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Drury Lane Managers Under Fire Over Prices and Privilege
A critical discourse targets Drury Lane managers for high prices and covert practices. The Monitor is urged to expose house secrets, defend performers, and restore fair pay and decency, blaming Garrick and Lacy while defending Barry Powell Yates and others. The piece argues for redress of writers and performers and calls for curbing managerial avarice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drury Lane
Monitor
Harris
Rutherford
Colman
Covent Garden
Drury
Jonny Beard
Garrick
Fleetwood
Barry
Powell
Jill
Yates
Lear
Alexander