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Survey of London
… it 'a place all alive with noise and bustle, Drury Lane Theatre in sight from our front and Covent Garden from our … Street, the last adjoining the newly building Drury Lane Theatre (see Survey of London, vol. XXXV); Dr. Nicholas … Johnson and others helped him with a benefit at Drury Lane Theatre. 85 A belated success came to him, however, with his …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Well-street with the new road to Leeds; and contains a theatre for the delivery of lectures, a library of 3000 …
The Environs of London
… buried January 3, 1769." A comedian belonging to the theatre royal, Covent Garden. He was a native of Ireland, in … he came to England, and made his first appearance at the theatre royal in Drury-Lane on the 24th of September, in the … period he remained in London, chiefly at Covent-Garden theatre, where he succeeded Quin in many of his characters. …
Survey of London
… 79 In 1790 Rice advertised a performance at his 'Miniature Theatre' of 'The Triumph of Fidelity, An Operatical …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… library has been recently erected on the castle-hill. A theatre, a neat and commodious edifice of stone, was erected …
A History of the County of Somerset
… the town during the summer assizes c. 1800, and by 1813 a theatre had been established in Penel Orlieu under Henry Lee. 94 Edmund Kean performed in the town in 1816. 95 The theatre, described as in Back Street in 1834, was then lit … the magistrates withdrew its licence in 1853. 96 The Bijou theatre was opened in St. Mary Street in 1912, the Palace in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… one of the best adapted to its purpose in the kingdom. The theatre, erected in 1807, is externally an unadorned …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is a swing bridge, admitting of the passage of ships. The theatre, said to have been admired by Garrick for its just … building with a Grecian portico, contains reading-rooms, a theatre in which lectures are delivered, a laboratory, a …
History Theses 1901-1970
… analysis of the cartographical material in John Speed's 'Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain'. Margaret B. John. … Ph.D. 1962. Attitudes official and private towards the theatre in England (15581603). M.A. Ross. Bristol M.A. 1965. Documents relating to the history of the theatre in the declared accounts of the treasurer of the …
Survey of London
… where the Public Library had been erected in 18913 and a theatre in 18946, 102 both partly on proscribed land. The …