... bo noted, as satisfactory proof of the influence of the age, that the Christmas performances uow-a-days are free, even at Drury-lane, from those dirty jokes aud double entendres that a quarter of a century ago were the staple source of laughter for each ...

... some parts of the figure are made to break into the border, so to give it the effect of standing out, open to criticism. Drury-lane Theatre. —The annual assembly of proprietors was held Thursday afternoon, in the saloon of the theatre, Mr. B. B. Cabbell ...

... brought V the plaintiff, Miss Priscilla Rose, dressmaker, living No. 64, Ururv-lane, against the lessee of the Theatre . yal, Drury-lane (Mr. E. V. Smith), to recover as •. mpensation for damages done by, ami for b r ...

... the other journals. The value of theatrical property' may be estimated by the fact that original renter’s share, of £3OO, Drury Lane Theatre, was sold on Tuesday last, Mr. Robins, for £4O. 19s. A similar share fetched £42. Another pleasant token of American ...

... bills for £2lO. then bad the cigars examined, and found that they were British make.— Mr. Lawrance: M by, they were made Drury-lane, w«re they not? (laughter.)— Bankrupt: They wore, Butler and Co. then wrote to Jones, demanding to have my acceptances back; ...

... THE HAVELOCK MEMORIAL FUND Friday afternoon a public meeting was held the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, placed at the disposal the committee the lessee, in aid of the above fund. At two o’clock the chair was taken his Royal Highness the puke of Cambridge ...

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

... holding life pjlicy, £577. After detailing certain receipts, &c., the account proceeds to say Loss performances toe Lyceum and Drury-lane, £214 ditto on sub-letting the Lyceum from April 4 to Dec. 23, 1857, ditto on surrender of lease, deposit money forfeited ...

... distinctness with grace, in enunciating the * Dearly beloved,’ and reading Epistle. For all IbD, was indebted to the players at Drury Lane,— hut the necessary money was well laid out It returned cent, per cent Covent Garden was not backward in lendinßlv.m cerfnin ...

... in Bohosquare. and in passing over the West minster-bridge, I met Emilv Hobbs, a voting woman who used to belong to the Drury-lane ballet, and whom 1 used to knowtwelve months ago. Mr. Norton ; About what time was it ? Miss Newell: About half-past seven ...

... took the girls to the station, where they stated that they -had been sent out Ward’s mother. On inquiry Clinrlos-strcet, Drury-lane (where both the mothers reside), he ascertained that Catherine ard was in the habit, not only of sending her own daughter ...

... arrangements for another Metropolitan demonstration in favour of Reform. An application which has been made for the use of Drury - lane Theatre for that purpose has been refused the committee of proprietors of that building, but Mr. K. T. Smith has intimated ...