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Drury Lane

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Drury Lane

London street connecting Aldwych with High Holborn. It has been a part of the theatre district since the 17th century. Charles II's mistress Nell Gwyn was born here and is traditionally supposed to have sold oranges in the Drury Lane Theatre. The same theatre was leased by the dramatist Richard Brinsley Sheridan from 1776.

Drury Lane takes its name from Drury Place, a 15th-century house owned by the Drury family. It was here that Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, planned his rebellion of 1601, which led to his execution.
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Mr Lillyvick--Miss Petowker of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles View in context
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.
The Guardian by Pater, Walter Horatio View in context
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 Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context
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