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A History of the County of Oxford
… 1662. 3 Bladon stone was used in Oxford, at the Sheldonian Theatre in 1666, at New College, Queen's, and All Souls in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1787 the orangery in the kitchen court was turned into a theatre, with seats for over 200 people; plays were produced … two years, before invited audiences, 87 but it remained a theatre until converted shortly after 1840 into offices for … great hall and displayed separately in a room east of the theatre. 89 The Titian room was burnt down in 1861 and its …
Old and New London
… subject." It may be added here that at Tottenham Street Theatre (now the Prince of Wales's), about the year 1830, was …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
… the Schools Quadrangle stand to the S. of the Sheldonian Theatre and the Old Clarendon Building. The walls are of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the water-works, and to improve the town generally. The theatre is regularly open during the season; a town-hall was …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Mr. Hancorn, for many years an inhabitant of the town. The theatre, a plain building, well adapted to the purpose, and …
A New History of London
… London now stands, though the country about it was the theatre of his principal transactions here; that if it …
A New History of London
… the contriver and carrier on of masquerades at the king's theatre, in the Hay-market, in order to be punished according … London spaw in Clerkenwell; and a place called Hallam's theatre in May fair. The prediction in the preamble to this …
A New History of London
… advertisement appeared in the news papers. "At the New Theatre in the Hay Market, on Monday next, the 16th inst. to … half an hour after six o'clock. Tickets to be had at the theatre. *** The performance continues about two hours and a … and gentry, male as well as female. About seven the theatre being lighted up, but without so much as a single …
A New History of London
… lecture, it was exposed to the view of the populace in the theatre of the hall, and on the 8th delivered to his friends …