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Theatre royal

From British Culture

Building first erected in 1663 at Drury Lane for Thomas Killigrew, the manager of the King's Company. Destroyed by a fire in 1672, rebuilt between 1672 and 1674.

  • 1775: new façade by Robert Adam
  • 1783: remodeled by Thomas Greenwood and William Capon
  • 1791-1794: rebuilt by Henry Holland
  • 1809: destroyed by a fire
  • 1811-12: rebuilt by Benjamin Dean Wyatt
  • 2013: refurbished in the style of 1812

Sources:

  • Stillman, Damie. English Neo-classical Architecture, 2vols. London: Zwemmer, 1988.