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As I have already stated, Covent-Garden Theatre made a golden harvest by anticipating the coronation; but it was left for Drury-Lane to give as near as possible a fac-simile of the one that had so recently taken place.
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 Volume 23, Number 2 Various
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At Covent-Garden and Drury-Lane an occasional struggle was made against the popular cry, but it was speedily drowned in clamor.
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 Volume 23, Number 2 Various
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Her more recent brief engagement with Mr. Anderson, at Drury-Lane, and her last one with Mr.W. Farren, at the Strand Theater, whither she contributed so much to attract choice audiences, are fresh in the memory of metropolitans.
International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 8, August 19, 1850 Various
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Drury-Lane Theatre, I was found guilty of constructing an afterpiece, and was _damned_.
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Mrs. Glover's last farewell, at Drury-Lane Theater, on Friday, the
International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 8, August 19, 1850 Various
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Drury-Lane, in consequence of an effort on the part of Garrick to abolish a shabby practice that had prevailed in London from time immemorial.
The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810
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_Drury-Lane_ theatre was built in 1674 and burnt down in 1809.
The Coverley Papers Various
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My face is likewise very well known at the _Grecian_, the _Cocoa-Tree_, and in the theatres both of _Drury-Lane_ and the _Hay-Market_.
The Coverley Papers Various
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_Betty Careless, her Prayers: From her Chambers in Drury-Lane, on a
The Merry-Thought: or the Glass-Window and Bog-House Miscellany Parts 2, 3 and 4 Maximillian E. [Commentator] Novak
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Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden alternately, till she made that long engagement at the Haymarket, during which she has become best known to the present generation of playgoers.
International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 8, August 19, 1850 Various
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