Newspaper clipping of Samuel Beazley's obituary. Transcription: THE LATE MR. SAMUEL BEAZLEY, ARCHITECT AND DRAMATIST. The death of Mr. Beazley, which occurred on the 12th of October will be regretted by all who knew him. He was an extraordinary man, and has had an eventful life: the story of it fully written would form a singular volume. Mr. Beazley was born in Parliament-street, in 1786, and was in his 66th year when he died. On the day previously he had attended a meeting of the Committee of Renters at Drury-lane Theatre, apparently in the enjoyment of good health and spirits. After the mee
Newspaper clipping of Samuel Beazley's obituary. Transcription: THE LATE MR. SAMUEL BEAZLEY, ARCHITECT AND DRAMATIST. The death of Mr. Beazley, which occurred on the 12th of October will be regretted by all who knew him. He was an extraordinary man, and has had an eventful life: the story of it fully written would form a singular volume. Mr. Beazley was born in Parliament-street, in 1786, and was in his 66th year when he died. On the day previously he had attended a meeting of the Committee of Renters at Drury-lane Theatre, apparently in the enjoyment of good health and spirits. After the meeting he went to his country residence, Tonbridge Castle, Kent, and on the following morning was seized with an apoplectic fit, from which he never recovered. He was interred in the burial-ground attached to the Old Church at Bermondsey. From his childhood his tastes were dramatic and artistic. When only twelve years old, we are told, at school at Acton, he wrote a farce, and put together the theatre in which it was acted. Since then he has written or arranged more than 100 dramatic pieces, two novels ? ?ǣThe Oxonians ? and ?ǣThe Roue ? ? and a large number of detached articles. Amongst the former may be mentioned ?ǣIs he Jealous ? (for the introduction of the late Mr. Wrench), ?ǣGretna Green, ? ?ǣThe Boarding-House, ? ?ǣThe Steward, ? ?ǣOld Customs, ? ?ǣFive Hours at Brighton ? (the first of his pieces that was played), ?ǣThe Lottery Ticket, ? ?ǣMy Uncle, ? ?ǣBatchelors ? Wives, ? ?ǣHints to Husbands, ? ?ǣFire and Water, ? and ?ǣThe Bull ?s Head, ? also the English words for the operas of ?ǣRobert the Devil, ? ?ǣQueen of Cyprus, ? and ?ǣSomnambula. ? The latter opera, by the way, was written mostly by the bedside of Madame Malibran, in the mornings, to adapt the words to her pronunciation. As an architect, also, Mr Beazley ?s practice has been great in connection with the stage, having built more theatres probably than any other modern practitioner. Amongst t
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