The Shaughraun
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The Shaughraun is a melodramatic play written by Irish playwright Dion Boucicault. It was first performed at Wallack's Theatre, New York, on 14 November 1874. Dion Boucicault played Conn in the origin
Color lithograph poster c. 1875.
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
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The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, commonly known as Drury Lane, is a West End theatre and Grade I listed building in Covent Garden, London, England. The building faces Catherine Street and backs onto Dru
The Shaughraun
…States is credited as the country where the Fenian movement was first initiated. It was met with equal success in its London production (1875) at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in a production staged by F. B. Chatterton. The play is attended by the protagonist, Newland Archer, in Edith Wharton's novel The Age of Innocence which…
Exterior of venue during a production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Thomas Killigrew as he appeared in 1650
David Garrick, the theatre manager 1747–1776, is portrayed in the title role of Richard III in this painting by William Hogarth.
The interior of the third and largest theatre to stand at Drury Lane, c. 1808