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<p>Created page with &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;Theatre Royal&#039;&#039;&#039; *1663: built by Thomas Killigrew *1672: destroyed by a fire *1672-74: rebuilt on the interior *1775: new façade by Robert Adam *1783: remodeled by Thomas Gre…&#039;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Theatre Royal&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> *1663: built by Thomas Killigrew<br /> *1672: destroyed by a fire<br /> *1672-74: rebuilt on the interior<br /> *1775: new façade by Robert Adam<br /> *1783: remodeled by Thomas Greenwood and William Capon<br /> *1791-1794: rebuilt by Henry Holland<br /> *1809: destroyed by a fire<br /> *1811-12: rebuilt by Benjamin Dean Wyatt <br /> *2013: refurbished in the style of 1812<br /> <br /> <br /> The Theatre Royal became the first Neo-classical theatre in London. The façade as well as the interior were remodeled in the style of Robert Adam.<br /> The entrance was built with a five-bay frontispiece and above, the façade was decorated in the style of a temple front of attenuated Ionic pilasters. The ends of the pilasters were surmounted by masks of tragedy and comedy. In the centre of the pediment was a coat-of-arms. At the apex of the pediment were a lion on the left hand corner and a unicorn on the right hand corner facing towards the middle, which was decorated with a trophy derived from those of Marius on the Campidoglio in Rome. <br /> The interior was decorated in a very elaborate style. The boxes were framed by small pilasters. The masterpiece was the ceiling, which was “painted in imitation of octagonal coffering in the circular shape of a dome, with corner filled by figural medallions with swags” (Stillman). <br /> However, Adam was criticized for his extravagant fashion and the “glittering effect” of his remodeling, therefore, the Theatre Royal was modified again.<br /> <br /> <br /> Sources:<br /> *Stillman, Damie.&#039;&#039;English Neo-classical Architecture&#039;&#039;, volume II. In &#039;&#039;Studies in Architecture&#039;&#039;. Edt. by Laing, Alsatair and Harris, John. Volume XXVI. London. Zwemmer Ltd. 1988<br /> *http://www.reallyusefultheatres.co.uk/theatres/theatre-royal-drury-lane/history/</div>

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