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shop on Drury Lane]] Drury Lane is a street in the Covent Garden area of London , running between Aldwych and High Holborn . The northern part is in the borough of Camden and the southern part in the City Of Westminster . It was originally named after the Drury family, owners of a large house there during the Tudor period. In the 16th and 17th centuries it was a distinguished address but by the 18th Century it had become one of the worst slums in London dominated by prostitution and Gin Palaces . The area was eventually cleared to make way for the developments of Kingsway and Aldwych . The name of the street is often used to refer to the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane , which has in different incarnations been located in Drury Lane since the 17th Century . Also on Drury Lane is the New London Theatre . The street Drury Lane is also where the Muffin man lives as mentioned in a popular children's song. A rendition of this song was included in the motion picture '' Shrek '' and was mentioned in '' Shrek 2 ''. SEE ALSO |