Drury Lane Theatre Royal [London, UK]
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Drury Lane
Teatro Drury Lane
Theatre building in London, United Kingdom
accommodatie voor uitvoerende kunst in City of Westminster, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Drury Lane Theatre Royal
4th Drury Lane
No heritage stage machinery 1663 opening - 1674 opening - 1775 alteration - 1794 reconstruction 1812 reconstruction 1822 & 1831 & 1901 & 1922 alteration
Drury Lane opened in 1663 and burned down several times; the present building dates from 1812, the auditorium from 1922.
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Fire-resisting curtain, III. p. 115 ; Stage, view of hydraulic bridges in sloping position, III. S. p. iv
The reservoir on the roof, and other appliances for protective purposes could not be used.