The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-06
LAST DAYSOR SADLER'S WELLS
rHF I0NDON THEtTRF HH.gH
~ SOON TO DfStPPT IN.


nov 10 tearing tpwu NailDf - Wells lNsatun,
unc- the uuly London h.rur uf OH, ursti-
mat. drama. and N. huu-, 'Ul' gave -
mans" to lnt"ro'- lulli'-' Ilty. rIrrawuV
- the Wrl-' II D.. t-r.' fHt' No. IRE
IurHg Was a m"mt-'r ct 'U" HtsurFg M-,l-
company m th" PLAY. hu' -.Nr Wells m
lyrluu parliuor ha- always r"f.rrri 10
N,Ilrr~ Well. and 81 cugr~, Mr ptuoro
knew that
The Did hou-' has seeu hard times ~
late. II has ts~,n a MUSIC hail and not a first
class hail at that. and though its fame
was great half a century asu ant the hou-.
holds a high plac" In English theatrical
history. lts demolition now will not 10
a national ln.-.
Nearly four hundred wears ago thcr'
was "a medicinal spring uut IN the fields
of lShngtou owned 10y the monks who
gave their name 20 Clrrk"uVcll. but when
Henry VIII closed a." mouastcti"s. IN.
we'll was closed. too. as lamg a relic Of
superstition
For a century and a half Us location
was lost. Finally. IN iGSa. a surveyor II
the highway, SadI"r hv ramc. who lived
out l-iIugton AZ. tu'ri ,ome gravel
dug for hr, paths, and, is luck Nould have
II. his lahorrrs cam" acru-- th. old well.
MIR Sadl-r was a man with business
instinct. and hired one 7. O., Doctor In
Physick,- to wrtc up tho virtues 81 tho
n'di-coyor'd spring. built a music hou~"
and soon made Sadlcr'- Well a place 81
p'-ort - irrquent"d, that there are five
OF sx hundred pu.uUlo there constantly
every morning
After Sadl-r came one Mil"-. and after
him came. Francis for,r. Who brought
ruI-' danCeTS fInamhull-ts they wen"
called th"n-tumhl"r- 81 aCruhais. 10,
b, made no charg" Tor ht~ ADJUSTMENTS,
hut ,ullccted money from ,hu-e who drank
the waters 81 the .prIng
In l7sj came Nj ku~pman. a builder,
who erected th" present th"n'r" on ~"
~" uf Sad.cr'~ old music huU- and thor"
Tor l37 wears has stood ~" hHu-' which
ia- t-vu tire third mu-t famous playhouse
iu England. surpassed lN ''lu'" only 10y
Drgrv Lane and ,uv"ut Garden theatres
IIufh.atr' o. 900 'uD northeast 10 London,
on what Na- unc,, ~. John street road.
Just where "a" New River, ~" great London
aglpl I,'. crosses the street. Good u-'
Wa made e tho proximity uf ~" theatre
u. 10" auurdpc'. frr the original tank drama
'l- made a. home on IT. stag" AID uuuri-hrd
for many wars.
Charles DIlsiu wrote some e his nautical
dramas f.r -''" Wells Hii t-'h b" aai
lis -u Tuyu.- APPEARED 'u IT, tag"
perhaps b. I'- stag" would '' NOR" 'ruihiuI,
Boa view - IT, tank
> tf'fNhI''I ll" iaIN. rs 'l'"'. '.'I'-,
dur'i 3D." -'rg 'hn' tu,iiiu- go q gtli"'ui
public a. "'h" Well. AMI Edmund Mean,
known professionally ~ Master 'tr'N.
mad" hiS fire. t"N 20 London uIaNru'i-
uu H. sag. Thomas = Cook" acted 'h'i"
~ far..- aud cniunsiir~. and ono" there was
an unr-n,ar-ri tr1griv ~ "a" old hrI~",
when a fa.-, alarm It iIr" va gwen ola
oct u. 49,. and eighteen I"r-ur~ v'ru
crushed 'l l,aih Ir ~, rI-i 'p brave thu
'l,a.r.
From I-y- ., ioll. onlv 'ho patent houses
I'm London B..r, Ian. AMI Convent Gari"'.
,,.,,. ,U.v..I Iy an %. tluV IA. legitimate
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,.,,,.u.J D.. t.,, ,.usIy and fpr,p. OF 20
g,,. a., lr.i ,,r-inn- - great dramas.
all .,,.,Ifi.- o., dance. and song
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a.. o.. CD. ,.,..,., l.I..- vt~ abolished
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y ,-t. r.r,,, ~,rru.r plalr-
A.. 49,, I..,.I '.. Ir'fs theatre
~ ., I,,.i,, mad l..,,p
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