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SHAKSPERE AT THE LYCEUM

... Shaksperian repertoire theatre that this country has been able to boast since Phelps retired from his memorable management at Sadler's Wells. It is to Sir Henry Irving's lasting fame that his genius has illumined a number of Shakspere's greatest plays, but the ...

Published: Saturday 17 February 1900
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1202 | Page: 27 | Tags: Photographs 

THE NEWSLETTER: London Week by Week

... entertainer passed away at his humble abode in Southampton Street, Pentonville Road, not far from the historic theatre of Sadler's Wells, which was the scene of some of his principal triumphs. When only three years of age Joe everybody's Joe, as Tom Hood ...

Published: Saturday 17 November 1900
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2226 | Page: 4 | Tags: Photographs 

ODDS AND ENDS OF INTEREST

... the aforesaid sixties they have not ventured into London since October, 1879, when Mrs. Bateman opened her season at Sadler's Wells with a dramatic version of Scott's novel. The legend, Rapid travel in luxury, appears on the cover of the time table ...

Published: Saturday 01 July 1905
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 774 | Page: 30 | Tags: Photographs 

Varied Impressions of Shakspere's Macbeth

... of Sir Herbert Tree who enjoys the distinction of having made Shakspere pay. He accomplished this difficult task at Sadler's Wells, Islington, for nearly twenty years. He is here shown cross- gartered and whiskered under the chin in the Victorian fashion ...

Published: Saturday 09 September 1911
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 324 | Page: 17 | Tags: Photographs 

A LITERARY LETTER: The Decline of Parliamentary Oratory

... has few literary associations, it has one of theatrical interest. When a young man, long before he became manager of Sadler's WellS, Samuel Phelps acted at the Worthing Theatre, now the warehouse of a large grocery business. Phelps was a great walker ...

Published: Saturday 10 August 1918
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2614 | Page: 18 | Tags: Photographs 

Shall SADLER'S WELLS be NORTH LONDON'S OLD VIC?

... Shall SADLER'S WELLS be NORTH LONDON'S OLD VIC? JOE GR1MALDI, THE FAMOUS CLOWN, A CONSTANT PERFORMER AT THE THEATRE SADLER'S WELLS (ON RIGHT) AND THE HUGH MYDDLETON HEAD. BY HOGARTH (C. 1740) SAMUEL PHELPS. WHOSE NAME IS BOUND UP WITH SADLER'S WELLS ...

Published: Saturday 11 April 1925
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 298 | Page: 13 | Tags: Photographs 

THE PLAY'S THE THING: The Bar and the Stage--Trelawny of the Wells--Barry Jackson's Knighthood

... wrote. These per formances are being given in aid of the Sadler's Wells Trust they should be supported by all who would like to see the materialisation of the admirable idea of running Sadler's Wells in conjunction with the Old ic as a home for opera and ...

Published: Saturday 13 June 1925
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1972 | Page: 16 | Tags: Photographs 

M. PAINLEVÉ FORMS A NEW CABINET: AND OTHER HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS, TOLD IN PICTURES: British Tennis Players ..

... in pictures. British Tennis Players Leave for South Africa The New Viceroy 0l A Russian Wedding in London Visitors to Sadler's Wells THE CROWN PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF SWEDEN ATTEND CHURCH SERVICE AT THE SWEDISH CHURCH, MARYLEBONE (THE PRINCESS WAS FORMERLY ...

Published: Saturday 07 November 1925
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 594 | Page: 9 | Tags: Photographs 

AN ANCIENT ROAD TAX and a NEW SPEED RECORD: A Novel Form of Dinner-party--And a Convivial Breakfast with ..

... ^ND HIS COMPANIONS IN THE FLIGHT AN ENGLISHMAN'S NEW SPEED RECORD-117 MILES AN HOUR OVER A 50- KILOMETRE COURSE AN OLD SADLER'S WELL DISCOVERED-TASTING THE IRON IN THE WATER A COMPLETE L1MF.HOUSE STREET BUILT AT EALING GREEN FOR THE FILMING OF THE CHILDREN ...

Published: Saturday 21 November 1925
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 305 | Page: 35 | Tags: Photographs 

THINGS OLD AND NEW: Shakspere and Merrie England--The Inexorable Pendulum--The Worst of Anticipation--Die-hard ..

... value, caring nothing for their price. Let me advise you to do what I did and one word more. Don't forget the Sadlers' Wells Fund. Sadlers' Wells, like the Old Vic., will do for Londoners what my visit to Stratford did for me. It will provide them with ...

Published: Saturday 24 April 1926
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2195 | Page: 8 | Tags: Photographs 

THINGS OLD AND NEW: The Mystery of the Bachelors--A National Audience--The Dark Ages--Spring Comes to South Wakes

... Old Vic. set to West-end pioneers who venture across the bridges. We know beyond doubt that a similar bill of fare at Sadler's Wells will be consumed and enjoyed to the last breadcrumb. We learn without surprise that the rustics of Sussex will walk miles ...

Published: Saturday 01 May 1926
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2021 | Page: 8 | Tags: Photographs 

TWO CURRENT STAGE SUCCESSES IN LONDON: My Son John, at the Shaftesbury Theatre, and Trelawny of the Wells, at ..

... MR. BILLY MERSON IN ACT I OF MY SON JOHN Stage Photo Co. ROSE TRELAWNY BIDS THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY OF THE SADLERS' WELLS THEATRE GOOD BYE A SCENE FROM TRELAWNY OF THE WELLS, AT THE GLOBE Special SPHERE picture With My Son John Mr. Billy Merson ...

Published: Saturday 11 December 1926
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 398 | Page: 15 | Tags: Photographs