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Title: Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Thornbury, Walter, 1828-1876
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Publisher: London : Cassell, Petter, & Galpin
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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INIr. Hullah held his singing-classes; and oratorios and concerts, both instru-mental and vocal, of a high order of excellence, 270 OLD AND NEW LONDON. (Covent Garden. were given under his direction. Here, too, Mr.Charles Dickens first appeared as a pubHc lecturer,in April, 1858, on behalf of the Hospital for SickChildren, in Great Ormond Street, and a week ortwo later on his own account. St. ALirtins Hall was not only used for musicalpurposes, but also sometimes echoed to far lessharmonious sounds when occupied by noisy andcrowded meetings vvhere political and social ques- promenade concerts by Mr. Strange, lessee of theAlhambra; but its career as a concert-hall wasdrawing to a close. On the 24th of October, 1867,after undergoing considerable alterations, it wasopened as a theatre by Mr. Alfred Wigan, underthe title of The Queens, a name two yearsbefore discarded by the little theatre near Totten-ham Court Road now known as the Prince 01Waless. Since that period it has changed hands
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AN OLD COACHMAKERS SHOP IN LONG ACRE. tions were agitated. On August 26, i860, a firebroke out early in the morning in the coach-factoryof Messrs. Kesterton, at the corner of Long Acreand End ell Street, closely adjoining St. MartinsHall, and from the inflammable nature of thecontents of the workshops the flames spread witha rapidity which defied the efforts of the engines.The fire was not long in reaching the roof ofSt. Martins Hall, and this noble concert-roomshared the fate of the adjacent building; not avestige of it remained, and with it perished thefine organ by which it was adorned. St. Martins Hall was rebuilt, and reopened as aconcert-hall in 1862, and musical and other enter-tainments were here held until 1867. Early inthat year it was again engaged for a series of several times, having been under the managementsuccessively of Messrs. Wigan, Listen, Young, andClifton, and of Mrs. Seymour. Many well-knownartists have played at this theatre—Mr. J. L. Toole,Mr. Phelps, Miss H

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