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The Bulletin
Fix this textCAPTAIN COOK'S OWN STORY: M. H. Ellis
Fix this text“The Bulletin,” Vol. 77 No. 3977
Fix this textWednesday, May 2, 1956
Fix this textPrice 9d.
Fix this textRegistered at the General Post Office, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, for transmission by Post as a Newspaper
Fix this textNo. 296: the Homeland Series by the House of Seppelt.
Fix this textLONDON'S HAYMARKET THEATRE KNOWN THE WORLD OVER
Fix this text3 are no fewer than fifty theatres in central London alone, and they
Fix this textL usually maintain a tradition as to the type of production staged,
Fix this textrury Lane, Her Majesty’s, the Stoll, the Adelphi and the Coliseum present
Fix this textelaborate musicals. The Palace, Princes and Saville are chiefly devoted to
Fix this textmusical comedy and operetta; the Comedy, Whitehall, Garrick and Criterion
Fix this textspecialise in farces; the Old Vic is the chief home of Shakespeare; the Globe,
Fix this textLyric. Apollo and Haymarket show straight plays and comedies.
Fix this textThe Haymarket Theatre, a few yards from Piccadilly Circus, and illustrated
Fix this texthere, was built by Nash in 1821. This famous theatre, with its graceful
Fix this textcolonnaded entrance, replaced an earlier theatre on the adjoining site,
Fix this textknown as the Little Theatre. It was in this building that the novelist Henry
Fix this textFielding produced satirical plays which caused the Government of the day to
Fix this textpass the Licensing Act of 1737, requiring all plays to be submitted to the
Fix this textLord Chamberlain before their first public performances, and this Act is still
Fix this textin force today.
Fix this textIn the 18th century a famous manager of the Little Theatre was Samuel
Fix this textFoote, who, in the year 1749, engaged a conjuror who claimed that he could
Fix this textenter a quart bottle and while in that restricted position would sing a song.
Fix this textITiis was widely advertised and on the first night the theatre was filled with an
Fix this textexpectant audience. However, when Foote announced from the stage that
Fix this textthe conjuror was unable to appear but would enter a pint and sing
Fix this texttwo songs therefrom on the following night, the audience rose in anger, and,
Fix this textled by the Duke of Cumberland with a drawn sword, they stormed the stage
Fix this textand wrecked the theatre. During the engagement the Duke lost his sword,
Fix this textwhich was not surprising, since it had a diamond hilt.
Fix this textThe Haymarket Theatre now has a reputation for polite comedy and is
Fix this textassociated with such famous personalities as Cyril Maude, Sir Squire and
Fix this textLady Bancroft and Beerbohm Tree, who, as Svengali in De Maurier’s Trilby,
Fix this textgave there one of his finest performances. One of the dressing-rooms of the
Fix this texttheatre is reputed to be haunted by an actor-manager named Buckstone, who;
Fix this textit is said, still opens, shuts and slams doors and drawers.
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Fix this textSWEET OR DRY
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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