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... it impressed the town. Mr Macready continued to be a member of the Drury-lane company until September 1st, when he sailed for America, Mr Stephen Prics, the new Lessee of Drury-lane, and successor of Mr Elliston, having entered into an engagement with ...

THEATRICAL GOSSIP

... TEE ATRICAL GOSSIP. MR ARTHUR COLLINS and the directors of Drury- lane have kindly lent the theatre for the benefit of the Royal General Theatrical Fund on Thursday, Nov. 17th. That excellent institution deserves every sup- port, especially from the ...

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... Theatre then recently opened. In January, 1842, -hil to part in the performances inaugurating the m 1Iacrea-i manageme t of Drury-lane Theatre, and ap ar d there ali erissa `The Merchant of Venice), 3L-hd . allentli as Mrs Placid, in Mrs Inchbald's comely ...

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... Mlacready for the following season at Drury-lane, where they appeared 5th of October, 1812, in Mr Planchd6's two-act comedy of Tlse Follies of a Night. Some disagreement arising between them and Mr Macready they left Drury-lane abruptly, and transferred their ...

THEATRICAL GOSSIP

... THE annual benefit of the Royal General Theatrical Fund will take place on Tuesday afternoon next, at the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, and promises to be a very great success. The programme includes selections from The Degenerates, Hearts are Trumps, King ...

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... John Luno (confdential theatrical attendant en Mr Macready during his management of the Theatres Royal, Covent-garden and Drury- lane), &c., &c. H91A.3LET AT THE. CRYSTAL PALLO3. (Yesterday.) We last week offered our readers some rather hostile criticism ...

THE LONDON THEATRES

... variety entertainment. This week has been staged, under the direction of Mr G. B. Bigwood, the drama successfully produced at Drury- lane last autumn. After the first representation it was generally admitted that the authors had done their work very cleverly ...

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... Pantomimic artiste, died very suddenly on Monday afternoon, under the following painful ?? had attended the rehearsal of the Drury-lane Pantomime on Monday, at which we spoke to him, and Mr. E. T. Smith shook hands with him, so late as past four o'clock in ...

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... maintained a position high in the favour of Birmingham playgoers. His first appearance on the London stage was made at Drury-lane Theatre, October 28th, 1861, as Hiram Henpecker, in the farce of A Terrible Secret, afterwards appearing as Eily O'Connor ...

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... was Manager of the Birmuiugham Theatre; and, after succeeding Captain Polhill in the lesseeship of Drury-lane, he became, in 1833, Manager of both Drury-lane and Covent-garden Theatres, conducting both through two remarkably consecutive seasons, which will ...

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... by the death of the once highly popular Mrs William West, who figured for many years on the boards of Covent-garden and Drury-lane as the promi- nent tragic actress of her time. Mrs West died at Glasgow on Saturday, December 30th, at the age of eighty-six ...

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... of the Theatree Royal, Drury-lane, Olympic, and Surrey, executed, from a cast taken from the face a few hours after death, by the inimitable Sculptor, B~rucciaui (uncle to the present Modeller), of Little Russell-street, Drury-lane. We take thie opportunity ...