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Did you know... that in 1877 the 4,000-seat Queen's Theatre staged a spectacular and expensive production of The Last Days of Pompeii that flopped: the earth did not quake, the volcano did not erupt, and acrobats fell onto the cast?

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Coordinate error[edit]

{{geodata-check}} A coordinate fix is needed for the historical Queen's Theatre. The coordinates offered make it coextensive with the Covent Garden tube station, whereas an 1868 map clearly shows it as being located on the other side of Long Acre and somewhat to the northeast, across what is now Endell Street. —92.234.212.163 (talk) 09:10, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

What are the correct coordinates? -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:39, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done per this 1874 map. Thanks for pointing out the error. Deor (talk) 17:24, 20 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment on Hodson and Labouchère marriage.[edit]

"By 1868, Hodson and Labouchère were living together out of wedlock, as they could not marry until her first husband finally died in 1887." A more accurate sentence would be "By 1868, Hodson and Labouchère were living together out of wedlock, and they did not marry until her first husband died in 1887."

In fact Henrietta's first husband Richard Walter Pigeon filed for divorce on 12 August 1869 on the grounds of Hodson and Labouchère's adultery(petition available on ancestry https://www.ancestry.com.au/sharing/2743921?mark=dc16f3c3c8bde60a6829aae0da004bea9344a4d912248c2ff4d39154201e0d8a). The case does not seem to have been resolved as the co-respondent Labouchère did not file a submission although he was given a 3 week ultimatum to do so. Meanwhile the judge awarded temporary custody of the child from Henrietta's first marriage to Richard Walter Pigeon. Henrietta was allowed to see the boy for 3 hours once a fortnight.Interesting that in the 1871 census Henrietta is living with Labouchère but her occupation is listed as concubine! I wonder who filled in the census?

All this detail probably not relevant hence small change to sentence above. Redilion (talk) 01:36, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

If the divorce was not resolved, they could not marry, and the sentence is correct as is. User:Tim riley please comment. -- Ssilvers (talk) 04:35, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Both wordings are factually correct. I don't see any advantage in the change. Tim riley talk 07:37, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]