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Old and New London
… Street, and covering the ground now occupied by the Gaiety Theatre and Restaurant and the adjacent buildings, formerly … staircase from the doorway to the highest part of the theatre, with communications on every level. The entrances to … actors. A caf, on the French model, was attached to the theatre at first starting; but it was afterwards separated, …
Old and New London
… "Spotted Dog"The Globe TheatreThe Opera ComiqueThe Olympic Theatre. "He must to the Inns of Court. I was of Clement's … 18, 1778. He seems to have been born in the purple of the theatre. His father was of Italian extraction; his mother, … theatres, the "Globe," as if in memory of Shakespeare's theatre, and the "Opera Comique." The Globe Theatre, which …
Old and New London
… CenturyPepys' Visit to the "Cockpit"Puritan ObservancesThe Theatre in Vere Street"Spiriting Away" an InfantPrinces … century, and the site is now occupied by the Olympic Theatre, as stated in the last chapter. Drury Lane was once … in Drury Lane, not very far from the steps of the Olympic Theatre, that Lord Mohun made his unsuccessful attempt to …
Old and New London
… own account by turning some rooms in this street into a theatre of his own, from which, however, he soon afterwards … attempt, dodged the fair actress for a whole day at the theatre, stationed a coach near the 'Horseshoe' Tavern, in … by the door of which she was to pass on her way from the theatre." He adds, "Mr. Page called for help; the population …
Old and New London
… by Douglas Jerrold, and produced at Covent Garden Theatre in 1840, as "The White Milliner." She died in 1730 in …
Survey of London
… The Theatre Royal Buildings CHAPTER IV. The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane: the Buildings The Brydges Street Playhouse of 1663 Unlike the Duke's Theatre in Dorset Garden, which can be visualized from …
Survey of London
… The Theatre Royal Management CHAPTER II The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane: the Management The Theatre Royal, … Christmas 1852. 168 This was E. T. Smith, manager of the Marylebone Theatre, who in the course of his remarkable …
Survey of London
… The Theatre Royal Site CHAPTER III The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane: the Site The original Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, was built in an oblong stable yard …