Astleys Amphitheatre [London, UK]
Theatre building in London, United Kingdom
theater in Lambeth, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Astleys Amphitheatre
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Performance and circus venue opened by Philip Astley in 1773. Destroyed by fire in 1794. Rebuilt. Later renamed Astley's Royal Amphitheatre. 1871 purchased by George Sanger. Renamed Sanger's Amphitheatre. Closed 1893. Subsequently demolished.
Cause of fire uncertain.
Burnt down with forty neighbouring houses.
Burnt at 4.30 a.m. Fire caused by carelessness in extinguishing the gas. Twenty-three adjoining houses also destroyed. One person killed. Three horses burnt.