...the gallery-pane Tinge with his beam the beams of Drury Lane ; While gradual parties fill our widened pit, And gape and gaze and wonder ere they sit. At...benches to late-comers doom No room for standing, miscalled standing room. Hark ! the check-taker moody silence breaks, And bawling " Pit full ! " gives...

...the gallery pane Tinge with his beam the beams of Drury Lane: While gradual parties fill our widened pit, And gape, and gaze, and wonder, ere they sit....benches to late-comers doom No room for standing, miscalled standing room. Hark ! the check-taker moody silence breaks, And bawling "Pit full ! " gives...

...however slight, to give any uneasiness, however trivial, to any individual, however foolish or wicked. GC At first, while vacant seats give choice and ease,...benches to late-comers doom No room for standing, miscalled standing room. Hark ! the check-taker moody silence breaks, And bawling " Pit full ! " gives...

...however slight, to give any uneasiness, however trivial, to any individual, however foolish or wicked. GC At first, while vacant seats give choice and ease,...benches to late-comers doom No room for standing, miscalled standing room. Hark ! the check-taker moody silence breaks, And bawling " Pit full ! " gives...

...the gallery-pane Tinge with his beam the beams of Drury Lane ; While gradual parties fill our widened pit, And gape, and gaze, and wonder, ere they sit At first, while vacant seats give choice and ease, IO Distant or near, they settle where they please; But when the multitude contracts the span, And seats...

...the gallery-pane Tinge with his beam the beams of Drury Lane ; While gradual parties fill our widened pit, And gape and gaze and wonder ere they sit. At...benches to late-comers doom No room for standing, miscalled standing room. Hark ! the check-taker moody silence breaks, And bawling " Pit full ! " gives...

...Start into light and make the lighter start." On entering the theatre you pass the ticket office : i " Hark ! the check-taker moody silence breaks, And bawling " Pit full," gives the check he takes." One ol the spectators is the young •' Pat Jennings," whose calling is described : " Emanuel Jennings...

...baggage, to give up one's checks, &c. Tickets used in theatres were called " checks " a century ago : Hark ! the check-taker moody silence breaks, And, bawling " Pit full," gives the check he takes. ' Rejected Addresses.' 1847 They will deny the receipt of a check, and exact the fare again. — Illustrated...