Definitions for "Drury"
Keywords:  colley, covent, cibber, beggar, charles
Lane Theatre: This London theatre was one of the two companies issued a patent by Charles II during the Restoration. Colley Cibber, who served as manager when John Gay brought The Beggar's Opera to the Drury Lane Theatre, turned the work down. After the Licensing Act of 1737, performances were limited to Drury Lane and Covent Garden theatres.
Keywords:  club, modern, fit, raise, major
(1) originally, a two-club response by a passed hand to show maximum values;(2) in its more modern form, often called Drury-fit, a two-club response by a passed hand to show a fit for partner's major in a hand too strong for a single raise.