1896-1900 to the pantomime at Drury Lane Theatre, where we occupied the stage box . I was impressed by watching the orchestra's conductor's chair, exactly this model ...

Published: Thursday 28 September 1961
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 273 | Page: 56 | Tags: none

Theatre until May 14

... performing cautious high jinks on a props basket is poor fare for anyone who has recently seen The Pirates of Penzance at Drury Lane, but Tim Meats as Sullivan is eminently watchable (and even more listenable), and Martin Connor offers stalwart Christopher ...

Published: Thursday 28 April 1983
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 254 | Page: 86 | Tags: none

The Great Ruby

... The Great Ruby. F course one does not analyse a Drury Lane drama by the same method as one does an ordinary play. It has a place apart, it blooms alone. When a play is written ...

Published: Saturday 15 October 1898
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 36 | Page: 39 | Tags: none

OF 1814

... n of the Glorious Peace of 1814. The design and decorations made by Messrs. Greenwood and Latilla of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The Allegorical Transparencies Designed by Mr. Howard, R.A., and painted by bim, Messrs. mirke, tothard, vVoodeforde, Dowe ...

Published: Friday 21 June 1946
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 312 | Page: 34 | Tags: none

116 C O UNT R Y LI FE An Exhibition of Oil Paintings, Watercolours and Prints to mark the opening

... price £3.00. Monday-Friday 9.30-5.30 Saturday 10.00-5.00 BURLINGTON GALLERIES LONDON ANDTHETHAMES 1883 THE COCK AND MAGPIE, DRURY LANE by JOHN CHARLES MAGGS (1819-1896) Signed, inscribed 'Bath' and dated 1885 Oil on canvas 14 x 26 inches MAY 12 , 19 8 8 Engraved ...

Published: Thursday 12 May 1988
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 280 | Page: 120 | Tags: none

by 3ft Hin. £llo,ooo

... Mr Beard as Hawthorn; Mrs Yates as Mandane. Garrick first played Lear at Goodmans Fields and Drury Lane m 1742. His first appearance as Macbeth was at Drury Lane in 1744. John Beard played Hawthorn in Isaac Bickerstaff's comic opera, Love in a Village, ...

Published: Thursday 08 October 1981
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 360 | Page: 69 | Tags: none

DECEMBER 3 19 8 7 COUNTRY LIFE mainly because his earliest ones were written for Madame Vestris (1797-1856), ..

... houses to the Savoy Theatre--1885-the pantomime at Drury Lane Theatre also had an oriental theme. This was Aladdin by E. L. Blanchard ( 1820-89), just one of the 37 pantomimes he wrote for Drury Lane. The costume designer for this Aladdin was Wilhelm ...

Published: Thursday 03 December 1987
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 877 | Page: 159 | Tags: none

But in those days there were no musical plays; there were in London ; and

... great dramatists who ought to be played at Drury Lane. That is not the comparison. going to say that there is more art in any ten minutes of G ilbert and Sullivan than in the whole three hours of the new Drury Lane show. If this be conceded, then I have no ...

Published: Saturday 16 May 1936
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 943 | Page: 35 | Tags: none

AT THE THEATRE

... AT THE THEATRE the opening of Rise and hine, the new musical comedy at Drury Lane, I discol·ered that I w2.s apparently the only person in the house wearing a black tie. Round about me was all the rank , fashion, beauty and wealth of the town. Duchesses ...

Published: Saturday 16 May 1936
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1262 | Page: 35 | Tags: none

PORTRA ITS OF AN 18th-CE TUR Y ACTOR The enclosed engraving shows the Drury

... PORTRA ITS OF AN 18th-CE TUR Y ACTOR The enclosed engraving shows the Drury Lane actor, William Brereton, in the title role of Home's tragedy D ougla , which was recently revived in E dinbttrgh. I would appreciate any information concerning the Hone from ...

Published: Friday 23 March 1951
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 851 | Page: 34 | Tags: none