Mr Lillyvick--Miss Petowker of the Theatre Royal,
Drury Lane.
Oxford and
Drury Lane itself dispute the dignity of giving birth to Nell Gwynne with Hereford, where a mean house is still pointed out as the first home of this mother of a line of dukes, whose great-grandson was to occupy the neighbouring palace as Bishop of Hereford for forty years.
Mr Richard Swiveller's apartments were in the neighbourhood of
Drury Lane, and in addition to this convenience of situation had the advantage of being over a tobacconist's shop, so that he was enabled to procure a refreshing sneeze at any time by merely stepping out upon the staircase, and was saved the trouble and expense of maintaining a snuff-box.
THE many-toned murmur of the current of London life--flowing through the murky channel of
Drury Lane--found its muffled way from the front room to the back.
In an- other bill he was the "world-renowned Shakespearian tragedian, Garrick the Younger, of
Drury Lane, Lon- don." In other bills he had a lot of other names and done other wonderful things, like finding water and gold with a "divining-rod," "dissipating witch spells," and so on.
"Off
Drury Lane," he said, flushing, "but it isn't low.
Drury," he says, "whom I plagued sufficiently too, was the best, the kindest friend I ever had."
But the visible signs of their belief were Regent Street or
Drury Lane, a little mud displaced, a little money spent, a little food cooked, eaten, and forgotten.
"Last night, in
Drury Lane lobby, I ran against Sir John Middleton, and when he saw who I was--for the first time these two months--he spoke to me.--That he had cut me ever since my marriage, I had seen without surprise or resentment.
Angel Court,
Drury Lane, round the corner of Micklejohn's oil shop.
A little later Garrick, who had risen very much more rapidly and was now manager of
Drury Lane theater, gave him substantial help by producing his early play 'Irene,' a representative pseudo-classical tragedy of which it has been said that a person with a highly developed sense of duty may be able to read it through.
Do you remember, dear M--, oh friend of my youth, how one blissful night five-and-twenty years since, the "Hypocrite" being acted, Elliston being manager, Dowton and Liston performers, two boys had leave from their loyal masters to go out from Slaughter-House School where they were educated and to appear on
Drury Lane stage, amongst a crowd which assembled there to greet the king.