Drury Lane

[88.1] It is curious to note that this theatre, which occupied the same site as the present Drury Lane, was sometimes described as Drury Lane, sometimes as Covent Garden.

An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Volume I 1889

Then Vanbrugh, still failing, let the Haymarket to Mr. Owen Swiney, a trusted agent of the manager of 'Drury Lane', who was to allow him to draw what actors he pleased from 'Drury Lane' and divide profits.

The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays Joseph Addison 1695

'Drury Lane' had entered upon a long season of greater prosperity than it had enjoyed for thirty years before.

The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays Joseph Addison 1695

I have left Maiden Lane for Drury Lane, vowing never to return.

Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

Weaving back and forth from the theatre to the court to the backstreets of Drury Lane, Exit the Actress follows Ellen, by means of her fictionalized journal entries, letters from the royal family, playbills, recipes, and many other creative and comprehensive documents.

Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

ITV1's drama series Downton Abbey and Channel 4's Mo Mowlam biopic Mo were also double winners at the awards held at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on Friday.

Brian Cox's star rises after double win at Broadcasting Press Guild Awards 2011

May 22, 1662—Drury Lane late—but everyone about on the streets

Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

Unable to stop myself, I imagine Mother bricked up in Drury Lane for forty days, waiting.

Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

After a whole pie, and five fritters, plus a fruit tart—even the baker was impressed—Duncan walked me home to Drury Lane.

Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

I have engaged a cleaning woman for Drury Lane with the little money I have left from Buckhurst.

Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011