Mike Czaplinski (mcc@nsscmail.att.com) writes the following about the ghost of Drury Lane Theatre:
"Drury Lane Theatre. From my fuzzy recollection, the ghost is described at various times as a soft green glow, or a handsome young man. I seem to recall there being an entry on this particular haunting in THE BOOK OF LISTS (circa 1980). According to the entry (again, subject to my faulty memory), during renovation in the late 1970's, they stumbled on a skeleton with the remnants of a grey riding coat with a knife sticking out of its ribs.
The folklore is that whoever sees the ghost is destined for theatrical greatness." [end quote from Mike Czaplinski]
Further details (provided directly from The Book of Lists, Bantam, 1977): The ghost is that of a young man who was murdered in 1780. J. Wentworth Day, a ghost hunter, reported seeing a moving blue light in the theatre in 1939.
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FAQ Extra A painting of the front of Drury Lane Theater.
FAQ Extra A painting of the inside of the theater.
Note: I found the paintings at the following url: http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses/enlt224/f96/1/justin/jtdimage.html.
This page (http://www.ghosts.org/faq/3-6.html) last updated April 13, 2005.
