The Archive · 1940

A London Letter

THE WOMAN'S PACE

London, Nov. 20.

'The King and Queen dropped in at Drury Lane the other aflemoon where concert parties were rehears~ ing before going out to entertain the troops, 'They went on the stage, talked' with the comedians, stage carpenters and electricians, "heard the war songs old and new, were shown the mysteries of scenic' management, and heard the legend of the Drury, Lane ghost, which is a tall grey figure in bth century riding dress: some of the company vowed they had seen it as lately as last March.

taste for, the muse hall and the Gaiety bar" grows rapidly. Last night there were the King and Queen at the Coliseum, with the Dukes of Gloucester and' Kent and their Duchesses, and all joining lustily in the chorus of "Run, Rabbit, Run." Of course the visit was immensely Popular, "And now that Royalty has shown that one need not fear to, venture out at night to the theatre we are hoping that the Minister of Securities will soon allow more and parents and guardians are sym pathetic in these days, and why all the way to Greina with so many churches just round the corner?

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