The Ghosts of Theatre Royal Drury Lane: Man in Grey, Joseph Grimaldi, Dan Leo, Sarah Siddons...
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Welcome to The Ghosts of Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London.
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*I apologise for the late release of this video. This was due to a fault with Apple, not YT*
Today, we are going on a journey to look at the beautiful, but incredibly haunted Theatre Royal Drury Lane. This is probably the most haunted theatre in the world. Who haunts the upper circle? Who lurks in the wings and dressing rooms? Does a ghost give actors a kick up the bottom if they’re not at their best? And why was an actor murdered by another actor many years ago? Theatre Royal, Drury Lane is a very haunted location indeed!
Some of the stories focus on historic events and I hope you feel that my video covers the sad side of history in a respectful and honest way, without the need for sensationalising the past. Please stay tuned to the end to hear a post script from me, Nicola, where I’ll take a look at some extra stories and some theatre memorabilia that I have, as well as a menu from a long lost London hotel.
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Hey Nicola just settling down for the evening with a nice German beer and what do I see only a new video from you. Impeccable timing and what a great start to the weekend 😊. Well done and thank you as ever for another great video. Kindest regards from Ireland 🇮🇪
Thank you kindly Eoin! It was a bit late going out but I got there in the end! Have a great weekend and thank you so much 👻🙋♀️🙏
Hey Nicola,sorry im only getting around to watching this now....great video as usual....i have a suggestion for you
I’d rather have a pint of Guinness 🍺
The story of Grimaldi is such a sad, tragic one... but if I saw a clown appear, I'd freak right the heck out.
Me too! And imagine being kicked up the bum by a ghost! 😱🙏👻
I’m here tonight working on a Steampunk costume inspired by late 1800’s/early 1900’s Vaudeville and your upload pops up. How appropriate! Working to this is inspirational! 😅👏✨
Oh wow thank you ever so much indeed! I am so glad you’re enjoying your work whilst watching! Multitasking! 👻🙋♀️🙏
That costume sounds awesome I love anything steam punk ❤
Love your work, Nicola. You have a moody cadence that I admire.
Oh goodness me thank you ever so much! I am so glad you enjoyed the video and the style for sure 🙋♀️👻🙏
Ahh just what rainy Miserable Friday nights are for 🎉🎉 a superb upload from Ghost Casebook 😊😊 bravo you wonderful thing xx
Oh Carole, thank you ever so much indeed! I am so glad you enjoyed it for sure. 🙋♀️👻🙏
Bless you, Arnold. Such sad ghosts. Apparently, the show must go on.
Yes indeed! To be found behind a wall like that. I wonder what the story is and who the body belonged to 🙏🙋♀️👻🤔
I love waking up Saturday to find fresh ghost stories. I only knew of the Man in Grey, all others were new and interesting to me. I only recently learned of Joseph Grimaldi, someone inferring he had something to do with the disappearance of his brother. A well done video indeed and after your reading of the menu I must search out breakfast.
Thank you so much Jared! I am so glad you enjoyed the video! It was a lot of fun to make it and it was one of those videos where there’s just stories after stories! So it became quite a big one! Yes, the menu from a long gone hotel. I hope you had a great breakfast! 👻🙋♀️🙏
Brilliant 🎉just got the notification 👏 watching now ❤
Thank you ever so much. Sorry it was a bit late being released but it was a glitch with Apple but we got there in the end! 👻🙋♀️🙏
❤Fantastic ❤
Wow, two brews and a family size cake episode. What an odd story regarding John Grimaldi 😮 here’s hoping he just went to live somewhere sunny 😊
Thank you so much for sharing your “treasure” at the end. I love this channel for numerous reasons but it’s so much more personal with you introducing and explaining the keepsakes at the end.
Once again my apologies for my tardy attendance of late 😊
Wow two brews and a cake! I love this! I am so glad you enjoyed the vide! I know, I have so many menus and theatre bits and pieces for sure! I just love them! Don’t apologise walking dad, I forgive you 🤭 but I was worried! Thought you’d got lost on a walk somewhere! 🙋♀️👻🙏
@@ghostcasebook1266 😂😂🥰
Nicola, this is another really interesting video, and really well produced. I always look forward to watching your videos. I managed to go on a guided tour of the Opera Garnier, in Paris.
Oh thank you ever so much indeed. I am so glad you enjoyed the video and the tour of the Paris opera sounds fantastic 🙋♀️👻
Another great video.Your research and presentation into story is top notch.Keep up the great work.
Thank you so much Clifford! I am so glad you enjoyed the video! 👻🙋♀️🙏
I always love your videos! This one was extremely fascinating! The extra stories, post cards and menus at the end are very interesting too!
Thank you so much and I am so glad you enjoyed the video and my bits and pieces too! 👻🙋♀️
I'm watching this 3 days late as I was saving it for when I could sit and indulge for a while. I am glad I did, I love all your videos but this one is my favourite so far. So many witness accounts of ghosts in such an incredible setting. I have been the the Theatre Royal and was totally unaware of it all until now. You have such a flair for creating these videos...I love everything about it. From your wonderful soft voice and narrative to the little extras such as the menus and postcards. Honestly, in the world of youtube videos this is up there with the best I've seen.
Oh my goodness me wow! What a kind and thoughtful comment. I really appreciate this so much. I’m so glad it’s your favourite and there was a lot to cover for sure! If you get a chance to go on the tour, I’d highly recommend it. Book ahead. But yes the menus and the programmes etc are snapshots of history, I think, and I love that you’ve shared such kind feedback 🙋♀️👻🙏
Being a theatre person, I do love to hear about theatre! I just came back from London and sadly was too busy seeing other things to get to any of the theaters. Perhaps next time I get to London, I'll do a theatre tour!
Oh fantastic! I am so glad you enjoyed this and definitely do the tour if you get a chance. It was great to see behind the scenes! 🙋♀️👻
Such a wonderful tour through Drury Lane's ghosts and the history of the place. Thanks so much for all your hard work, I really enjoyed this video and all the details you bring to the stories. Seeing your collection at the end was amazing too! Right up my alley! Great video - very enjoyable!
Glad you enjoyed it and thank you ever so much indeed! I have so much theatre stuff it’s ridiculous to be honest. I just love looking at these bits and pieces and wondering who held them whilst watching these stars on stage! Thank you kindly 👻🙋♀️🙏
@@ghostcasebook1266 It's all such a connection to people before us. The paper and ink and the stories people tell. To me it is essential and an amazing connection to lives and the individuals. I think you are really good at making these connections. J
Thank you so much Jennifer! I appreciate this so much. I think they are links to lost times and the people of the past and I find that fascinating. I wonder who held that menu that day. Was it someone famous? Who wrote that little post card about Ivor Novello. She sounded like she loved the theatre! 🙋♀️👻🙏
Fantastic 😊
Thanks 🤗 You are very kind 👻🙋♀️
Interesting and well told stories. Thank you.
You are very welcome and thank you kindly 👻🙋♀️🙏
Went to a theatre in London says it was called the palace theatre . Ivon Novello apparently was meant to haunt there very interesting.
Thank you ever so much. I have heard of the Palace theatre but I’ll definitely look into it for sure 🙋♀️👻🙏
I'm sat here making a bridal headpiece whilst listening to these fascinating stories! An hour has gone by in a flash. Brilliant as always Nicola 😊
Goodness me! Multitasking! is it for you or do you make them for work? it sounds very cool! 🙋♀️👻🙏
@@ghostcasebook1266 it is for a friend 😊 I have always been tempted to make a go of it but need a kick up the bum 🤣
A thoroughly satisfying and pleasing video-certainly one of your best-at least that I’ve seen so far. Thank you!
A good many years ago I was ghost-hunting at a small but very old college in Tennessee. I wandered into the empty theater stage one night with my voice recorder. They say all theaters are haunted, and I got a vibe fron the backstage. I asked alaud if there was anyone there-could you tell me your name? When I played the recording back, I heard a voice shouting “Joe” very clearly. This puzzled me til I asked some faculty that had been around a long time. They told me that Joe Lowrey had taught theater there for many years and had been a very troubled man-before his death a decade earlier. I think I heard from Joe, shouting desperately at me from another world.
Oh wow thank you ever so much indeed! That’s so interesting that you recorded the voice there. How interesting. I do wonder if the energy of the deceased still lingers maybe. It seems theatres have a lot of activity! 🙋♀️👻
Thank you for another delightful presentation... found the theatre ghost stories very interesting in their own special way! ❤
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you ever so much indeed 👻🙋♀️🙏
Thank you! Thorough and detailed. Wonderfully done!
You are very welcome and thank you 🙋♀️👻
Your episodes are always worth the wait. I love the researched spooky histories. Thank you from Montana
Glad you like them! Thank you kindly to you in Montana! 🙋♀️👻🙏
Brilliant video! Absolutely fascinated by theatre ghosts, please make more of these.
Thank you! Will do! There are quite a few videos on the channel now so I hope you’ll check out some more stories for sure 🙋♀️👻🙏
Really enjoyed your latest video. Theatre has so many heightened emotions that it's not surprising some theatres are haunted. It's an amazing history.
Thank you ever so much and I think you are right about the emotions! I am so glad you enjoyed the video 🙋♀️👻🙏
Once again, brilliant, balanced and fascinating research!
Thank you kindly! Glad you enjoyed the video 🙋♀️👻
Thank you Nicola for another wonderful video. I find Theatre ghosts very interesting!! ❤
Thank you ever so much Joan. I find them interesting too and there are a lot of them! 👻🙋♀️🙏
Oh good, another excellent video! I just love your videos you do a great job! Thank you for all your hard work!!😊😊
Thank you so much! You are very welcome and glad you enjoyed it 🙋♀️👻😞
Hi Nicola, awesome live ghost stories video. I enjoyed it. How are you doing? How is the weather where you are? I'm doing well and so is my cat Benjamin. We have lots of rain in Ontario Canada. Have a great weekend see you next video 😀 Benjamin my cat and I always enjoy watching your live ghosts stories videos 😊
Hi Michelle and Benjamin! I’m good thanks! I think today the weather here is also very wet! I’m looking after my friend’s puppy today so wish me luck! 👻🙋♀️
@ghostcasebook1266 if the gray man is doing no harm and brings success i say leave him be....is that the Saddlers Wells Ballet school (now the Royal Ballet school)?
@@ghostcasebook1266ah 2 Irish people mentioned....we (the Irish) are EVERYWHERE..lol..🤣🤣🤣🤣
Just about to take a nap but ended up watching your video, awesome as usual. ❤
Thank you kindly Jennifer! Glad you enjoyed the video 🙋♀️👻🙏
Another excellent story love watching them
Thank you ever so much indeed! 👻🙋♀️🙏
Another classic well researched video 😁 I wish you made more videos but I know it’s better because you always put so much work into the research, the photos you use give you a good historical perspective, love all your sources, especially from old books and autobiographies stuff!
Thanks as always!
Thank you ever so much indeed! Yes, the early videos were sort of 10-15 mins but now they are much bigger! But I appreciate your kind comment about the research etc. It does take time but I’ll keep going 👻🙏🙋♀️
Yes! More theatre stories❤
I'm a Thespian as well as a musician and the college I attended has an auditorium haunted by Madame Nordica, America's first diva. I've heard odd noises in that auditorium while alone there. I'm not the only one who has been creeped out in Merrill Hall's Nordica Auditorium, either.
The cellar of the building was just as creepy. It feels like someone is watching you in certain areas of the crypt lime corridors.
Oh how interesting. I must look into this college. Thank you kindly! 👻🙋♀️
how interesting! Theatres do have lots of ghost stories attached to them. I guess theatre types are generally very emotional people, and it's my view that it's the strong emotions that often keep spirits earth bound. I love the bits at the end.....menus, programmes and postcards. Brilliant stuff. Thanks Nicola.
Thank you ever so much indeed. I think if you consider how many people have appeared on stage or sat in those seats over the years, it’s hard to comprehend. That and all the crews etc! Glad you enjoyed the video for sure 🙋♀️👻🙏
Hello, Nicola- yes! More haunted theatre videos, please! All your videos are fascinating. Thank you!
More to come! Thank you ever so much indeed 🙋♀️👻🙏
Wow that was an amazing video! The video could almost be split into five separate videos! All the ghosts were fascinating. The menus and programs are a great way to see what was happening during that period. I do love the old adverts too. The first ghost and the helping hands ghost was truly amazing. Your story telling is top notch!!
P.s. still waiting for the Queen Mary bathroom details 😅
Thank you ever so much indeed! I am glad you enjoyed the video. I wanted to try and create a comprehensive video on Drury Lane in one go really. That was my aim. I love the menu and the programmes. They are quite something and I have lots of them! Thank you for your kind words. The Queen Mary will also be a big video so I’ll include the bathroom details there! 👻🙋♀️🙏
I wonder what would happen if they ever pulled the theatre down. Would the ghosts go away, or would they haunt whatever building was put up in its place?
Good Question there.
I don’t know! Some times construction enhances activity (I think) and other times it stops it in its tracks. I hope they won’t pull the theatre down as so many have already gone 🙋♀️👻🙏
This was awesome 😎
Thank you ever so much indeed! This is so kind and it really does help me to research and resource the content for new videos; bless you 🙋♀️👻🙏
I enjoyed every bit of this!
Thank you ever so much indeed! I am so glad you enjoyed it 👻🙋♀️🙏
Love your channel. You should have at least 100,000 subscribers. Excellent work.
Wow, thank you! Maybe one day! 👻🙋♀️
Brilliant is a too inadequate statement, you are back to your best form after your sojourn stateside. Your epilogues are possibly even more fascinating. I am addicted and hope you can cover more Irish stories there is not a square inch of here that is haunted, other than your native Wales!👌
Dubliner, I don’t know what to say. You are so kind. I am so glad that you enjoyed the video and I will cover more from Ireland soon. My parents are over there right now on a trip so perhaps they’ll bring back some more stories for me but can you believe there are two Irish actor ghosts at Drury Lane! Thank you so much indeed 🙋♀️👻🤣
Definitely would love to hear of other haunted theatres, Nicola. This one was fascinating. Not sure I would like to go there and see a ghost! But most theatres do seem to be haunted. I've never understood why. Perhaps the emotions from the actors/actresses impress themselves upon the physical environment. Hope your voice gets better. The menu and playbills were lovely to see.
Thank you OsakaRose. I am so glad you enjoyed the video for sure. Yes, lots of stories from London’s west end and I will cover more stories for sure. Glad you like my collection of memorabilia too 👻🙋♀️🙏
Been to the theatre a couple of times but alas, didn't see any of the ghosts you describe here. Perhaps it will be third time's the charm! Great video as usual.
Oh thank you ever so much indeed! Yes, it’s a very haunted place for sure. If you return, maybe consider the tour. It was great. 👻🙋♀️🙏
Wonderful program. Great work. Was wondering how I could get a book about Drury Lane.
Glad you enjoyed the video for sure. I bought a second hand copy of the book about Drury Lane by W J Macqueen Pope and it was excellent. It is available on eBay etc. 👻🙏🤭
Another excellent production - what a wonderful theatre this is
Thank you ever so much indeed. It is a wonderful place. To sit in the auditorium and look around is quite something! 👻🙋♀️🙏
Fascinating as ever Nicola. Thank You 🙏😌🙏
Thank you ever so much Paul! Glad you liked it 👻🙋♀️🙏
Very interesting program, Nicola thank you. That menu, must have taken them the entire afternoon to eat through it all. I once read that portions weren't very large, or at least as large as they would be today.
Thank you so much Chris. I think you light be right about the portions but no doubt there would have been a lot of champagne and fine wines to accompany it all! And probably about 10 different toasts to the King, the Prince of Wales, the Queen, the dog etc! 👻🙋♀️🙏
Another wonderful video Mrs. Nicola!!! Wow, there are a lot of haunted theatres in the UK!!! 😲All the best to you!!! Viva Las Vegas!!! And Hawai'i!!! Lol!!!
Aloha and thank you so much! Yes indeed, lots of haunted theatres in the UK and especially in London! Mahalo 👻🙋♀️🙏🌷
Fantastic video. I visit London quite often but have never visited this particular theatre but next time I’m in London I’ll make sure to take a guided tour. The building is beautiful. Love your commentary, it is so well done. Thank you.
Thank you kindly. It really was fun. You’ll need to book ahead on their website. You do go around the back of the theatre and there are stairs involved but it isn’t strenuous as such and in some room you sit down etc. Definitely good fun. 👻🙋♀️🙏
@@ghostcasebook1266I will make sure I book ahead. Thank you for the advice about the stairs too ! Next London visit is in September so might be the ideal opportunity visit, and I may be lucky enough to spot a ghost.
Another fasinating video. I just wanted to say thank you for putting in so much effort with your research and not putting in jump scares. Ive started watching your vidoes with my eldest daughter who is 11 years old. Like me She finds your ghost stoies so interesting but not overly scary ❤
Oh brilliant! I love that you can watch it together without it being jumpy. I leave the jumpy stuff to other channels as it makes me on edge and I don’t need that! I’m glad you enjoyed the stories for sure 👻🙋♀️🙏
Dan leano, the original dame, and Stanley lapino, farther of Ida Lapino,❤️🤩🎬as a LONDONER 🇬🇧 I pass many of your locations 👍💪
Thanks job very well done..💯🎬🇬🇧🙏🥺🤫🥇
Your last 15 minutes are fantastic 🇬🇧🎬🙏😇😥
Wow, thank you! I am so glad you enjoyed the video and the stories for sure. I’m glad you enjoyed the post script. Did you know about the Cecil hotel? I assume it wasn’t financially viable but to knock it all down was sad. 👻🙋♀️🙏
Thank you for another wonderful collection of ghostly tales😬😬👻
You are very welcome and thank you ever so much 🙋♀️👻🙏
Thank you for yet another beltingly put together Video. Always worth getting immersed in, with the Encounters themselves but also the Background. I have heard a lot of the Theatre but never knew that it was a centre of Ghostly Acrivity..
The Menu was certainly extravagant and I could feel my Arteries "silting up", did like the sound of the Potatoes in Butter and Garlic.
More Please about locations.
Have a good week, Thank you again. TTFN
Thank you ever so much Gerard and I am so glad you enjoyed the video! Yes, a lot of activity at Drury Lane for sure. I know what you mean about the menu! I wonder how much the ticket cost for that meal! It reminds me of the Titanic 1st Class sort of opulence and extravagance! 🙋♀️👻🙏
It's a little funny that you should mention the Titanic as the Grand Staircase in the Theatre, to me anyway, was reminiscent of the Grand Staircase on board the Liner.
Thanks again for your video. TTFN
Yes indeed it really is something to see. Very beautiful 🙋♀️👻
I love all the old programmes.
Me too! I have a lot of them! 👻🙋♀️
Many thanks for another wonderful video. The actor Roy Hudd believed he was the re-incarnation of Dan Leno. Apparently he had recurring dreams of a large house with mirrors and a strong pull to the music hall when he was younger.
Actually, come to think of it - he DID look a bit like Dan Leno! 😯
Yes I heard this about Roy Hudd. I must look into this a bit more 🤔🙋♀️👻
What a lovely, interesting romp. Well done.
Thank you! 😊 I am so glad you enjoyed the video 👻🙋♀️🙏
I enjoy listening to ur ghost stories. Ur channel is one of my favorites. plz stay well. 🇺🇸
Thank you, I will! Glad you are enjoying the videos 👻🙋♀️🙏
Such a great video!
Thank you ever so much indeed 🙋♀️👻🙏
Loved the show and the amazing menus, I am sure we all would love to see more ghost tales from other theatres. I so love the Romans and would like to see a show on sightings of Romans, the man in the cellar in York was right to say he had seen the Romans dressed in purple but at the time no one knew of any Roman legions in that colour but later he was proven right 😂😮❤ . Thanks again for another great show 👍
Thank you so much indeed. I have covered some York stories in a different video 🙏👻🙋♀️
I love your videos, this one especially being an actor and theatre historian.
Oh thank you ever so much indeed. I really enjoyed the tour of Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Are you a London based actor or elsewhere? 🙏👻🙋♀️
@@ghostcasebook1266 I'm in the States but have a very special spot in my heart for London.
Great video. You have a brilliant voice for voiceovers!
Oh thank you kindly Paul. Glad you enjoyed the video 🙋♀️👻
I really liked this video, more please if possible. Thank you for doing them.
You are welcome and there’s plenty more to come for sure 👻🙋♀️🙏
I’d love to see the ghosts of the Paris opera house 🥰 your content is amazing and this video is definitely in my top faves!!!
Thank you so much!! I will look into the Paris opera house for sure and also the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden has some stories too! 🙋♀️👻
Thank you for the spooky stories, after listening I would love to visit and see a play x
Thank you ever so much. A the moment, Disney’s Frozen is on stage there. The tour is worth taking if you are in London for sure. 🙋♀️👻🙏
Fascinating stories, with some impressive witnesses. My scepticism has taken a bashing
Oh thank you Paul. Yes I was quite surprised to see household names seeing these phantoms! 👻🙋♀️
Again Nichola you have come up trumps! I don't know if there has been a book published specifically dealing with theatre ghosts. I remember the late pat phoenix of Coronation street encountered a haunting. Anyway well done 👍❤
Thank you ever so much indeed. There are a few books about haunted theatres but I find they all seem to contradict each other about how the apparitions manifest etc. I am so glad you enjoyed the video 🙋♀️👻🙏
I thoroughly enjoyed your Ghost stories of Drury lane theatres, I'd like to think the man in grey is a good omen for the plays and musicals that are on there when he puts in an appearance so why would you wish to get rid of him. I do look forward to seeing more of the same from other London or anywhere else theatre's if possible. Thanks ❤
Thank you kindly Noreen and I am so glad you enjoyed the video for sure. Yes, they didn’t want to exorcise him. Maybe he’s just a huge theatre fan? 🤔🙋♀️👻
Hi! My late mother probably saw the Grey Man in the 60s. She told me many years ago about seeing a man in a three corner hat in a theatre and that she had always wondered if it was a ghost, then years later we watched something about haunted London, Drury Lane came up and she said then that was where she saw the ghost. She hadn’t known there was supposed to be a ghost there.
Wow how cool! Was she in a production or there in the audience? thank you so much 🙋♀️👻🙏
@@ghostcasebook1266 she was in the audience, it was during one of the shows that did really well but I forget which it was
What an interesting account.i thoroughly enjoyed it.
Thank you ever so much indeed. I’m so glad you enjoyed it for sure 🙋♀️👻😱
Loved this video, very enjoyable. You have such a talent! Are you an author among your numerous talents?
Thank you ever so much. No, I’m not an author but maybe one day I’ll give it a try. Glad you enjoyed the video 👻🙋♀️🙏
@@ghostcasebook1266 You are a brilliant story teller, it shines in the script for your videos.
Hi Nicola, another Great video, you did not mention, about the one seat that is down, when the theatre is empty. Actress Patsy Rowlands also had her bottom prodded when she was about to go on stage, she put it down to Joe Grimaldi telling her to get on with it.
Thank you Lance. The old seats have now all been replaced in a massive refurbishment during covid. I think I’ll cover Patsy (she’s deceased now) I’ll cover in a short. Glad you liked the video 🙋♀️👻🙏
@@ghostcasebook1266 just remembered, it was an actor friend of Patsy who had it happen to him Nicola.
I’m sure many people have seen an act die on stage at Drury lane.!😉..Great video as ever..Thank you and all the best👍
Well perhaps although the shows there are generally there for some time and they are usually very successful. But there are some that haven’t been so successful for sure! 🙋♀️👻
Thanks!
Oh wow thank you ever so much Dawn! This is so kind. I will use this to help research and resource some more content for the future for sure. 👻🙋♀️🙏
Other great one love these well told amazing place to see very interesting
Glad you enjoyed it and thank you so much Carol 👻🙋♀️
Wonderful!
Many thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video for sure 👻🙏🙋♀️
Very intresting , I know something exists out there because I have had witnessed it myself a few times and it shocked me to the core
Well this sound interesting! You can always email me if you’d like to at gcasebook@gmail.com 👻🙋♀️🙏
I can remember being taking there around about 10 and my Godmother thought it was apt to tell me about the Ghosts. I was petrified and can't even remember what we saw. In my teens onwards I saw many productions there and didn't feel uncomfortable at all.
Oh I love this. Ghost stories from family members or friends are always scary! 🙋♀️👻🙏
I had to laugh when I heard how kind and attentive Ginger Rogers was to autograph seekers. Mathew Bourne, founder of New Adventures ballet company grumbled in an interview how much trouble he had had years ago with a grumpy Rogers when he tried to get her autograph, calling her "a cow" - HA!
Oh that’s fantastic! So was it all a front? Maybe she was nice to fans but difficult to directors and producers etc. Was it the case that she knew best? I don’t know 🙋♀️👻🙏
Great video 👍
Thank you kindly Gareth. 👻🙋♀️🙏
Interesting ghost stories 😲
Thank you ever so much indeed 🙏👻🙋♀️
Fascinating
Thank you so much 🙋♀️👻
Hiya Nicola, I tried to watch this latest vlog last night when I got in, this was about 1 O'clock this morning, I was in and out of sleep, so I'll watch it again in full later on, have you watched Eerie Edinburgh's new vlog? its well worth a watch, this is Paul In Whitehaven, Cumbria, England
Don’t worry! It was late being uploaded due to Apple having a fault! I have seen Eerie Edinburgh and it’s great! Hope you’ve been able to catch up with this video of Drury lane after the football! 👻🙋♀️🙏
@@ghostcasebook1266Hiya Nicola, I did watch this vlog in full and I enjoyed it very much
I love your channel
Thank you so much! 👻🙏🙋♀️
Very strange, the disappearance of Joseph's brother. According to a Guardian archived article, Joseph spared no expense searching London for him. Nothing was ever found. Even stranger, he visited a friend in the neighborhood before completely vanishing. I would have started there
oh thank you kindly for this. How interesting. Was he murdered? Abducted? Who knows but it’s interesting and thank you 🙋♀️👻
My Late Father told me about Dury Lane Ghosts.
Remember my Late Father telling me Dury Lane was Haunted.
Thank you Stephen. Well some would argue the man in grey is London’s most famous ghost 🤔🙋♀️👻
Well done, very informative and great history info. The Man in Grey is very intriguing
Thank you so much and I’m glad you enjoyed it. I do wonder who he is! 🙋♀️👻🙏
@@ghostcasebook1266 Yes indeed, and is he the skeleton they found in the wall cavity? It would appear so, but it would be amazing to find out for certain
Could you please do a video about 50 Berkeley Square
Yes I will be doing this 👻🙋♀️🙏
Turtle soup appears often on Victorian menus. It must be outstandingly delicious because it is certainly disgusting to think about.
I agree! It pops up on a lot of the old menus and ever some from the 1950s and 60s! It does sound awful to me 🙋♀️👻🤢
hello Nicola love the west end of the theater in London England and what is your favorite play in the west end in west London can you please do some more ghost stories in Wes end of London theater
Thank you ever so much. I love The Producers! There are several productions I’d like to see though. Thank you for watching 🙋♀️👻
The place has a haunted (goes with the name of the location) reputation enough that few if any have dared anger the thespian spirits by going full Blackadder and saying Macbeth at every possible opportunity.
A ghostly clown head? Yea I'm taking this theatre off my "must visit" list.
I know. Creepy! 🙋♀️👻
This was fascinating well done GC!
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Quite nice to have a lot of history/ghost stories condensed into one video.
Interesting yet poses some questions.
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In regards of the grey man, perhaps his remains are somewhere in the grounds of the theatre hence the regular reappearances..
& who dat skele belong too🫣 creepy.
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Past actors haunting their favourite dressing rooms is understandable...
But in the case of the clown Grimaldi, touching stage actors, that for me is strange.
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Is this proof of life after death, or is it just a cheeky entity?
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I'm also not entirely sure why past actors would want to haunt a place they loved working in.
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In the case of las vegas, there seemingly was good and bad energy/people that created good or bad situations.
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One might assume working on stage to be a happy place.
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I guess some professions are more competitive than others & this may bring out the best or worse/competitive streak in people.
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Loved the post script, menu sounds fascinating,
but I'd be happy with bangers & mash lol.
Thank you Stuart and lots to think about for sure. I couldn’t find an Arnold Woodruffe but record keeping in 18th Century isn’t great. I assume these apparitions just love the theatre environment? You may be right about the competitive streak for sure. Is it that Grimaldi wants to help those who are nervous? I wonder 👻🙋♀️🙏
Ghosts are absolutely real, theatres seem to be one of the most haunted places in the world.
Thank you so much John. I love this! 👻🙋♀️
I have read that at the height of the taste for turtle each turtle in the turtle dish served each privileged diner cost more than the total year's salary of each of the maids who served them in the great homes. Astounding.
Oh goodness I can entirely understand this. Makes me feel queasy! 🤢
Thanks for a Great video. l am new to your channel. ln regard to My Fair Lady. As much as l adored Audrey Hepburn, like many l feel that Julie Andrews was robbed of the film role.
Thanks and welcome! I’m glad you enjoyed the video. Yes, I agree regarding Julie Andrews but she had some great fils too. She’s 88 now! 🙋♀️👻
I took drama in highschool and I saw a book in our library on theater 🎭 (I forget the title) and it had the story about the man in grey and he seems to be a good luck charm I believe he might have been an actor and he could have a girlfriend and she could have had a jealous suiter and he could have had a fight and he lost and I thought he was found in a hollow wall after renovations
I'm not familiar with Stanley Lupino could he be related to Ida Lupino the actress she appeared in many movies and TV shows including The Lucy/Desi Comedy show and Batman 🦇
Julia Child would probably love that menu but it's way too rich for my blood
Julia Child would probably love that menu but it's way too rich for my blood
He is Ida’s father 👻🙋♀️
@@ghostcasebook1266 TY for the info I should have known that she was a great actress and director now I know where she got the acting bug from
So why not on cctv?
They may well hace footage but they won't necessarily make it public, I suppose. 👻
@ghostcasebook1266 but there are virtually no ghosts on cctv generally which is strange given that so many people claim to have sighted them
What no gruyere cheese?!?😂😂😂
My mistake. It was Camembert, right?
No! Cheese is banned now at GC towers! 🙋♀️🤭
Fascinating video, I really enjoyed this. Thank you Nicola. 😊
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you ever so much Caroline 🙋♀️👻🙏