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	Drury Lane Theatre \| British History Online
		At Drury Lane flourished the lovely "Nancy" Oldfield, who quitted the bar of the "Mitre" for the stage, and whose notorious intimacy with General Churchill, cousin of the great Duke of Marlborough, obtained for her a grave in Westminster Abbey.
		Old Drury witnessed the farewell performance of Miss Farren (Countess of Derby) in 1797, just before she exchanged the buskin for a coronet; witnessed, too, the first appearance of Harriet Mellon, in 1795, and her last, in February, 1815—for in the previous month she had wedded Mr.
		Drury Lane saw the rise of the long and devoted attachment of the Duke of Clarence to Mrs.
	www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=45148 (4655 words)

	Theatre Royal Drury Lane
		Lane myself and my other Great Great Grandfather, Horatio Lloyd, who was Arthur Lloyd's father, visited the Theatre on many occasions and writes about it in his Autobiography, which is a fascinating and contemporary account of a working actor in the mid 1800s.
		It is popularly supposed that as a child she sold oranges in the pit of Drury Lane and made her way to the stage at the early age of fifteen.
		Drury Lane Theatre was destroyed by fire in 1809, when Sheridan was at the House of Commons.
	www.arthurlloyd.co.uk /DruryLane.htm (1909 words)

	Drury Lane - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Drury Lane is a street in the Covent Garden area of London, running between Aldwych and High Holborn.
		The name of the street is often used to refer to the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, which has in different incarnations been located in Drury Lane since the 17th century.
		The street Drury Lane is also where the muffin man lives as mentioned in a popular children's song.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Drury_Lane (165 words)

	about drury; vt;drury lane
		Drury Lane runs through the heart of Drury University campus.
		Drury University, 900 N. Benton, Springfield, MO. 65802 Telephone: 1-800-922-2274.
		The Drury University Home Page is provided by the Web Office and Computer Services.
	www.drury.edu /virtualtour/drlanetour.htm (34 words)

	Annie's Farmers: Lane and Colleen Drury
		Lane would like to sell them as organic, but it’s hard to develop a market for organic beef in a rural town where most people raise their own meat.
		Lane hated spraying with pesticides and noticed that the chemicals decreased local populations of wild pheasants and partridge.
		Lane taught us that his farm is part of the “prairie pothole” ecosystem, a region that extends out from the Northern Plains through the Dakotas and up to Montana.
	www.annies.com /annies/farmers/drury.htm (549 words)

	Drury Lane Moat House Hotel Bloomsbury - book at the best price
		The drury lane moat house hotel is a 3 / 4 star (allrez call it 4 star, the others call it 3 star) central london hotel close to covent garden, bloomsbury, holborn, the 'city' (financial district) and the west end.
		The drury lane moat house hotel is midway between the tottenham court road and holborn underground stations and around a mile from kings cross and euston underground / train stations.
		The drury lane moat house hotel bloomsbury is on high holborn, close to tottenham court road and holborn underground stations and is just over a mile of kings cross and euston underground / rail stations.
	www.cheaper-london-hotels.co.uk /hotel-bloomsbury-drury-lane-moat-house.htm (818 words)

	AllRefer.com - Drury Lane (Theater) - Encyclopedia
		Drury Lane, street and district of London, at first a place of fine residences, among which was that of the Drury family.
		It was the site of the original Drury Lane Theatre, which was built by Thomas Killigrew in 1663 under a charter from Charles II and called the Theatre Royal.
		The present Drury Lane Theatre was changed according to the design of Benjamin Wyatt in 1812.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/D/DruryLan.html (237 words)

	HOASM: Drury Lane Theatre and Haymarket Theatre
		Drury Lane had a theatre in Shakespeare's time, 'the Phoenix,' called also 'the Cockpit.' It was destroyed in 1617 by a Puritan mob, re-built, and occupied again till the stoppage of stage-plays in 1648.
		Thomas Killigrew then had 'the Cockpit' in Drury Lane, his company being that of the King's Players, and it was Killigrew who, dissatisfied with the old 'Cockpit,' opened, in 1663, the first Drury Lane Theatre, nearly upon the site now occupied by D.L. No. 4.
		Drury Lane had entered upon a long season of greater prosperity than it had enjoyed for thirty years before.
	www.hoasm.org /VIIA/DruryLane.html (703 words)

	The Hector Berlioz Website - Berlioz in London Drury Lane
		The Theatre Royal Drury Lane was first built in 1663; subsequently it was destroyed by fire or pulled down on several occasions and went through three further reincarnations.
		My task is to conduct the orchestra of the Grand English Opera house which will open in Drury Lane in a month; I am also hired to give four concerts composed exclusively of my works, and finally to write a three act opera intended for the 1848 season.
		The Drury Lane season opened with Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor on 6 December under Berlioz’s baton and was a great success; on his entry to the orchestra pit, the audience gave him a superb reception and many numbers were encored.
	www.hberlioz.com /London/BLDruryLane.html (909 words)

	DRURY LANE. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		street and district of London, at first a place of fine residences, among which was that of the Drury family.
		It was the site of the original Drury Lane Theatre, which was built by Thomas Killigrew in 1663 under a charter from Charles II and called the Theatre Royal.
		The present Drury Lane Theatre was changed according to the design of Benjamin Wyatt in 1812.
	www.bartleby.com /aol/65/dr/DruryLan.html (126 words)

	Theatre Royal, Drury Lane - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The present-day Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, sketched when it was new, in 1813.
		The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane is a theatre in the West End area of London, officially situated on Catherine Street, but backing onto Drury Lane just to the east of Covent Garden.
		The interior has been substantially redesigned and overhauled many times since then: a contemporary sketch of it when it was new is shown on the right, seen from the point of view of the beau monde in the lower gallery.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Drury_Lane_Theatre (396 words)

	DRURY LANE THEATRE,
		The original building, properly known as the Theatre Royal, was built under a royal patent in 1663 by the playwright Thomas Killigrew (1612–83) for his company, the King’s Servants.
		Two years later the actor Nell Gwyn, who was later the mistress of Charles II, made her debut at Drury Lane.
		From 1814 to 1820 Drury Lane audiences saw the performances of Edmund Kean, who appeared in many of Shakespeare’s plays.
	www.history.com /encyclopedia.do?articleId=207919 (547 words)

	PerformInk Online
		DeSantis' newest Drury Lane Theatre is across the street from the hallowed Chicago Water Tower, the city's castellated symbol of survival that pre-dates the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
		Drury Lane East failed quickly (McCormick Place was a difficult location), Drury Lane North was turned over to new management after a year (and soon went to an all-musical policy), and stars alone could not provide sufficient luster for Drury Lane Water Tower Place.
		When he opened his fifth Drury Lane Theatre in 1984 in Oakbrook Terrace, there were no more stars (except for concert performances).
	www.performink.com /Archives/features/DeSantisDruryLaneWaterTower.htm (1406 words)

	Drury Lane Theatre - Ticket Information
		As a Drury Lane Theatre Subscriber you'll enjoy benefits not available to the general public.
		Gift certificates for Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace theatre performances are available in any denomination and are good indefinitely.
		Drury Lane Theatre reserves the right to make changes in schedule, featured performers and restrictions, if necessary.
	www.drurylaneoakbrook.com /live_theatre/tickets.shtml (210 words)

	Drury Lane Theatre - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Drury Lane Theatre - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Drury Lane Theatre, playhouse in London, on Russell St., not far from Drury Lane.
		Drew, Louisa Lane (1820-1897), American actor, theater manager, and matriarch of a well-known family of actors.
	encarta.msn.com /Drury_Lane_Theatre.html (143 words)

	Drury Lane Theatre
		Rebuilt on its present site in Drury Lane in 1674 with Sir Christopher Wren as architect, the second Theatre Royal featured the plays of John Dryden and works of William Congreve.
		Drury Lane enjoyed one of its finest periods (1710-34) under the control of the famous triumvirate made up of the actor-playwright Colley Cibber, the comedian Robert Wilks, and the character actor Thomas Doggett.
		After his decline, Drury Lane went into a long period of progressive deterioration until it was taken over by Augustus Harris in the 1880s, when it prospered as the home of spectacles and pantomimes featuring the music-hall artist Dan Leno.
	search.eb.com /shakespeare/micro/178/74.html (348 words)

	PeoplePlay UK - 19th Century Spectacle
		One of the greatest designers of such scenes was Bruce ‘Sensation’ Smith of Drury Lane, the theatre which, with the introduction of hydraulic stage machinery in 1894, became the acknowledged home of such drama.
		The Whip at Drury Lane in 1909 told the story of a plot to kidnap a racehorse (The Whip) on a train journey to Newmarket where he is a dead cert for the Two Thousand Guineas.
		Such was the tension of the tunnel scene that the audience would shout advice as the deafening sound of the train came closer and closer and desperate attempts were made to free the horse from the crash.
	www.peopleplayuk.org.uk /guided_tours/drama_tour/19th_century/spectacle.php (291 words)

	Obiwan's UFO-Free Paranormal Page > Hauntings > Drury Lane Theatre (England)
		Drury Lane was opened during the reign of King Charles II, who loved theatre.
		A theatre expert named W.J. Macqueen-Pope thinks that this may be the ghost of Joe Grimaldi, who performed often at Drury Lane and gave his farewell performance there.
		Another ghost at Drury Lane is described as being tall, thin, and ugly, and is thought to be the ghost of actor Charles Macklin.
	www.ghosts.org /drury.html (625 words)

	Drury Lane - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Drury Lane - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Drury Lane, playhouse in Catherine Street, London, not far from Drury Lane.
		The current theatre is the fourth to have been built on the site and...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Drury_Lane.html (103 words)

	David Garrick
		His fortune was now made, and while the managers of Covent Garden and Drury Lane resorted to the law to make Giffard, the manager of Goodman's Fields, close his little theatre, Garrick was engaged by Fleetwood for Drury Lane for the season of 1742.
		With the close of that season Fleetwood's patent for the management of Drury Lane expired, and Garrick, in conjunction with Lacy, purchased the property of the theatre, together with the renewal of the patent; contributing £8000 as two-thirds of the purchase money.
		Garrick practically ceased to act in 1766, but he continued the management of Drury Lane, and in 1769 organized the Shakespeare celebrations at Stratford-on-Avon, an undertaking which ended in dismal failure, though he composed an "Ode upon dedicating a building and erecting a Statue to Shakespeare" on the occasion.
	www.theatrehistory.com /british/garrick001.html (2162 words)

	Drury Lane
		The Theatre Royal Drury Lane -- home of recent West End blockbusters such as Miss Saigon and My Fair Lady -- has launched a backstage tour with a difference that features costumed characters from the theatre's past relating stories of its colourful, sometimes tragic history.
		Visitors are introduced to Joseph Grimaldi, a Pierrot-like clown and former mainstay of Drury Lane shows, and a "janitor" who tells tales on the other actors who starred there.
		The Theatre Royal Drury Lane is in Catherine Street, London, close to Covent Garden Underground station.
	www3.telus.net /johnlee/drurylane.html (765 words)

	Drury Lane Theatre -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The Drury Lane Theatre, London, watercolour by Edward Dayes, 1795; in the Henry E. By courtesy of the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California
		Just north of the Strand, on Drury Lane, is the Drury Lane Theater, long famous as the home of drama.
		With its spirited ridicule of affectation and pretentiousness, it is considered by many to be the finest comedy of manners in the English language.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9031263 (924 words)

	Drury Lane — Infoplease.com
		Sir William Drury, K.G., was a most able commander in the Irish wars.
		Drury Lane - Drury Lane Drury Lane, street and district of London, at first a place of fine residences, among...
		Drury Lane - Drury Lane (London) takes its name from the habitation of the great Drury family.
	www.infoplease.com /dictionary/brewers/drury-lane.html (156 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Drury Lane Theatre
		Drury Lane Theatre, playhouse in London, on Russell St., not far from Drury Lane.
		Drew, Louisa Lane (1820-1897), American actor, theater manager, and matriarch of a well-known family of actors.
		Writing a play gives you the opportunity to let your imagination soar—freedom some students love and others find intimidating.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Drury_Lane_Theatre.html (122 words)

	John Palmer (d. 1798)
		The patentees of Drury Lane and Covent Garden commenced proceedings against Palmer, and the magistrates summoned him to appear before them at a tavern in the neighborhood, to show under what license he was acting.
		Jack bowed and scraped to them with the most excessive humility; he had the document at home, he said, would they so far indulge him as to wait while he went and fetched it--he lived close by, he would not be two minutes.
		When he returned to Drury Lane, he met Sheridan with an air of the most penitent humility, his head lowered, the whites of his eyes turned up, one hand upon his heart, the other holding a white pocket-handkerchief--a complete picture of Joseph Surface.
	www.theatredatabase.com /18th_century/john_palmer_001.html (965 words)

	London theatre tickets musical My Fair Lady on stage at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane - West End ticket buying and guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Although she achieved this as the National, her doctors have now instructed that in order to protect against a recurrence of the virus, she must only perform six times per week at Drury Lane, rather than the eight that both she and the producers had originally intended.
		Martine was originally contracted until April 2002 but, notwithstanding her acclaimed performance and wonderful notices for her portrayal as Eliza Doolittle, her performances have been restricted by a recurrence of the vocal problems that she developed earlier this year.
		In July, she returned to the role at Drury Lane and continued to perform regularly.
	www.albemarle-london.com /myfairlady.html (3595 words)

	Victorian London - Entertainment and Recreation - Theatre and Shows - Theatres and Venues - Drury Lane Theatre
		As Drury Lane is a first class building, so are the actors of the very best class of performers.
		At the same time there is no stage in London where a play depending in any degree upon broad and massive effects can be presented to anything like the advantage which maybe given it at Drury Lane.
		It is impossible within a few lines to give an idea of the interesting associations of Drury Lane Theatre, which extends from Catherine Street to Drury Lane, and is bounded on one side by Russell Street.
	www.victorianlondon.org /entertainment/drurylanetheatre.htm (1216 words)

	Victorian London - Districts - Streets - Drury Lane
		In the Strand, just opposite to majestic Somerset-House and half-hidden by the railings of the church-yard, which encroaches upon the natural dimensions of the street, there is a narrow passage, which turns up into Drury-lane.
		That lane, though of unequal breadth, is always narrow, and numberless are the blind alleys, courts, and passages on either side.
		The first and second floors of the high and narrow houses, shelter evidently a class of small tradesmen and mechanics, who in other countries would pass as “respectable,” while here they work for the merest necessaries of life, and, like their customers, live from hand to mouth.
	www.victorianlondon.org /districts/drurylane.htm (1276 words)

	Drury Lane Theatre
		The Drury Lane, Theatre Royal, is the oldest theatre in London (save the rebuilt Globe), having been built in 1663.
		Sweet young things are often “helped” along in their performances by the unseen hands of Joe Grimaldi, a popular comic and singer who was often seen at Drury Lane (before his death, duh).
		Perhaps this would’ve been the same churchyard that reburied the coffins left exposed in the Drury Lane graveyard in the 1830s.
	etherscribe.tripod.com /drury_lane_theatre.htm (459 words)

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