Drury Lane Theatre Royal [London, UK]
type: Item
label: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane @nl
label: Drury Lane @it
label: Teatro Drury Lane @es
description: Theatre building in London, United Kingdom
description: accommodatie voor uitvoerende kunst in City of Westminster, Verenigd Koninkrijk @nl
alternative label: Drury Lane Theatre Royal
alternative label: 4th Drury Lane
EUTA building identifier: 380
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: United Kingdom
City: London
GPS: Point(-0.1206 51.5128)
Wikidata source: Q1756626
Redevelopment date: 1812-10-10T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1822-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1831-01-01T00:00:00Z
opening date: 1812-01-01T00:00:00Z
Capacity: 2196
Address: Catherine Street, London, WC2B 5JF
Web: www.theatreroyaldrurylane.co.uk
Web: theatre-royal-drury-lane
architectural style: Georgian architecture
architect: Benjamin Dean Wyatt
theatrEurope table: HST_0125
context: No heritage stage machinery 1663 opening - 1674 opening - 1775 alteration - 1794 reconstruction 1812 reconstruction 1822 & 1831 & 1901 & 1922 alteration
context: Drury Lane opened in 1663 and burned down several times; the present building dates from 1812, the auditorium from 1922.
Theatres Trust Database ID: 206
city section: Westminster
time frame: Baroque
location hosted performance space: 1670-01-01T00:00:00Z
Fires in Theatres id: 336
Fires in Theatres id: 323
Burnt down date: 1884-06-04T00:00:00Z
Burnt down date: 1883-11-17T00:00:00Z
Burnt down date: 1809-02-24T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q8719053
Arthur Lloyd.co.uk page: DruryLane.htm#4
Modern Opera Houses ID: 23
Note: iii)
Modern Opera Houses index: Fire-resisting curtain, III. p. 115 ; Stage, view of hydraulic bridges in sloping position, III. S. p. iv
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today