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A History of the County of Stafford
… until the 19th century, and probably as a consequence theatre companies gave the town a miss. 3 There were no … the local operatic society, and promised to bring his own theatre company to Burton. It duly performed an Oscar Wilde … social and cultural activities (sport; entertainment: theatre). A. L. Reade, Johnsonian Gleanings, i (priv. print., …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 1867 was St. George's Hall, reopened in 1902 as the New Theatre and Opera House. From 1881 the public hall in St. … have been established since the later 19th century. 23 Theatre The Paget household was entertained by companies of … in the decade. 1 Performances may have taken place at a theatre mentioned in 1797 behind the Blue Posts inn on the …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… Cleere worked at Badminton (1668), the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, many London City Churches, and on the Great …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… designed by Sampson Lloyd, was built in 1972, and a theatre was built in 1990. St. Mary's school had 240 pupils …
Old and New London
… the weather was so unfavourable. Richardson's theatre occupies a large space of ground in the centre of the … temples. That of the Sibyls is on the model of one at Tivoli, and is supported on the trunks of eighteen oak-trees, … In the prologue to Lillo's tragedy, "as acted at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, by his Majesty's servants, in …
The Environs of London
… his garden, probably, yielded him as much profit as his theatre: it was not licensed, but was so well stocked, that … in the parish of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate; and the Fortune theatre. The revenues amounted to 800l. per annum. Statutes. … playhouse being in arrear, the college entered upon the theatre the 21st of November. Both houses of parliament …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the Norwich company of comedians perform in a commodious theatre at Barnwell. Several public concerts are held in … it is a small building conveniently fitted up, with a theatre for the lectures on anatomy and medicine, which are …
Old and New London
… the north-east corner of Regent's Park, is the Royal Park Theatre, a place of dramatic entertainment, originally opened about the year 1870 under the name of the Alexandra Theatre. The class of amusement generally given here consists … professorship has devolved to Mr. Coleman, and a handsome theatre has been prepared, with a museum and dissecting rooms …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and comprise a school for the instruction of pupils, a theatre for dissections and the delivery of lectures, a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The institution has also an extensive library, and a theatre in which lectures are delivered once a week throughout the year. The Theatre, a neat and commodious edifice, erected by Mrs. Sarah …