See also:

• ALFRED

ALFRED See also:

• ALFRED BUNN (1796-186o)

BUNN (1796-186o)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English theatrical manager, was appointed See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage-manager of See also:

• DRURY, SIR WILLIAM (1527-1579)

Drury See also:

• LANE, EDWARD WILLIAM (1801–1876)
• LANE, JAMES HENRY (1814–1866)

Lane See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre, See also:

• LONDON

London, in 1823 . In 1826 he was managing the Theatre Royal, See also:

• BIRMINGHAM

Birmingham, and in 1833 he undertook the See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint management of Drury Lane and Covent See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

Garden, London . In this undertaking he met with vigorous opposition . A See also:

• BILL

bill for the abolition of the patent theatres was passed in the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons, but on See also:

• BUNN, ALFRED (1796-186o)

Bunn's See also:

• PETITION (Lat. for " seeking " or " praying ")

petition was thrown out by the House of Lords . He had difficulties first with his See also:

• COMPANY

company, then with the See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord See also:

• CHAMBERLAIN (0. Fr. chamberlain, chamberlenc, Mod. Fr. chambellan, from O. H. Ger. Chamarling, Chamarlinc, whence also the Med. Lat. cambellanus, camerlingus, camerlengus; Ital. camerlingo; Span. camerlengo, compounded of 0. H. Ger. Chamara, Kamara [Lat.
• CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH (1836— )
• CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828– )
• CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902)

chamberlain, and had to See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face the keen rivalry of the other theatres . A See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long-See also:

• STANDING

standing See also:

• QUARREL

quarrel with See also:

• MACREADY, WILLIAM CHARLES (1793—1873)

Macready resulted in the tragedian assaulting the manager . In 184o Bunn was declared a bankrupt, but he continued to See also:

• MANAGE

manage Drury Lane till 1848 . Artistically his See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control of the two See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief English theatres was highly successful . Nearly every leading English actor played under his management, and he made a courageous See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to establish . English See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera, producing the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• WORKS

works of See also:

• BALFE, MICHAEL WILLIAM (1808-1870)

Balfe . He had some See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift for See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing, and most of the libretti of these operas were translated by himself . In The Stage Before and Behind the See also:

• CURTAIN

Curtain (3 vols., 184o) he gave a full See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of his managerial experiences .

He died at See also:

• BOULOGNE, or BOULLONGNE

Boulogne on the 20th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 186o .