Theatre Royal, Covent Garden [London, UK]
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Built 1732 by Edward Shepherd. Opened 7 December 1732. Destroyed by a fire on 20 Sep 1808. [1809 a new Theatre Royal Covent Garden was built on the site.]
Stage: View of stage from auditorium, III. S. p. vi; General view, III. S. p. viii ; View of ‘cloths,’ III. S. p. 4 ; View of ‘gridiron,’ III. S. p. 5 ; View of ‘upper machinery,’ III. S. p. 5 ; Reference, III. p. 80.
Burnt after a representation of Pizarro, owing to the discharge of a gun, the decorations catching fire. Twenty people were killed, and several houses burnt.