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unusual facts about Drury Lane Theatre


Drury Lane Theatre

Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, a theatre in the West End area of London, England


Dr. Strangely Strange

The group disbanded in May 1971, after playing a concert with Al Stewart at London's Drury Lane Theatre.

François-Hippolyte Barthélémon

David Garrick of the Drury Lane Theatre engaged him to compose music to Garrick’s two-act farcical burletta based on the Orpheus myth, which premiered in 1768.

George Perren

He sang in the premiere of Edward Loder's Raymond and Agnes at the Theatre Royal, Manchester (14 April 1855) and in the premiere of George Alexander McFarren's opera She Stoops to Conquer at the Drury Lane Theatre (11 February 1864).

Harlequin Cock Robin and Jenny Wren

Gilbert's pantomime opened on the same night as rival shows at the Drury Lane Theatre, Covent Garden, Sadler's Wells, and eight other London theatres.

Massacre of St George's Fields

This in turn led to a riot at the production of Kelly's new play A Word to the Wise at the Drury Lane Theatre, forcing the production to be abandoned.

Paul Abraham

English: Ball at The Savoy, 8 September 1933 London, Drury Lane Theatre

Solomon Joel

He was also kept busy with his enlarged family's diamond and gold mining interests, activities in brewing, the theatre (the Drury Lane Theatre in London) and railways (the City and South London Railway).

Thorgrim

Thorgrim is an opera in four acts with music by the British composer Frederic H. Cowen to a libretto by Joseph Bennett after the Icelandic tale Viglund the Fair, first performed at the Drury Lane Theatre, London on 22 April 1890.


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Mary Martha Pearson

Miss Smithson of Drury Lane Theatre in the character of Ellen in the Falls of the Clyde (exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1823).