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... Nilsson was to make her first appearance at her Majesty's opera to-night. Campanini, the charming tenor, is again singing at Drury Lane, and his voice remains Tnnvalled for purity and sweetness. Yet De Bolis, at Covent Garden, is a tenor of power and promise ...

Published: Tuesday 02 June 1874
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1968 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE

... ni. is the contralto at Drury Lane)-a division and separation of a married pair altogether to the advantage of Drury Lane. The -tenor at the rival house has been Signor Rinaldini, a singer hardly of the second rank. Drury Lane has now out of sight the ...

Published: Monday 06 May 1872
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 2319 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

THE LONDON PANTOMIMES

... THE LONDON PANTOMMhJES. There will be but few new pliees at the Tondon theatres this Christmns. At Drury Lane, indeed, MiM. Augustus Harris promises to upholdl in Wihittilngton nad his Cat the great reputation which the national theatre has acquired ...

Published: Tuesday 23 December 1884
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 501 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE

... centre of the ceiling ?? Garden, 65 feet; Drury Lane, 60 feet; ?? Miajesty's, 51. The width between the boxes of tho three theatres does iot greatly differ :- Covent Garden, 63 foot; Her Majesty's, 53 feet; Drury Lane, 51 feet. The third of the series of Saturday ...

Published: Monday 07 October 1867
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1779 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE

... afternoon or at night, to enable a profit to be made. The amount of money lavished by Mbr. Harris in his prepara- tions at Drury Lane is almost fabulous, and should anything occur to prevent the house from being ever thronged, he wvould lose what to most ...

Published: Monday 02 January 1888
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2549 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE

... singers of merit, but not of the first rank; d while Drury Lane rejoices in the presence of M: I- Faure and Mr. Santley, two of the most consummate i actors and singers on the lyric stage. Drury Lane ha also, in Madame Trebelli-Bettini, a contralto singer ...

Published: Monday 25 July 1870
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 2255 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

LONDON CORRESPONDENCE

... Covent Garden, and after the disastrous venture at Her Majesty's last year people will be chary of rushing into rivalry with Drury Lane in the depart- ment of the drama which it has made peculiarly d its own. Following a practice which has prevailed in some ...

Published: Saturday 27 December 1890
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1803 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

ARTS AND MANUFACTURES

... In the Bail Court, on Saturday, Lavigne, the celebrated oboe player, brought an action against Mr. E. T. Smith, lessee of Drury Lane Theatre, for, work and labour done,. Tie plaintiff had played in the band during the opera season, at four guineas a-week ...

Published: Wednesday 25 January 1860
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1252 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE

... Covent Garden boxes, on the grand tier, are charged 240 guineas, and at Drury Lane 220 guineas. An orchestra stall can be had at Covent Garden for the season at 35 guineas, and at Drury Lane for 30 guineas. The International Exhibition, which opens in May, ...

Published: Monday 03 April 1871
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 3305 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

THE SUEZ CANAL

... Goodrick. hiRrc;R AND DISORDERLY.-Ja11e Haycock (25), prosti- tute, court, Drury Lane, was charged with being drunll snd disorderly, and with using ohscone language in Drury Lane. She was an old offender, and was committed for a monthb JUVENcLE TsstOEvs ...

Published: Saturday 28 August 1869
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1200 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

A PROFESSIONAL MERRY ANDREW

... W. H. Payne, was a cown before him. Harry is very proud of his father, who diell five years ago. He played clown both at Drury Lane and Covent Garden, and much of the business still retained in the comic scenes was of his invention. It is not only on ...

Published: Wednesday 26 December 1883
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1191 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

The Metropolis

... 477., the copper of which it was composed being pus cased for £73,503. DRURY LANE THEATRE. On Saturday night the concerts of the Pyne and Harrison operatic company, at Drury Lane Theatre, came to a close. The programme was an excellent one, consisting ...

Published: Friday 09 April 1858
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1189 | Page: 1 | Tags: News